Using Technology to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options

NCT02834572 | Terminated DMC

• 1 other identifier: 473699-41
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 236
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Young Black men who have sex with men (MSM) and transwomen in the US are affected by HIV at severely disproportionate rates. A key component of HIV prevention for communities at risk is diagnosing HIV infections through regular HIV testing. A significant proportion of young Black MSM and transwomen have not tested in the prior year. This research study seeks to address low HIV testing rates among young Black MSM and transwomen by testing a brief Internet-based HIV testing intervention optimized for mobile devices. The intervention takes advantage of the variety of HIV testing options now available, including the HIV self testing, couples-based HIV counseling and testing and traditional clinic-based testing and will provide men and transwomen with a tailored recommendation of their optimal HIV testing approach. The investigators are conducting a pilot randomized study among young Black MSM and transwomen followed for 6 months to estimate the intervention's potential efficacy in increasing HIV testing.

Conditions

HIV Testing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of participants reporting having an HIV test as assessed by questionnaire

  Self-reported HIV test in the prior 3 months assessed by questionnaire

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Number of participants who are aware of HIV self-testing and couples based voluntary counseling and testing as assessed by questionnaire

  3 months

• Number of intervention participants recommended a self-test who use a self-test as assessed by questionnaire

  3 months

• Number of intervention participants recommended testing at a clinic who test at a clinic as assessed by questionnaire

  3 months

• Number of intervention participants recommended couples testing who test using couples testing as assessed by questionnaire

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

All About Me

EXPERIMENTAL

assessment and algorithm to provide participants with a tailored recommendation of their optimal HIV testing approach

Behavioral: All About Me

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

HIV testing information

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Control BEHAVIORAL

HIV testing information

Control

All About Me BEHAVIORAL

Assessment and algorithm to determine recommended HIV testing approach

All About Me

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 29 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• male at birth;
• self-identify as Black, African American, Caribbean Black, African Black or multiethnic Black;
• able to read and respond in English;
• between 16-29 years of age;
• known to be HIV-infected;
• insertive or receptive anal intercourse with a man or transwoman in the last 12 months;
• reside in the New York City metropolitan area

You may not qualify if:

• enrolled in any other HIV research study involving HIV testing
• participant in an HIV vaccine trial
• currently taking pre-exposure prophylaxis

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York Blood Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

New York Blood Center

New York, New York, 10065, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Frye V, Nandi V, Hirshfield S, Chiasson MA, Wilton L, Usher D, Hoover DR, Koblin BA. Brief Report: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options in New York City (All About Me). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Jan 1;83(1):31-36. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002223.

  PMID: 31809359 DERIVED

• Koblin B, Hirshfield S, Chiasson MA, Wilton L, Usher D, Nandi V, Hoover DR, Frye V. Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options (All About Me): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2017 Dec 19;6(12):e254. doi: 10.2196/resprot.8856.

  PMID: 29258976 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Beryl Koblin, PhD

  NY Blood Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2016
• First Posted: July 15, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: April 8, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

US (1)