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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Study of Lenacapavir in Cisgender Men, Transgender Women, Transgender Men, and Gender Nonbinary People at Risk for HIV Infection

NCT04925752 · tracked via the Priya Life Science USA tracker
Phase
Phase 3
Started
2021-06-28
Last updated
2026-10-06

Condition(s) studied

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Oral Lenacapavir (LEN) →F/TDF →Sub-cutaneous (SC) Lenacapavir (LEN) →Placebo SC LENPTM F/TDFPTM Oral LENF/TAF (for US participants only) →

Oral Lenacapavir (LEN): Tablets administered orally without regard to food

F/TDF: Tablets administered orally

Sub-cutaneous (SC) Lenacapavir (LEN): Administered via SC injections

Placebo SC LEN: Administered via SC injections

PTM F/TDF: Tablets administered orally

PTM Oral LEN: Tablets administered orally

F/TAF (for US participants only): F/TAF tablets administered orally once daily

Study summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the study drugs, lenacapavir (LEN) in preventing HIV infection, in participants ≥ 16 years of age who have condomless receptive anal sex with partners assigned male at birth and are at risk for HIV-1 infection.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of LEN for HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in participants ≥ 16 years of age who have condomless receptive anal sex with partners assigned male at birth at risk of HIV-1 infection.

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Min age
16 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Key Inclusion Criteria: Incidence Phase * CGM, TGW, TGM, and GNB who have condomless receptive anal sex with partners assigned male at birth and are at risk for HIV infection. * HIV-1 status unknown at screening and no prior HIV-1 testing within the last 3 months. * Sexually active with ≥ 1 partner assigned male at birth (condomless receptive anal sex) in the last 12 months and 1 of the following: * Condomless receptive anal sex with ≥ 2 partners in the last 12 weeks. * History of syphilis, rectal gonorrhea, or rectal chlamydia in the last 24 weeks. * Self-reported use of stimulants with sex in the last 12 weeks. Randomized Phase * Negative local rapid fourth generation HIV-1/2 Ab/Ag, central fourth generation HIV-1/2 Ab/Ag, and HIV-1 RNA quantitative nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min at screening according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula for creatinine clearance (CLcr). Key Exclusion Criteria: Incidence Phase * Prior use of HIV PrEP (including F/TDF or F/TAF) or HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in the past 12 weeks or any prior use of long-acting systemic PrEP (including cabotegravir or islatravir). * Prior recipient of an HIV vaccine or HIV broadly neutralizing antibody formulation. Randomized Phase * Acute viral hepatitis A, B or C or evidence of chronic hepatitis B or C infection. * Severe hepatic impairment or a history of or current clinical decompensated liver cirrhosis. Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Primary outcome measure(s)

  • Incidence Phase: Recent Infection Testing Algorithm (RITA) Estimate of the Background Human Immunodeficiency-1 Virus Infection Incidence Rate (bHIV) Per 100 Person Years (PY) — Incidence Phase Screening Visit (Day 1)
    bHIV per 100 PY in the Incidence Phase was calculated using RITA. The RITA incorporated HIV-1 testing results and recency assay testing results to estimate the bHIV. Recency assay testing was performed for participants in the All Screened Set found to have HIV-1 infection at the Incidence Phase Screening Visit as defined below. Participants were considered to have recent HIV-1 infection if the normalized optical density (ODn) was below 1.5 threshold using the Sedia limiting antigen avidity enzyme immunoassay (LAg-EIA) and the HIV-1 RNA (viral load) was \> 75 copies/mL of blood. HIV-1 infection was defined as participants having at least one of the following central lab results at the Incidence Phase screening visit: * Positive HIV-1/2 differentiation Ab, OR * Positive HIV-1 ribonucleic acid (RNA) qualitative test, OR * HIV-1 RNA quantitative test ≥200 copies/mL.
  • Randomized Blinded Phase: HIV-1 Incidence Reported Per 100 PY for LEN Compared to Background HIV (bHIV, Participants in All Screened Set) — Up to 149 weeks
    HIV-1 incidence per 100 PY for LEN was calculated as the number of participants who acquired HIV-1 divided by the total of a) for participants not diagnosed with HIV-1, sum of all duration of follow-up time in years, while at risk of HIV-1 infection (where a year is 365.25 days) and b) for participants diagnosed with HIV-1, sum of all duration of follow-up time up to confirmed HIV-1 diagnoses. HIV-1 diagnosis was determined by an HIV adjudication committee who reviewed potential HIV-1 infection events in the randomized participants. The committee, in a blinded, consistent, and unbiased manner, determined whether HIV test results confirmed HIV-1 infection and determined the date of diagnosis for each case, defined as the date of the earliest study visit with evidence of HIV infection considering both prospective HIV testing and back-testing of archived samples. bHIV incidence per 100 PY in All Screened Set was estimated as described in outcome measure#1.

Trial sites (93)

FacilityCityRegionStatus
UAB Sexual Health Research Clinic Birmingham Alabama
Loma Linda University Clinical Trial Center Clinic Loma Linda California
Ruane Clinical Research Group Inc. Los Angeles California
UCLA CBAM Vine Street Clinic Los Angeles California
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) - Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC) Los Angeles California
Mills Clinical Research Los Angeles California
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles California
BIOS Clinical Research Palm Springs California
UCSD Anti Viral Research Center San Diego California
Bridge HIV at the San Francisco Department of Public Health San Francisco California
Optimus Medical Group San Francisco California
University of Colorado Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRC) Aurora Colorado
Yale University, School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut
Whitman-Walker Institute Inc. Washington D.C. District of Columbia
Washington Health Institute Washington D.C. District of Columbia
Therafirst Medical Center Fort Lauderdale Florida
Gary Richmond, MD, PA Fort Lauderdale Florida
Midway Immunology & Research Center, LLC Ft. Pierce Florida
CAN Community Health Clinic Jacksonville Florida
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Infectious Disease Research - Converge Miami Miami Florida
CAN Community Health Miami Gardens Florida
Orlando Immunology Center Orlando Florida
CAN Community Health Sarasota Florida
The Hope Clinic at Emory University Atlanta Georgia
Emory University Atlanta Georgia
Emory University Hospital Midtown Infectious Disease Clinic Atlanta Georgia
RMR Core Center Chicago Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Project WISH Chicago Illinois
Howard Brown Health Center Chicago Illinois
Indiana University Infectious Diseases Research Indianapolis Indiana
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington Kentucky
Norton Infectious Disease Specialists Louisville Kentucky
LSU-CrescentCare Sexual Health Center- New Orleans Community Health Center New Orleans Louisiana
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland
The Fenway Institute Boston Massachusetts
Be Well Medical Center Berkley Michigan
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Michigan
Open Arms Healthcare Center Jackson Mississippi
KC CARE Health Center Kansas City Missouri
St. Michael's Medical Center Newark New Jersey

+ 53 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.

Official registry record

This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.

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