HIVNCT01280136
Web-Based Middle School HIV Prevention Curricula: Aspiring for Reach and Impact
A study testing It's Your Game Tech in people with HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 16 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- What is being tested?
- It's Your Game Tech
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,700 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Dec 2009to Jun 2013
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 16 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- 8th graders attending regular classes in large urban school district in Southeast Texas
Who cannot join
- No students will be excluded based on race/ethnicity, age, or gender
- Students will be informed that the surveys and intervention will only be available in English and will be asked to consider their comfort level with participating in the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health
Houston, Texas, 77030
About this study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. This web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.
Read the detailed description
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. Twenty middle schools were invited to participate in the study. From those schools, we randomized 10 to the intervention group and 10 to the comparison condition, and will then recruit a cohort of 2,000 8th grade students into the study. Parental permission and youth assent will be required prior to participation. Students will be asked to complete a baseline and 12-month follow-up survey. The web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.
- Conditions
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Being tested
- It's Your Game Tech
- Keywords
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy Prevention, Abstinence Education, Adolescents, Sexual Health
- Medical subject headings
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
It's Your Game TechBehavioural
Also called IYG Tech
An interactive web-based intervention for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| It's Your Game Tech | Experimental | An interactive web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention program for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior. Receives: Behavioral: It's Your Game Tech |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
sexual initiation
Measured: baseline prior to intervention
sexual initiation
Measured: 12 month follow-up
Secondary outcomes (6)
sexual activity in past 3 months
Measured: baseline prior to intervention
unprotected sexual intercourse
Measured: baseline prior to intervention
number of sexual partners
Measured: baseline prior to intervention
sexual activity in past 3 months
Measured: 12 month follow-up
unprotected sexual intercourse
Measured: 12 month follow-up
number of sexual partners
Measured: 12 month follow-up
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Jan 2011 (estimated)
- Study startDec 2009
- Primary completionJun 2013
- Study completionJun 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HIVStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,700 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Melissa Peskin, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Investigators
- Melissa Peskin, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Texas Houston School of Public HealthRoss Shegog, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01280136
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- R01MH085594
- Other IDs
- R01MH085594
- Status last verified
- Jun 2014
- First submitted
- 14 Jan 2011
- Last updated
- 13 Jun 2014
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Jun 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Web-Based Middle School HIV Prevention Curricula: Aspiring for Reach and Impact
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01280136
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- R01MH085594
- Conditions
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Keywords
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy Prevention, Abstinence Education, Adolescents, Sexual Health
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,700 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Study start
- Dec 2009
- Primary completion
- Jun 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jun 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 Jan 2011 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. This web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. Twenty middle schools were invited to participate in the study. From those schools, we randomized 10 to the intervention group and 10 to the comparison condition, and will then recruit a cohort of 2,000 8th grade students into the study. Parental permission and youth assent will be required prior to participation. Students will be asked to complete a baseline and 12-month follow-up survey. The web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| It's Your Game Tech | Experimental | Behavioral: It's Your Game TechAn interactive web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention program for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 16 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 8th graders attending regular classes in large urban school district in Southeast Texas
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- No students will be excluded based on race/ethnicity, age, or gender
- Students will be informed that the surveys and intervention will only be available in English and will be asked to consider their comfort level with participating in the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| It's Your Game TechAlso: IYG TechAn interactive web-based intervention for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior. | Behavioural | It's Your Game Tech |
Primary outcome
sexual initiation
Time frame: baseline prior to intervention
sexual initiation
Time frame: 12 month follow-up
6 secondary outcomes
sexual activity in past 3 months
Time frame: baseline prior to intervention
unprotected sexual intercourse
Time frame: baseline prior to intervention
number of sexual partners
Time frame: baseline prior to intervention
sexual activity in past 3 months
Time frame: 12 month follow-up
unprotected sexual intercourse
Time frame: 12 month follow-up
number of sexual partners
Time frame: 12 month follow-up
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Jun 2014.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Melissa Peskin, PhD principal investigator
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health
Ross Shegog, PhD principal investigator
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing It's Your Game Tech in people with HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jun 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
sexual initiation (time frame: baseline prior to intervention). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jun 2014.