App aims to slash HIV rates in young transgender women
NCT ID NCT05018611
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app called LifeSkills can lower the number of new HIV infections among young transgender women aged 16-29 in the U.S. About 5,100 participants will use either the app or standard care, and their HIV status will be checked over time. The goal is to see if the app helps reduce risky sexual behavior and prevent HIV.
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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 5,100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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 29 years
- Sex
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Male participants only
- 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: * Self-identified as transgender, woman, and/or along the feminine spectrum with a male assigned sex at birth * Ages 16-29 * HIV uninfected at enrollment visit, verified via HIV home test kit * Self-reported lifetime history of condomless sex or recent history of sex (anal or vaginal in the past 12 months) * Able to speak/understand English * Owns a smartphone or home computer or willing to use one in the study * Willing and able to provide informed consent/assent Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent due to severe mental or physical illness, or substance intoxication at time of enrollment * Discovery of active suicidal ideation or major mental illness (e.g. untreated psychosis or mania) at the time of the interview (these patients will be referred immediately for treatment, but may join the study when this is resolved) * A positive Home HIV test kit result at baseline; these individuals will be immediately linked to HIV clinical care in their local areas.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCLA
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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