NCT07024745

PrEP US NoW: PrEP Utilization Through Increasing Social Capital Among YBMSM Networks With Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project is a randomized intervention looking at PrEP uptake among young, black men who identify as gay, bisexual, or same gender loving, utilizing black females within the community to help deliver study related topics. All participants will download the Us\*Now mHealth app that was created specifically for this project. Participants randomized to the Intervention arm will interact with the Us\*Now mHealth app and will be invited to attend 4 weekly sessions led by a black female facilitator where the topic are pre-selected by the study team. Participants randomized to the Control arm will interact with the Us\*Now mHealth app only.

Conditions

• PrEP Uptake

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention Group	The Intervention is 1) interact with the Us\*Now mHealth app for 1 month; 2) participate in 4 weekly sessions with other group members and led by a Female Facilitator. Each week will cover a different topic - Week 1: Intersectional Stigma, Week 2: Sexual Health, Week 3: HIV Prevention, Week 4: Engagement in PrEP Care.
BEHAVIORAL	Control (Standard treatment)	The Control group will be asked to interact with the Us\*Now mHealth app for 1 month.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-09
• Primary completion: 2025-11-30
• Completion: 2025-12-30
• First posted: 2025-06-17
• Last updated: 2026-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States