NCT05751889

Serious Game Interventions to Reduce Viral Hepatitis C Among PLWH-MSM

Reducing the Risk of Viral Hepatitis C and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Among People Living With HIV Who Are Men Who Have Sex With Men: Efficacy of Serious Game Interventions

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,320 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study is aimed to provide high-risk, HIV-infection, men who have sex with men (MSM) with healthcare education regarding viral hepatitis C, through either serious game intervention or traditional online health education. After the education, each participants will be followed for 48 weeks and the change of risky sexual behaviors, acquisition of HCV and other STIs will be followed during the study periods.

Detailed description

High-risk MSM living with HIV were participated in our study will be assigned (by randomization) to either: 1. Serious game intervention: 1 single session of serious game for the participants to play (estimation to take 25-40 minutes). Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related healthcare informations, including the severity of illness, route of transmission, preventive strategies and treatment options, would be embedded in the game. 2. Traditional online health education (reading materials): 1 single session of healthcare education regarding HCV (with similar contents) will be provided. After the healthcare intervention, each participants will be followed for 48 weeks. Assessment of risky sexual practice (by questionnaire), test of plasma HCV RNA and serological test of syphilis (optional), and detection of sexually-transmitted bacterial pathogens (optional) will be performed at the enrollment and then every 12 weeks during the observation.

Conditions

• Viral Hepatitis C

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Serious Game	Serious Game embedded with healthcare information regarding HCV and safe sexual practice.
BEHAVIORAL	Traditional Health Education	Reading materials regarding HCV and safe sexual practice.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2023-03-02
• Last updated: 2024-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan