Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Helen Ward
ORCID ID
Contact details
Dept Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Imperial College London
Norfolk Place
London
W2 1PG
United Kingdom
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h.ward@imperial.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
G0300712
Study information
Scientific title
A feasibility study of an internet-based sexually transmitted infection (STI)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) behaviour change intervention
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To develop and test the feasibility of a novel computer-aided behavioural intervention for STI/HIV prevention, targeting people at high risk, with a view to testing the efficacy of this intervention in a future randomised controlled trial
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Sexual Health
Intervention
Intervention: introduction and access to an internet-based intervention to reduce sexual behaviour risk
Controls: treatment and advice as usual
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Attrition rate after 6 months
2. Reported sexual risk behaviours
3. Reinfection with an STI by 6 month follow-up point
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration.
Overall trial start date
01/09/2005
Overall trial end date
31/08/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients with an incident sexually transmitted infection (gonorrhoea, chlamydia, infectious syphilis, first clinical episode genital warts, primary genital herpes).
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
360
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Non-English speaker
2. Functional illiteracy for internet use
Recruitment start date
01/09/2005
Recruitment end date
31/08/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Imperial College London
Dept Infectious Disease Epidemiology
London
W2 1PG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Sponsor to be confirmed - Record provided by the Medical Research Council (UK)
Sponsor details
20 Park Crescent
London
W1B 1AL
United Kingdom
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h.ward@imperial.ac.uk
Sponsor type
Research council
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Alternative name(s)
MRC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list