HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01701206

Acronym

HOPE

Enrollment

558

Registered

2012-10-05

Start date

2009-07-31

Completion date

2015-07-31

Last updated

2017-05-03

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Conditions

HIV

Keywords

HIV, social networking, at-risk populations, sexual risk behaviors

Brief summary

This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALHIV knowledge Intervention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years or older * Has had sex with a man in the past 12 months * Lives in Lima or Callao, Peu * Has a Facebook account or willing to create one

Exclusion criteria

* Does not satisfy inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
HIV self-testing-Number of participants who request an HIV self-testing kit	Measured during the intervention

Countries

Peru, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 18, 2026