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HIVSCOPENCT01832571

SCOPE: Strategies to Combine PrEP With Prevention Efforts

A study testing Once daily Truvada® in people with HIV, run by FHI 360 at 2 sites in Kenya.

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Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

This pilot, open-label, prospective study will determine the feasibility of integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into existing HIV prevention programs for female sex workers and if women who are enrolled in those programs will adhere to the daily PrEP regimen of Truvada®. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
HIV
What is being tested?
Once daily Truvada®
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
2 sitesKenya
Study dates
Jun 2013to Jul 2013
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • At least 18 years of age
  • Willing and able (i.e., successfully complete an open-ended comprehension assessment on key topics related to the study) to give written informed consent
  • Expresses willingness at screening and enrollment to take PrEP daily
  • Willing to provide contact information and be contacted by staff between visits (per participant-approved methods)
  • Is sexually active, defined as having had at least one vaginal sex act in the last four weeks, and reports receiving money or goods in exchange for sex in the last 6 months as part of her source of income/livelihood
  • Is HIV antibody negative on rapid test algorithm at the enrollment visit
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  • Does not have symptoms suggestive of acute HIV infection at the enrollment visit (i.e., fever (temperature above 38ºC), fatigue, sweating, night sweats, pain, rash, pharyngitis, headache, muscle and joint pain, adenopathy (cervical and inguinal), vomiting, diarrhea and coughing) combined with self-reported possibility of recent HIV exposure leading to clinical suspicion of acute HIV infection
  • Has a negative urine pregnancy test at screening and enrollment
  • Is not currently trying to become pregnant
  • Is not breastfeeding
  • Has a creatinine clearance ≥ 60ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula) at screening
  • Is Hepatitis B virus antigen (HBV Ag) negative at screening
  • Is in general good health and does not have a medical or social condition which may make study participation unsafe or complicate data interpretation in the opinion of the site investigator
  • Is not participating in another PrEP program or PrEP research study
  • Is not taking HIV post-exposure prophylaxis at enrollment

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant HIV antibody positive Using HIV post-exposure prophylaxis at enrollment
  • -

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

Kenya2 sites
  • Family Health Options Kenya

    Eldoret

  • Sex Workers Outreach Programme (SWOP)

    Nairobi

Other trials in Kenya

About this study

Official title: Open Label Prospective Study of Strategies to Combine Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)With Prevention Efforts

This pilot, open-label, prospective study will determine the feasibility of integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into existing HIV prevention programs for female sex workers and if women who are enrolled in those programs will adhere to the daily PrEP regimen of Truvada®. This study will enroll 500 HIV antibody negative female sex workers in Eldoret and Nairobi, Kenya.

Read the detailed description

Participants will undergo the following procedures: blood draw for HIV (screening, enrollment, month 1, quarterly follow-up visits and final) and creatinine testing (screening, month 3 and final) and urine pregnancy test (at screening, enrollment and final). At screening, participants will have an HBV antigen test. Information on demographics, sexual behaviors, risk perceptions, partners' HIV status, medical history, PrEP and program acceptability, self-reported adherence to PrEP, alcohol and drug use, depression, social support, stigma, self-efficacy, gender-based violence, contraceptive use, adverse events, and symptoms of potential acute HIV infection will be collected during the study. Detailed information on Truvada for PrEP will be given to the participant and the the participant will be counseled on HIV-risk reduction (according to existing program) during the screening visit. Patient-centered and integrated counseling on HIV risk reduction and PrEP adherence will be conducted at enrollment and follow-up visits. Sexually transmitted infections (STI)will be assessed and treated during visits per local clinical procedures. If a pelvic exam is done per routine clinic procedures, a vaginal and/or endocervical swab will be collected and stored for future research related to HIV infection.

A cohort of 25 systematically-selected participants at each site will have three rounds of in-depth interviews (IDI) to explore the context surrounding many of the study's endpoints. The first IDI will be conducted at the month 1 visit after PrEP initiation. The second IDI will be conducted at the month 3 visit. The third IDI will be conducted at the final study visit.

