Phone buddies and text alerts aim to slash HIV rates in rural appalachia
NCT ID NCT04378439
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study combines peer navigation (trained community members) with mobile health tools to help gay, bisexual, and transgender people in rural Appalachia access HIV, STI, and hepatitis C testing and prevention services. About 141 participants will be split into two groups: one gets the program right away, the other gets it later. The goal is to see if this approach increases testing and use of prevention like PrEP and syringe services.
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Study facts
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- 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 141 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * reside in one of the rural Appalachian catchment countiesreside in one of the rural Appalachian catchment counties * be ≥18 years of age * report being assigned male sex at birth and having had sex with at least 1 man in past 12 months * provide informed consent
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Wake Forest University Health Sciences
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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