NCT06189729Active, not recruiting
Facilitating Routine HIV Testing Among MSM by a Subscription-based Self-test Distribution Model
Facilitating Routine HIV Testing Among MSM by a Subscription-based HIV Self-test Distribution Model: a Stepped Wedge Randomised Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this stepped wedge trial is to assess if a subscription-based HIV self-test distribution model could facilitate routine HIV testing in the men who have sex with men community. The main questions it aims to answer are the effectiveness of the model in enhancing routine HIV testing and its acceptability in the community. The 1-year observation period would be divided into control and intervention period. Participants will be reminded to get HIV tested via instant messaging apps or short message service during the control period. During the intervention period, the researchers will deliver an HIV self-test to the participants. Researchers will compare the testing rate between the two periods to see if the intervention can facilitate HIV testing.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 240 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Nov 2023
- Start date
- 15 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06189729
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 240
- From 15 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 18 Dec 2025
- 1 site 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
- previously HIV diagnosis
Other
- unable or unwilling to give informed consent, to complete the questionnaires, to receive text messages as scheduled and when necessary, and to provide the mobile phone number to receive text messages for reminders and delivery notices
Who the study is looking for
- be aged 18 years or above
- be biologically male
- have ever had sex with another men
- have more than 1 male sex partners in the past 6 months
- normally reside in Hong Kong
- be able to communicate in written and spoken Chinese or English
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shatin | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
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