Love and safety: new study tests if relationship skills can cut HIV risk
NCT ID NCT05678556
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests an online program called all2GETHER that teaches relationship and communication skills to gay, bisexual, and queer men, as well as transgender and non-binary people who partner with cisgender men. The goal is to see if the program can lower HIV and STI rates. 5,000 participants will be randomly assigned to either the program or no program and followed for 2 years with at-home HIV and STI testing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- all2GETHER relationship education program
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could provide a scalable, online tool to help reduce HIV and STI infections among gay, bisexual, and queer men and their partners.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug or vaccine, so its impact may be modest. The trial is large but still relies on self-reported behaviors and at-home testing, which could affect accuracy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 5,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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16 to 34 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Cisgender men, transgender women and men, non-binary individuals * Had condomless anal sex with 2 or more serodiscordant/unknown-status cisgender male partners in the last 6 months * Aged 16-34 years * Lab-test confirmed HIV-negative * Read and speak English at 8th grade level or better * Internet access * Agree to audio recording of intervention sessions * Provides address to receive HIV/STI test supplies * For dyads, both partners may enroll if they meet the above criteria- partners who are aged 35+ and/or HIV-positive may enroll in a more limited capacity Exclusion Criteria: -Participants assigned female at birth who identify as women are not eligible
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northwestern University
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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