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Status unknownNCT03253757Updated Aug 18, 2017

PrEP Impact Trial: A Pragmatic Health Technology Assessment of PrEP and Implementation

An observational study in HIV Infections, sponsored by St Stephens Aids Trust. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 16 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-08-18.

Sponsored by St Stephens Aids Trust · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2017), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
10,000
Ages
16 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the use of anti-HIV medicines by HIV negative people in order to prevent them from becoming HIV positive if exposed to HIV.

Currently, the combination drug containing tenofovir and emtricitabine is licensed in Europe for use as HIV PrEP. We know from previous studies worldwide that this combination drug is very good at reducing the risk of HIV infection and several countries have implemented PrEP programmes to provide PrEP to individuals at high risk of HIV.

However, it is difficult to effectively plan for a national PrEP programme in England without knowing how many people will need PrEP, how many will want to take PrEP, and how long they will stay on PrEP.

In order to find this out, the PrEP Impact Trial will make PrEP available to at least 10,000 people over three years. HIV negative men and women attending sexual health clinics in England will have their risk of HIV assessed by their care team and be offered PrEP if they meet the eligibility criteria. Through the trial we will be able to measure how many attendees at sexual health clinics meet eligibility criteria for PrEP, how many of these take up the offer of PrEP and how long they remain on PrEP for.

There will not be any additional tests other than those recommended for the safe delivery of PrEP. These include tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV as well as urine and blood tests to monitor kidney function. Information about attendances and test results will be anonymously collected through the existing data reporting system that sexual health clinics currently use to report to Public Health England.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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Keywords

  • PrEP
  • HIV
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

The participant populations for this trial will be men and women attending GUM clinics who belong to one of three populations recognised to be at high risk for HIV, namely:

A. Men (cisgender and transgender) and transgender women who:

  1. Have sex with men
  2. Have had an HIV negative test during an earlier episode of care in the preceding year
  3. Report condomless intercourse in the previous 3 months
  4. Affirm their likelihood of having condomless intercourse in the next 3 months

B. HIV negative partners of an HIV positive person when:

  1. The HIV positive partner is not known to be virally suppressed (\<200 copies/ml for 6 months or more)
  2. Condomless intercourse is anticipated before treatment of the HIV positive partner takes effect

C.HIV negative persons who:

  1. Are clinically assessed and considered to be at similar high risk of HIV acquisition as those with a serodiscordant partner who is not known to be virally suppressed

Inclusion criteria

The participant populations for this trial will be men and women attending GUM clinics who belong to one of three populations recognised to be at high risk for HIV, namely:

A. Men (cisgender and transgender) and transgender women who:

  1. Have sex with men
  2. Have had an HIV negative test during an earlier episode of care in the preceding year
  3. Report condomless intercourse in the previous 3 months
  4. Affirm their likelihood of having condomless intercourse in the next 3 months

B. HIV negative partners of an HIV positive person when:

  1. The HIV positive partner is not known to be virally suppressed (\<200 copies/ml for 6 months or more)
  2. Condomless intercourse is anticipated before treatment of the HIV positive partner takes effect

C.HIV negative persons who:

  1. Are clinically assessed and considered to be at similar high risk of HIV acquisition as those with a serodiscordant partner who is not known to be virally suppressed

Participants will therefore be considered eligible for trial enrolment if they fulfil all the following individual eligibility criteria:

  1. Belongs to one of the three at high HIV risk populations described above
  2. Aged 16 years or over (no upper limit)
  3. Considered to be HIV negative on the day of enrolment
  4. Willing and able to provide informed consent
  5. Willing to adhere to the recommended PrEP regimen
  6. Willing to re-attend the trial clinic at appropriate intervals for risk assessment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. An acute viral illness that could be due to HIV seroconversion
  2. Any contraindication to Tenofovir Disoproxil (TD)/ Emtricitabine (FTC)-
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
10,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • OtherThis study is non-interventional.

    This study is non-interventional.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. PrEP Eligibility

    The proportion of GUM clinic attendees meeting the eligibility criteria for PrEP

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. PrEP Eligibility (duration)

    The duration for which GUM clinic attendees are eligible for PreP

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. PrEP Uptake

    The proportion of PrEP eligible GUM clinic attendees prescribed PrEP

    Time frame: 3 years

  4. PrEP Uptake (duration)

    The duration for which eligible GUM clinic attendees use PrEP

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. HIV

    HIV diagnoses reported by sites and identified through the national surveillance dataset

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. STIs

    STI diagnoses (gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis and hepatitis C) reported in the national surveillance dataset

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. Adverse Events

    1. Serious suspected adverse drug reactions reported using the yellow card system 2. Antiretroviral resistance associated mutations in participants with incident HIV infection

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — All data used in the study will be pseudo-anonymised and used for the purposes of determining the implementation of PrEP in England.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03253757
Lead sponsor
St Stephens Aids Trust
Collaborators
Public Health England, NHS England
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 18, 2017
Start date
Sep 1, 2017 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 1, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 18, 2017

Study contacts

Hannah Reaney
Contact
impact@ststcr.com
07887476175

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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