Weekly Text Messages to Support Adherence to Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Cisgender Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and Transgender Women: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Nested in PrEP Brasil Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile phones have become popular tools to support public health interventions (mobile health [mHealth]). Text messaging, including SMS, is a simple, low-cost approach for health communication to a large population and offers valuable tools in improving health outcomes. Despite the global advances in HIV treatment and prevention, the HIV epidemic continues to disproportionately affect certain populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women, including in Latin America.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of SMS text messaging in improving adherence after 1-year provision of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among MSM and transgender women in Brazil.

Methods

Pilot randomized controlled trial nested in the PrEP

SUBMITTER: Marins LMS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12294642 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature