HealthyNCT02424643
Improving Survey Procedures for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Web-based HIV Prevention: Retention Study
A study testing Monetary Incentive, Altruistic Incentive and Dashboard Incentive in people with Healthy, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of alternative methods to improve survey completion. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 34 years, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Healthy
- What is being tested?
- Monetary Incentive, Altruistic Incentive and Dashboard Incentive
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,131 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Apr 2015to Jul 2015
- 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 18 to 34 years
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- male
- aged 18 to 34 years
- have had sex with another man in the past 12 months
Who cannot join
- female or transgender
- younger than 18 years of age
- older than 34 years of age
- have not had sex with another man in the past 12 months.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322
About this study
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of alternative methods to improve survey completion.
Read the detailed description
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the risk population most heavily impacted by HIV in the United States by any measure; in 2009, at least 61% of new HIV infections were estimated to have occurred in MSM. MSM are experiencing an increase in HIV transmission that has been occurring since at least 1990, and accelerated in multiple North American and European countries from 2000-2005. The expansion of the HIV epidemic has been proposed to be attributable, in part, to the extent to which the internet has facilitated sexual connectivity among MSM.
Researchers have attempted to reach MSM for HIV prevention research and intervention on the internet. In the past 10 years, there has been a proliferation of internet surveys and HIV research studies among men who have sex with men that utilize the internet for data collection and, in some cases, the delivery of HIV prevention content. The development of internet-based interventions has been recently identified as especially promising because of its potential for scalability. However, there are also important limitations to internet-based data collections and prevention studies. The most important of these relate to representativeness and opportunities to introduce bias to data collections and differences in access to and use of internet among different subgroups of MSM. Equally important, although less discussed, are the unique ethical and human research protections challenges posed by online sexual health prevention studies.
The investigators will conduct an experiment to improve knowledge of how to conduct internet-based HIV prevention research with MSM in ways that decrease biases in data collections. The design will consist of a randomized controlled trials of MSM recruited online. A total of 1000 MSM will be enrolled to determine how to best improve retention in online surveys.
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Being tested
- Monetary Incentive, Altruistic Incentive, Dashboard Incentive
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Monetary IncentiveBehavioural
$20 Amazon.com gift card
Altruistic IncentiveBehavioural
A preliminary statement of the importance of participation, and periodic "inspirational" messages throughout the length of the survey emphasizing the value to men's health by completing the survey
Dashboard IncentiveBehavioural
A sample "dashboard" will compare data subjects enter in their survey to the data already collected from other men who have taken the survey. For the dashboard, men who complete the survey will be shown how their own reported data about certain topics compared to other men's data.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| No Incentive | No intervention | Participants in this arm will receive no compensation for taking the online survey. |
| Monetary Incentive | Experimental | Participants in this arm will receive a $20 Amazon.com incentive for participating in the online survey. Receives: Behavioral: Monetary Incentive |
| Altruistic Incentive | Experimental | Participants in this arm will receive altruistic messages throughout the length of the survey in hopes of improving survey completion. Receives: Behavioral: Altruistic Incentive |
| Dashboard Incentive | Experimental | Participants in this arm will receive a dashboard at the end of the survey that will compare their data entered into the survey to other participants who have taken the survey. A preview of this dashboard will be shown at the beginning of the survey as a teaser in the hopes to improve survey completion. Receives: Behavioral: Dashboard Incentive |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Proportion of survey completed before dropping out.
We expect that the average participant will complete 40 screens of survey in about 45 minutes. Based on historical data, about 75% of participants will complete all screens. Analyses will take a time-to-event approach and hazard of discontinuing survey will be calculated.
Measured: At baseline survey
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Apr 2015 (estimated)
- Study startApr 2015
- Primary completionJul 2015
- Study completionJul 2015
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HealthyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Emory UniversityThe 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
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,131 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Emory University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Patrick S Sullivan, Emory University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02424643
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- IRB00065333a
- Status last verified
- May 2016
- First submitted
- 16 Apr 2015
- Last updated
- 9 May 2016
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 May 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Improving Survey Procedures for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Web-based HIV Prevention: Retention Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02424643
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IRB00065333a
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,131 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Emory UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Apr 2015
- Primary completion
- Jul 2015 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jul 2015 (actual)
- First posted
- 23 Apr 2015 (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 test the efficacy of alternative methods to improve survey completion.
Detailed description
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the risk population most heavily impacted by HIV in the United States by any measure; in 2009, at least 61% of new HIV infections were estimated to have occurred in MSM. MSM are experiencing an increase in HIV transmission that has been occurring since at least 1990, and accelerated in multiple North American and European countries from 2000-2005. The expansion of the HIV epidemic has been proposed to be attributable, in part, to the extent to which the internet has facilitated sexual connectivity among MSM.
Researchers have attempted to reach MSM for HIV prevention research and intervention on the internet. In the past 10 years, there has been a proliferation of internet surveys and HIV research studies among men who have sex with men that utilize the internet for data collection and, in some cases, the delivery of HIV prevention content. The development of internet-based interventions has been recently identified as especially promising because of its potential for scalability. However, there are also important limitations to internet-based data collections and prevention studies. The most important of these relate to representativeness and opportunities to introduce bias to data collections and differences in access to and use of internet among different subgroups of MSM. Equally important, although less discussed, are the unique ethical and human research protections challenges posed by online sexual health prevention studies.
The investigators will conduct an experiment to improve knowledge of how to conduct internet-based HIV prevention research with MSM in ways that decrease biases in data collections. The design will consist of a randomized controlled trials of MSM recruited online. A total of 1000 MSM will be enrolled to determine how to best improve retention in online surveys.
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 4
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| No Incentive | No intervention | –Participants in this arm will receive no compensation for taking the online survey. |
| Monetary Incentive | Experimental | Behavioral: Monetary IncentiveParticipants in this arm will receive a $20 Amazon.com incentive for participating in the online survey. |
| Altruistic Incentive | Experimental | Behavioral: Altruistic IncentiveParticipants in this arm will receive altruistic messages throughout the length of the survey in hopes of improving survey completion. |
| Dashboard Incentive | Experimental | Behavioral: Dashboard IncentiveParticipants in this arm will receive a dashboard at the end of the survey that will compare their data entered into the survey to other participants who have taken the survey. A preview of this dashboard will be shown at the beginning of the survey as a teaser in the hopes to improve survey completion. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 34 years
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- male
- aged 18 to 34 years
- have had sex with another man in the past 12 months
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- female or transgender
- younger than 18 years of age
- older than 34 years of age
- have not had sex with another man in the past 12 months.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monetary Incentive$20 Amazon.com gift card | Behavioural | Monetary Incentive |
| Altruistic IncentiveA preliminary statement of the importance of participation, and periodic "inspirational" messages throughout the length of the survey emphasizing the value to men's health by completing the survey | Behavioural | Altruistic Incentive |
| Dashboard IncentiveA sample "dashboard" will compare data subjects enter in their survey to the data already collected from other men who have taken the survey. For the dashboard, men who complete the survey will be shown how their own reported data about certain topics compared to other men's data. | Behavioural | Dashboard Incentive |
Primary outcome
Proportion of survey completed before dropping out.
Time frame: At baseline survey
We expect that the average participant will complete 40 screens of survey in about 45 minutes. Based on historical data, about 75% of participants will complete all screens. Analyses will take a time-to-event approach and hazard of discontinuing survey will be calculated.
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 9 May 2016.
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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.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Monetary Incentive, Altruistic Incentive and Dashboard Incentive in people with Healthy, run by Emory University 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 3 inclusion and 4 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 9 May 2016. 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?
Proportion of survey completed before dropping out. (time frame: At baseline survey). 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 9 May 2016; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.