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A Pilot Peer Mentor Intervention That Trains Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (BMSM) to Use and Promote Uptake of HIV/STI Self-Testing to Peers and Sex Partners: STAR Study (Self-Testing at Your Residence)

NCT04121962 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 163

Last updated 2024-05-20

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Summary

The objectives of the study are to assess the feasibility, reach and preliminary efficacy of a brief intervention that trains Black men who have sex with men \[referred to as Index\] (a) to use home-based testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections and (b) promote home-based testing to their peers and sexual partners.

Conditions

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Mentor

Participants will be trained to be Peer Mentors and promote home-based testing to their social network

BEHAVIORAL

Website only

Participants will be given instructions on how to use the project website to request kits to test for HIV at home and collect specimens for lab testing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karin E Tobin, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-06
Primary Completion
2022-03-09
Completion
2023-07-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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