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Video game aims to curb HIV in kenyan teens

NCT ID NCT04437667

Prevention Sponsor: Emory University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a smartphone game called Tumaini can help prevent HIV among 1000 adolescents aged 12-14 in Kenya. The game teaches sexual health, risk reduction, and condom use through role-playing. Researchers will compare outcomes like age at first sex and condom use between players and non-players.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Tumaini smartphone game (behavioral intervention)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a low-cost, scalable tool to reduce HIV risk among teens in high-prevalence areas.
What could go wrong
The trial is suspended, so results are unknown. The game relies on self-reported behavior, which may not be accurate, and effects may not last long-term.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

1,000 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Oct 2020

Expected to finish

Aug 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

12 to 14 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Adolescents, male and female, aged 12-14 at recruitment in Kisumu Town, Kenya (n=912) Inclusion criteria: * Aged 12-14 at time of enrollment * Resident in Kisumu Town, Kenya * Having basic English literacy (Grade 3-4 on the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Scale, assessed via a short listening and reading comprehension test at enrollment) * Only one child per family * Not previously enrolled in formative research or pilot testing of intervention or survey instruments Exclusion criteria: * Aged \<12 or \>14 at time of enrollment * Not a resident of Kisumu Town, Kenya * Not having basic English literacy * Sibling to a child already enrolled in the study * Previously involved in formative research or pilot testing of intervention or survey instruments

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

sexually transmitted disease HIV infectious disease prevention target

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HIV

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Contacts and locations

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  • Kenya Medical Research Institute

    Kisumu, Kenya

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