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Influence of Partner Type on Acceptability and Likelihood of Use of a Rectal Microbicide Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States and Puerto Rico.
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- A conjoint experiment of three placebo rectal products used with receptive anal sex: results from MTN-035.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Trial
- Project Gel a Randomized Rectal Microbicide Safety and Acceptability Study in Young Men and Transgender Women.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Rectal 1% Tenofovir Gel Use Associates with Altered Epidermal Protein Expression.AIDS research and human retrovirusesTrial
- Assessing the Acceptability of a Tenofovir-Based Rectal Microbicide Douche among Young Men who Have Sex with Men: Results from ATN-DREAM (ATN 163).AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Factors associated with having a steady homosexual partner among men who have sex with men, based on internet recruitment.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Acceptability of PC-1005 Gel Administered Rectally to HIV-1 Seronegative Adults at Three Different Volume Levels (MTN-037).AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2022Article
- Designing Dual Compartment HIV Prevention Products: Women's Sensory Perceptions and Experiences of Suppositories for Rectal and Vaginal Use.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2022Article
- Acceptability of a Dapivirine/Placebo Gel Administered Rectally to HIV-1 Seronegative Adults (MTN-026).AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Acceptability of a Dapivirine Gel Administered Rectally to HIV-1 Seronegative Adults (MTN-033 Study).AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2021Article
- Patterns of a Rectal Microbicide Placebo Gel Use in a Preparatory Stage for a Phase I Trial Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
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- Hypothetical Rectal Microbicide Acceptability and Factors Influencing It among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Tianjin, China.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
This study examined how acceptability of placebo gel with receptive anal intercourse (RAI) and likelihood of future rectal microbicide use varied across partner types. Because no rectal microbicide is available yet, use of placebo permitted the study of gel use behavior in real-life circumstances. A total of 87 men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 18 to 30 years inserted placebo gel rectally before RAI during 12 weeks. Using mixed-methods design, participants completed a behavioral questionnaire and in-depth interview. In all, 62 men (71.3%) reported gel use with a lover (i.e., spouse equivalent, boyfriend), 32 (36.8%) with a one-night stand (i.e., man with whom you had sex once), and 29 (33.3%) with an "other" male partner. While gel acceptability was high across partner types, use with lovers was facilitated by trust and familiarity; yet trust made participants believe protection was less necessary. Conversely, participants expressed high likelihood of using gel with one-night stands, whom they perceived as riskier; yet they felt less comfortable discussing gel with them, often resorting to covert use or forgoing gel. A successful microbicide will be positioned as a sexual pleasure enhancer so that men can present it to their lovers and other partners as a gel that improves sex and secondarily prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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