A Chatbot to Reduce Chemsex and HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Chatbot-delivered online interventions and online videos, Online videos only.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Behavior. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Male.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
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Official title
A Chatbot to Reduce Chemsex and HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether receiving chatbot-delivered stage-of-change-tailored online interventions is effective in reducing chemsex among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. The main question it aims to answer is: Does chatbot-delivered stage-of-changed online interventions reduce chemsex among men who have sex with men Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group. The control group will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks. On top of the interventions received by the control group, participants in the intervention group will have access to a chatbot during the 12-week intervention period. The chatbot will deliver 12 weekly episodes of interventions tailored to once's current stage-of-change related to chemsex. The chatbot will also address questions related to chemsex during the intervention period.
Interventions
- Behavioral Chatbot-delivered online interventions and online videos
Participants will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks. The chatbot will deliver 12 weekly episodes of interventions tailored to once's current stage-of-change related to chemsex. The chatbot will also address questions related to chemsex during the intervention period. - Behavioral Online videos only
Participants will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Presence of chemsex in the past 3 months [Time frame: Baseline, after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 3 or Week 12), and 3 months after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 6)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Hong Kong men aged at least 18 years
- Able to understand Cantonese
- Had anal intercourse with at least one man within the past six months
- Willingness to provide contact information for follow-up
- Having access to WhatsApp
Exclusion criteria
- Self-reported a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07472582 · ATFMSS393R