Testing Episodic Future Thinking to support HIV prevention in sexual minority adults
Tests a future-planning therapy to help young sexual minority adults with HIV prevention.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Behavioral Economic Intervention to Improve HIV Behaviors in Sexual Minority Individuals
Key facts
- Where
- San Antonio, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 34 years old?
Source: NCT06745947, who can take part
Where in United States
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Trial code
- NCT06745947
- Record updated
- 23 September 2026
- Original description
This research study is testing a new behavioral therapy called Episodic Future Thinking or EFT can help people reduce drug use and risky sexual behaviors while helping them adhere to their HIV prevention medication (PrEP). Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive standard care, which includes counseling on HIV prevention, drug use reduction, and sexual health. The other group will receive standard care plus a new program called Episodic Future Thinking (EFT), where participants will think about and plan for their future goals using a mobile app and counseling sessions. Study procedures that are not part of regular care include filling out surveys, providing blood, urine, and swab samples for testing, and using the EFT app.Read full original descriptionShow less
Development of a Behavioral Economic Intervention to Improve HIV-related Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Individuals
This research study is testing a new behavioral therapy called Episodic Future Thinking or EFT can help people reduce drug use and risky sexual behaviors while helping them adhere to their HIV prevention medication (PrEP). Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive standard care, which includes counseling on HIV prevention, drug use reduction, and sexual health. The other group will receive standard care plus a new program called Episodic Future Thinking (EFT), where participants will think about and plan for their future goals using a mobile app and counseling sessions. Study procedures that are not part of regular care include filling out surveys, providing blood, urine, and swab samples for testing, and using the EFT app.
Inclusion: Adults 18 - 34 years of age; HIV negative (assessed via Rapid HIV Antibody Test); Identify as gay, or bisexual; Recent (past 3 months) methamphetamine use; Currently prescribed and taking HIV PrEP medication; Self-reported HIV PrEP nonadherence in the past three months; Urine screen test for PrEP nonadherence; Self-reported condomless anal sex or a STI in the past three months; Able to attend all study visits; Fluent in English.
Exclusion: Currently receiving treatment for any substance use disorder,; Any plans that would preclude study completion (e.g. surgery, major medical treatments such as chemotherapy, incarceration, travel/moving out of San Antonio, Texas); HIV positive; Having a medical or psychiatric illness that in the opinion of the PI would interfere with study participation; Unable to provide informed consent; Unable to attend protocol directed study visits.