Application of Augmented Reality (AR) in HIV Self-test in Men Who Have Sex With Men Community

NCT05781165 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: MSS346R
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 349
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objective: To apply augmented reality (AR) technology in HIV self-test and to assess its impacts in enhancing testing performance among men who have sex with men (MSM). Design: Parallel randomised controlled, open label, trial. Block randomisation with a block size of 4 would be used to allocate the study arms. Participants: men who have sex with men in Hong Kong Intervention: Self-test assisted by AR vs self-test with instruction sheets Main outcome measures: Effectiveness, usability, learnability, efficiency and satisfaction scores; rate of completion and result upload; acceptability of AR approach in assisting self-test Anticipated results: 200 MSM would be recruited with 50 and 150 in control and intervention group, respectively. The scores in the intervention group are 10% higher than the control group. Proportion of satisfied participants in the intervention group is 10% more than the control group. AR approach is feasible and acceptable to MSM for assisting in HIV self-test.

Conditions

Hiv

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Confidence in performing the self-test

  Confidence in performing the self-test in a Likert scale of 1 (least confident) to 10 (most confident)

  Month 3

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Usability of the augmented reality web app

  Month 3

• Usability of the augmented reality web app

  Month 3

• Usability of the augmented reality web app

  Month 3

• Usability of the augmented reality web app

  Month 3

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the intervention arm will be able to access the augmented reality page in the web app to perform the HIV self-test

Other: Augmented reality

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the control arm will be asked to follow the instruction sheet to perform the HIV self-test

Interventions

Augmented reality OTHER

Step-by-step 3D models displayed with augmented reality guiding the self-test procedures

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult men who have sex with men
• Has access to a smartphone with internet access

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to communicate in written Chinese or English
• Unable to give informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases

Shatin, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

HIV Infections; Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Slow Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Tsz Ho Kwan, PhD

  Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 1, 2023
• First Posted: March 23, 2023
• Study Start: April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 29, 2023
• Study Completion: August 29, 2023
• Last Updated: March 19, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Locations

HK (1)