Project SPACE: Testing Daily Text Messages to Reduce Alcohol Use and HIV Risk Behavior
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age18-30
SponsorEmory University
About this trial
Project SPACE is a micro-randomized trial evaluating the proximal effects theory-based text messages on alcohol use and sexual HIV risk behaviors among HIV-negative young adult men at the day-level.
At baseline, all participants will complete GamePlan, an existing brief online sexual health program. During the subsequent 8-week intervention period, participants will complete a brief morning assessment of the preceding day and will be randomized each afternoon, with equal probability, to receive concrete ("how"), abstract ("why"), neutral control, or no afternoon intervention messages. Participants will also complete pre- and post-intervention measures. The effects of GamePlan are not being separately evaluated in this study.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Male sex at birth and currently identify with male gender
Own and use a smartphone that can receive text messages daily
Have tested negative for HIV in the past 24 months
Be willing to consider a change in their drinking behavior
Disqualifiers
Involved in previous Project SPACE research (i.e., members of the Phase 1 community advisory board or Phase 2 pilot tests)
Participants that have sought treatment for substance use in the past month.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- CLT- Concrete text messages
- CLT- Abstract text messages
- Control messages
- No messages
- GamePlan Online Program
Treatment groups
240 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Emory University
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov