NCT06183502Active, not recruiting
HIV/STD Risk and PrEP Implementation Messaging Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men
Understanding HIV/STD Risk and Enhancing PrEP Implementation Messaging in a Diverse Community-Based Sample of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in a Transformational Era (MIC-DROP)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this observational study is to learn about awareness around PrEP use and adherence, condom use, sexual risk-taking behavior, and substance-using behaviors in men having sex with men. The main objective is to study a prospective cohort of MSM in Atlanta, Chicago, and San Diego to understand men's strategies to prevent HIV/Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs), including PrEP use and adherence, condom use, sexual risk-taking behavior, and substance-using behaviors Participants will complete: * Quantitative surveys quarterly * HIV/ STI testing every 6 months * Qualitative assessments: focus group discussions and in-depth interviews
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 675 (actual)
- First submitted
- 14 Dec 2023
- Start date
- 29 Jun 2024
- Primary completion date
- Nov 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Emory University
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06183502
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 675
- From 29 Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, Nov 2026
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- No male anal sex partner in the 6 months before the baseline interview
Other illness
- HIV positive status
- Currently enrolled in an HIV prevention or treatment clinical trial
Age
- Individuals \< 18 years of age
Other
- Female at birth
- Do not self-identify as Cis-gender Male
- Does not own a mobile phone with data service
- Not willing to download a health-related app to their cell phone as part of the research study
- Live outside the metro Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area and/or planning to move from the Atlanta area in the next 2 years
Who the study is looking for
- Male at birth
- Self-identify as Cis-gender Male
- Ages 18 or older
- ≥1 Male anal sex partner in the 6 months before the baseline screener
- Live in or near Atlanta, Chicago, or San Diego
- Owns cell phone with data service
- Willing to download a health-related app to their cell phone as part of the research study
- Willing to participate in a 2-year cohort study with quarterly surveys and HIV and mailed STI self-testing
- Able to provide ≥ 2 means of contact
- Not currently enrolled in another HIV prevention clinical trial
- Not currently living with HIV
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| San Diego State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Diego | United States | Unknown status |
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