NCT06230367Recruiting
Sexual Health Advocacy for Guys - a Text Messaging-based HIV Prevention Program for Guys Who Are Into Guys
Harnessing the Power of Text Messaging to Reduce HIV Incidence in Adolescent Males Across the United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
SHAG is a text messaging-based HIV prevention program designed for cisgender sexual minority boys and men 13-20 years of age across the United States. Investigators will test it against a control group that receives messages about healthy lifestyle.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 5000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 Jan 2024
- Start date
- 15 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Center for Innovative Public Health Research
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06230367
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 5000
- From 15 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2027
- 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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Other illness
- Being HIV positive
Who the study is looking for
- have been assigned male sex at birth and currently have a cisgender identity;
- be aged 13-22 years old;
- have had anal sex in the past 12 months;
- be English-speaking;
- exclusively own a cell phone with an unlimited text messaging plan and intend to have the same cell phone number for the next 6 months;
- have Internet access to complete online surveys;
- provide informed assent for those under 18, and consent for those 18 years of age and older, including a capacity to consent and a positive self-safety assessment;
- Willing to take an OraQuick home test to confirm HIV negativity for youth who are 19-20 years of age or 18 years old and graduated high school. If they agree to do the test but do not upload a photo of their result, they will be eligible if they self-report a negative sero-status. Youth 18 years old who have not graduated high school, and 13-17 years of age will be asked to take a home test. If they determine that they cannot do so safely, they will be allowed to self-report their sero-status; and
- not currently enrolled in another HIV prevention program; or
- know anyone already enrolled in the RCT.
Age in the registry: 13 years to 22 years · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Innovative Public Health Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Clemente | United States | Recruiting |
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