Sexual Health Advocacy for Guys - a Text Messaging-based HIV Prevention Program for Guys Who Are Into Guys
NCT06230367 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5000
Last updated 2025-12-08
Summary
SHAG is a text messaging-based HIV prevention program designed for cisgender sexual minority boys and men 13-20 years of age across the United States. Investigators will test it against a control group that receives messages about healthy lifestyle.
Conditions
- HIV Infections
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL
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Sexual health advocacy for guys
5 month HIV prevention program delivered via text messaging
- BEHAVIORAL
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Healthy lifestyle control
5 month control group program delivered via text messaging
Sponsors & Collaborators
-
Center for Innovative Public Health Research
lead OTHER
Study Design
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Model
- PARALLEL
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 13 Years
- Max Age
- 22 Years
- Sex
- MALE
- Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2024-01-15
- Primary Completion
- 2026-07-31
- Completion
- 2026-07-31
Countries
- United States
Study Locations
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