A Chatbot to Reduce Chemsex and HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Online videos only; Behavioral: Chatbot-delivered online interventions and online videos

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07472582

ATFMSS393R

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Chatbot-delivered interventions and online videos

Treatment:

Behavioral: Chatbot-delivered online interventions and online videos

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Online videos only

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online videos only