Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Developing mHealth to Promote PrEP Use Among Thai Young Vulnerable Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Lead Sponsor:

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Wayne State University

Conditions:

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Eligibility:

MALE

16-29 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The main aim of this study is to develop technology-based interventions to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and adherence among Thai young transgender women.

Detailed Description

Motivational Enhancement System for Adherence (MESA) is a computer-based motivation invention, based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model and Motivational Interviewing (MI) prin...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Aim 1:
  • Transgender women participants
  • Age 16-29 years old
  • Male sex at birth
  • Self-identifies as woman or transgender women or culturally identifies with the female spectrum
  • Confirmed HIV-negative status
  • Self-reported recent history of condomless sex in the past 6 months
  • Able to understand, read and speak Thai
  • Either having not started PrEP (Group 1: PrEP naive), currently on PrEP but not adherent to PrEP (taking ≤3 pills/week) in the past month (Group 2: PrEP users) or currently on PrEP with good adherence (Group 3: PrEP users with good adherence).

Exclusion

  • Have a serious cognitive or psychiatric problem that would compromise ability to provide informed consent
  • Have active suicidal ideation or major mental illness (e.g., untreated psychosis or mania) at the time of interview (patients will be referred for treatment)
  • Laboratory or clinical findings that would preclude PrEP initiation (e.g., decreased creatinine clearance)
  • Healthcare providers
  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Have at least 1-year experience working with HIV-negative transgender women, including providing PrEP prescription and counseling

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 27 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

145 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05262426

Start Date

December 27 2021

End Date

July 31 2026

Last Update

September 8 2025

Active Locations (3)

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1

Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, 10240

2

Institute of HIV Research and Innovation

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, 10330

3

SWING Foundation

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, 10500