LYNX: A Novel Mobile App to Support Linkage to HIV/STI Testing PrEP for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Summary

This study is testing the acceptability and feasibility of a highly interactive mobile application (app) to promote HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young men who have sex with men (YMSM).

Conditions

• HIV
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Risk Reduction
• Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LYNX Mobile App

Access to the LYNX mobile app which includes the Sex Pro score tool, PrEP videos, HIV/STI testing reminders and geo-location features.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cook County Health & Hospitals System

  collaborator OTHER

• Duke University

  collaborator OTHER

• Emory University

  collaborator OTHER

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  collaborator NIH

• San Francisco Department of Public Health

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• University of California, San Francisco

  collaborator OTHER

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  collaborator OTHER

• University of South Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Albert Liu, M.D., MPH · Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health

• Hyman Scott, M.D., MPH · Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

15 Years

Max Age

24 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-10-25

Primary Completion

2019-11-18

Completion

2019-11-18

Countries

• United States

Study Locations