Spurring Innovation to Promote HIV Testing: An RCT Evaluating Crowdsourcing
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02248558 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 25, 2014
Results First Posted : December 20, 2016
Last Update Posted : February 10, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV | Behavioral: Conventional Video Behavioral: Crowdsourced Video | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 721 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Screening |
Official Title: | Crowdsourcing Versus Conventional HIV Testing Promotion: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Promoting First-Time HIV Testing Among MSM and Transgender Individuals in China |
Study Start Date : | September 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2014 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Conventional video
This arm will receive a one-minute conventional video promoting HIV test uptake.
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Behavioral: Conventional Video
Participants will watch a one minute video whose purpose is to increase HIV testing uptake. This video was created by a local CDC via direct CDC funding and internal guidance and development. |
Experimental: Crowdsourced video
This arm will receive a one-minute crowdsourced video promoting HIV test uptake.
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Behavioral: Crowdsourced Video
Participants will watch a one minute video whose purpose is to increase HIV testing uptake. This video was the winner in a crowdsourced video contest hosted in China. CBOs all submitted their own independently designed and funded videos. |
- First-Time HIV Testing [ Time Frame: Up to 4 weeks following the video intervention ]All individuals enrolled in the study will receive a cell phone text message three weeks later asking if they have received an HIV test. Among those individuals who do not respond to the text message, another text will be sent at four weeks after the video. We anticipate the median duration of follow-up to be approximately 3.5 weeks following the video intervention.
- Likelihood of HIV Testing [ Time Frame: Up to one day ]All individuals will be asked how likely they are to test for HIV soon immediately before and after watching the videos (during enrollment). Likelihood of HIV testing will be measured on a 4-point numerical Likert scale rating scale. 0 will be "very unlikely", 1 will be "unlikely", 2 will be likely, and 3 will be very likely. The percentage of individuals who report increased likelihood of HIV testing will be reported.
- Cost-effectiveness of Developing HIV Testing Promotional Videos [ Time Frame: Up to one year ]Cost-effectiveness of developing the crowdsourced video compared to the conventional video

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Born biologically male or identify as transgender
- 16 years or older
- Lifetime anal sex with another man
- Providing informed consent and active mobile phone number
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected
- HIV-tested ever in the past

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02248558
China | |
UNC Project-China | |
Guangzhou, China |
Principal Investigator: | Joseph Tucker | UNC Project-China |
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Responsible Party: | Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of UNC Project-China, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02248558 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
14-1865 |
First Posted: | September 25, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | December 20, 2016 |
Last Update Posted: | February 10, 2017 |
Last Verified: | December 2016 |
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