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HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among an Unrecognized Sexual Minority Population

NCT05815030 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 57

Last updated 2025-02-25

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Summary

The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance (TASHRA) will work collaboratively with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to study Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and adherence; levels of stigma around PrEP use; and changes in health beliefs around PrEP use. The study design will compare kink-involved or bondage/discipline/dominance/submission/sadism/masochism (BDSM)-involved individuals responses to generic vs. kink-focused printed and educational-entertaining video materials in a 12 month crossover study.

The primary objective of the study is to examine factors that increase the uptake of PrEP in a novel sexual subculture by testing the impact of an entertainment-education intervention designed to be highly relatable to kink-involved individuals.

Secondary Objectives: PrEP4Kink will measure knowledge of PrEP and attitudes towards PrEP uptake over time. These are elements identified by the Health Belief Model: perceived risk of HIV; susceptibility to HIV; perceived barriers to PrEP uptake; perceived benefits of PrEP uptake; perceived effectiveness of PrEP; and self-efficacy of initiating PrEP uptake. Moderating and ancillary factors will be measured, and their relation to the elements of the Health Belief Model will be analyzed. Moderating factors include the centrality of kink identity; the level of kink community involvement; the types and frequencies of kink and sex behaviors. Demographic variables will be measured and their relation to elements of the Health Belief Model will be analyzed, including age; number of years involved in kink; gender identity; sex assigned at birth; racial/ethnic identity; educational attainment; income level; insurance coverage; sexual orientation identity; and sexual attraction.

Conditions

  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Interventions

OTHER

video informational/educational intervention

Videos relating to PrEP use, its benefits, side effects, and other information. The educational/round-table video will highlight individuals from diverse backgrounds and identities who will share their experiences using PrEP, including perceived benefits and effectiveness, experienced barriers to PrEP uptake, their reasons for using PrEP, and their own self-efficacy. The control group's (generic / standard video) materials will be focused on PrEP uptake without a kink identity perspective. The treatment group's materials, however, will include videos that feature kink-identified individuals who discuss PrEP uptake through a kink perspective.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-11
Primary Completion
2024-06-30
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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