NCT06878755

Evaluating a Digital Intervention to Improve Adolescent Condom Use and Communication

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness, likability, and implementation potential of PACT, an adapted digital program to teach non-heterosexual adolescent boys about sexual consent and condom negotiation in a randomized controlled trial over 9 months.

Detailed description

Because the PACT (Promoting Affirmative Consent among Teens) digital health intervention showed evidence of effectiveness at improving sexual consent cognitions in its first trial, and was found generally likable among adolescents, the research team has adapted the program to serve as sexual assertiveness (consent and condom negotiation) training. This adapted version is tailored to the specific needs of adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM), a population that has been historically underserved by traditional sex education while also experiencing disproportionately high rates of both sexual violence victimization and condom non-use. The evaluation of the adapted PACT program (now titled Promoting Assertive Communication among Teens) will take place in an RCT with a Type 1 effectiveness-implementation hybrid design. Surveys will be administered at pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-month follow-up, and 9-month follow-up. The investigators will assess acceptability, implementation factors, and main and secondary outcomes related to consent and condom negotiation/use.

Conditions

• Condomless Sex
• Sexual Assault

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Promoting Assertive Communication among Teens (PACT)	See Arm Description
OTHER	Healthy Minds	See Arm Description

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-06-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2028-01-01
• First posted: 2025-03-17
• Last updated: 2026-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States