Can a 60-Minute video make HIV prevention fairer?
NCT ID NCT06487351
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a one-hour online training video can reduce unconscious racial bias among pharmacy interns who prescribe HIV prevention medication (PrEP). Researchers will recruit 70 pharmacy interns in Boston to watch the video and then measure changes in bias using a standard test. The goal is to see if the training is practical and acceptable, with the hope of making HIV prevention more equitable for people of color.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- educational video training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this training could help reduce racial bias among pharmacists, potentially improving access to HIV prevention medication for people of color.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on feasibility and acceptability, not on actual patient outcomes. The training may not change real-world prescribing behavior.
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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 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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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: Three types of participants will be included 1. Pharmacy interns: * Pharmacy intern (non-licensed individual undergoing training and preparations for licensure examination). * Currently registered as a regular student in the School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. * Doing the internship in pharmacies located in cities with the highest average annual rate of HIV infection diagnosis in Suffolk County, MA. * Experience with PrEP (counsel PrEP candidates, complete PrEP continuing education activity, or awareness with current CDC guidelines on PrEP use) OR willingness to prescribe PrEP in the future (will be measured with one Yes/No question: "Are you willing to prescribe PrEP in the future?) * Moderate to high preference for White people as measured by the Implicit Association Test. 2. Pharmacy managers * Defined as an individual designated by a pharmacy owner to manage a pharmacy. * Pharmacy managers of pharmacies located in the same areas described above. 3. Pharmacy policymaker defined as official employee of the Boards of Registration in Pharmacy whose role is directly related to community pharmacy practice (e.g., director of pharmacy compliance). Exclusion Criteria: Inability to provide consent (e.g., intoxication), unwillingness to provide consent
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Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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