Onboarding Positives and PrEP Users to Engage Negatives (OPPEN): Peer-driven Education to Link YMSM of Color to PrEP

Part of paid clinical trials in San Diego, California.

Sponsor
University of California, San Diego
Study ID
NCT05356910
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
MALE
Age
18 Years - 34 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • OPPEN — BEHAVIORAL
    OPPEN training sessions (three small-group and two one-on-one sessions) build skills for effective peer PrEP outreach through didactic instruction, group discussions, role-play exercises, and goal planning and problem-solving activities.
  • Control Condition — BEHAVIORAL
    Control sessions (three small-group and two one-on-one sessions) build skills for diet and nutrition behavior change through didactic instruction, group discussions, and goal planning and problem-solving activities.

Study Details

Onboarding Positives and PrEP users to Engage Negatives (OPPEN) is an intervention to train young men who have sex with men (YMSM) of color living with HIV or using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to promote PrEP use among HIV-negative YMSM of color in their social networks. This pilot randomized controlled trial will evaluate OPPEN's acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effect on PrEP care engagement among YMSM of color.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 7, 2022
Status verified
Jul 2025
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2024
Completion
Aug 31, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
78 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: OPPEN Intervention
    OPPEN consists of three small-group and two one-on-one sessions to train YMSM of color engaged in HIV or PrEP care to be peer PrEP educators within their social networks.
  • Other: Control Condition
    The time- and attention-matched control condition consists of three small-group and two one-on-one sessions to support diet and nutrition behavior change.

Primary Outcome Measure

PrEP Interest (Peer-Recruit Participants) [ Time Frame: Baseline ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of California, San DiegoSan DiegoCalifornia92103-

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