N/A
N=154
Young Men and Media Study
Sexual Behavior
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04109443 ↗Enrolled (actual)
154
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Study Feasibility Based on the Overall Recruitment Rate — 36.5 overall recruitment rate
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Young Men & Media Program (Behavioral); Available websites on safe sex and preventing STIs (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric · 14+ yrs
- Sex
- Male
- Sponsor
- Boston University
- Primary completion
- Aug 2020
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Study Feasibility Based on the Overall Recruitment Rate |
36.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Study Feasibility Based on Banner ad Click Through Rate for All Participants Combined |
— | — |
| PRIMARY Feasibility of the Media Literacy Intervention Based on Time Spent on the Intervention |
— | — |
| PRIMARY Number and Percentage of Participants Who Complete All the Intervention Content |
38; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Mean Participant Satisfaction of the Intervention Content Areas Based on a 5 Star Rating System |
4.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Count and Percentage of Participants Who Are Retained Through All Assessments |
126 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Sexual Partners |
0.49; 0.40; 0.26; 0.23 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Condomless Sex Acts With Male Partners |
0.39; 0.27; 0.05; 0.10 | — |
| SECONDARY Change in 6-item Condom Use and Attitudes Scale |
4.5; 4.2; 4.9; 4.5; 4.6; 4.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Change in 8-item Sexually Explicit Online Media (SEOM) Literacy Scale |
17.43; 17.43; 16.01; 16.6; 16.7; 17.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Change in 4-item SEOM Knowledge Scale |
2.35; 2.36; 2.97; 2.35; 2.64; 2.61 | — |
| SECONDARY Knowledge of HIV and STI Transmission and Prevention |
22.3; 22.4; 27.2; 24.3; 26; 25.5 | — |
Summary
Adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) continue to account for a disproportionate number of HIV infections in the United States. Racial and ethnic minority populations are particularly affected. Increased HIV rates reflect sexual risk behaviors during early sexual experiences. Research suggests that initial sexual risk-taking occurs during adolescence among sexual minority males. Therefore, it is important for HIV prevention interventions to target adolescent sexual minority males. Targeting sexual minority males during adolescence will help them learn and establish healthy sexual behaviors early in their psychosexual development, which will have both immediate and long-term health benefits.To promote adolescent sexual minority males' critical examination of online media and decrease their sexual risk-taking, this study proposes an exploratory clinical trial to pilot test an online sexual health media literacy intervention that was developed during formative research for feasibility and acceptability. Overall, the proposed research has the potential to reach a wide audience of sexual minority males early in their sexual development, ultimately decreasing their sexual risk-taking and reducing the number of new HIV infections in this population.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Self-identify as sexual minority
- Have intentionally accessed SEOM
- Have a valid personal email address
- Be a US resident
- Be new to the study
Exclusion Criteria
- Are unwilling or unable to provide informed assent
- Are unable to understand and read English
- Do not have the appropriate device and necessary software to experience all the intervention content
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04109443). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.