An IDI will be conducted with all participants at each site who were assigned and willing to use the electronic pill monitoring device (n=25 per site). The purpose of the IDIs is to explore the reasons underlying PrEP use patterns (e.g. the number of times the pill bottle was opened over a specific period of time -- limited, intermittent, or high number of openings). Two rounds of IDIs will be conducted with these participants. The first IDI will be conducted at the month 3 visit and the second at the month 6 visit.

Exit interviews will be conducted with up to 30 participants at each site. Participants may be purposefully selected based on their drug level adherence data or electronic pill measurement data (e.g. low, intermittent, or high PrEP users) or based on other specific issues that emerged over the course of the study (e.g., limited partner support).

Two brief face-to-face (FTF) structured surveys will be administered to all HIV prevention program staff to assess the variables/domains related to the feasibility measures. The first survey will be administered around the initiation of the study and the second survey towards the end of the study. Two interviews will be conducted using a questionnaire with both open- and closed-ended questions, with all counselors and providers, such as nurses, medical officers, and doctors, to gather more in-depth data on the feasibility measures. The first interview will be conducted approximately one month after the first participant is screened and the second interview toward the end of the study.

Conditions
HIV
Being tested
Once daily Truvada®
Keywords
HIV, PrEP, Female Sex Workers, Kenya

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Once daily Truvada®Drug

    Also called Truvada®

    At the enrollment visit, participant's eligibility is assessed per protocol and she is provided with a 30 day supply of Truvada and instructed to take one tablet orally once daily with or without food. Each tablet contains 200 mg emtricitabine (FTC) and 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). Participants will receive Truvada at each clinic visit after it is confirmed that she is HIV negative. There will be a 1 month follow-up visit after enrollment. Thereafter, participants will have quarterly visits until April 2014.

Study groups in NCT01832571
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Once daily Truvada®ExperimentalOne tablet of Truvada (200 mg of emtricitabine and 300 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) daily
Receives: Drug: Once daily Truvada®

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Drug Adherence

    Describe the patterns of adherence to a regimen of daily oral Truvada® among female sex workers currently or newly enrolled in established HIV prevention programs

    Measured: 11 months

  2. PrEP Integration

    Assess the feasibility of integrating PrEP into existing HIV prevention programs for female sex workers

    Measured: 11 months

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Assess adherence

    Describe self-reported and electronically-monitored patterns of adherence to a regimen of daily oral Truvada® among female sex workers currently or newly enrolled in established HIV prevention programs

    Measured: 11 months

  2. drug level adherence

    Assess the correlation between drug level adherence data and participant self-reported adherence data

    Measured: 11 months

  3. risk-taking behavior

    Assess the impact of PrEP on HIV risk-taking behavior

    Measured: 11 months

  4. factors affecting Adherence

    Identify factors associated with adherence to PrEP

    Measured: 11 months

  5. Support of prEP Adherence

    Assess impact of adherence support by peer educators on PrEP adherence

    Measured: 11 months

  6. Contraceptive Use

    Describe Contraceptive Use

    Measured: 11 months

  7. Resistance among Seroconverters

    Assess resistance to TFV or FTC among seroconverters

    Measured: 11 months

  8. Birth Outcomes

    Assess birth outcomes among women who choose to continue PrEP during pregnancy

    Measured: 11 months

  9. Tenofovir Concentrations

    1. Describe tenofovir concentrations among women who choose to continue PrEP during pregnancy

    Measured: 11 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Apr 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2013
  3. Primary completionJul 2013
  4. Study completionJul 2013

Why it stopped: Study is closed early due to withdrawal of funding. No study procedures were implemented.

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01832571
Sponsor's protocol ID
391449
Acronym
SCOPE
Status last verified
Jul 2013
First submitted
3 Apr 2013
Last updated
15 Jul 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Once daily Truvada® in people with HIV, run by FHI 360 at 2 sites in Kenya.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 15 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Jul 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in Kenya. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Drug Adherence (time frame: 11 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Jul 2013.

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