Pre-exposure Option for Reducing HIV in the UK.(PROUD) (PROUD)
Pre-exposure Option for Reducing HIV in the UK: an Open-label Randomisation to Immediate or Deferred Daily Truvada for HIV Negative Gay Men.(PROUD)
This study is looking at a new way to reduce the risk of catching HIV - Truvada-PrEP.
To find out whether a daily tablet, Truvada, can safely reduce the risk of gay men catching HIV, we need to do a large trial in which half the men do not receive Truvada for one year. We do not know if gay men at risk of HIV are interested in taking Truvada, and if they are, whether they would be willing to wait a year before they can take it. The reason it may not be safe, is that taking Truvada-PrEP may lead to an increase in risk behaviour. This could mean there was more chance of catching HIV and other infections.
As well as finding out if a large trial would be possible, this study will looks at other factors including:
- Whether people using PrEP change the number of partners they have sex with
- Whether people using PrEP change how often they use condoms
- Whether PrEP leads to higher rates of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
This information on changes in sexual activity over time is one of the most important aspects of the study, because we have never collected this before in the UK. This means we don't know what happens to people's sexual activity without PrEP! In October 2014 an interim analysis of the PROUD study data showed that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was highly protective against HIV for gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk of infection. The PROUD Trial Steering Committee announced that participants on the deferred arm of the study, who had not yet started PrEP, should be offered the opportunity to begin PrEP ahead of schedule. As a result, we changed the study design and offered all enrolled participants the opportunity to access PrEP. All study participants will be followed up until study closure in October 2016
Study Overview
Status
Status
Conditions
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Intervention and control groups:
Arm A: Immediate offer of Truvada-PrEP Arm B: Deferred (12m) offer of Truvada-PrEP
Method of randomisation:
Randomisation will be performed centrally using a computer algorithm based on random permuted blocks stratified by site.
Study Type
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Enrollment
Phase
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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London, United Kingdom, WC2B 6NH
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Born to male gender, age 18 years or more
- Previously attended the enrolling clinic on at least one occasion
- Completed a screen for HIV and STIs
- HIV negative by a routinely used assay within 4 weeks prior to or on the day of randomisation
- Reported unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) on more than one occasion within the 90 days prior to randomisation
- Likely, in the opinion of the volunteer, to have UAI in the next 90 days
- Willing and able to comply with the visit schedule throughout the follow-up period
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- An acute viral illness that could be due to HIV seroconversion
- Any contraindications to Truvada according to the current package insert
- Treatment for hepatitis B infection indicated or ongoing
- Unlikely, in the opinion of the clinician, to comply with the randomised allocation
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Number of Arms
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / ArmParticipant Group / Arm |
Intervention / TreatmentIntervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Arm A: Immediate offer of Truvada-PrEP
Immediate offer of Truvada (once daily tablet containing 300mg tenofovir disoproxil (TDF) and 200mg of emtricitabine (FTC)
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Other: Arm B: Deferred (12m) offer of Truvada-PrEP
Access to Truvada from 12 months after enrolment
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Time to accrual of 500 participants and Retention at 12 and 24 months from randomisation
Time Frame: 2 years
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2 years
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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HIV infections acquired between trial entry and 12 months, and between 12 and 24 months
Time Frame: 24months
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24months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Miltz A, Lampe F, McCormack S, Dunn D, White E, Rodger A, Phillips A, Sherr L, Sullivan AK, Reeves I, Clarke A, Gafos M. Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the PROUD randomised clinical trial of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. BMJ Open. 2019 Dec 10;9(12):e031085. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031085.
- Miltz AR, Lampe FC, Bacchus LJ, McCormack S, Dunn D, White E, Rodger A, Phillips AN, Sherr L, Clarke A, McOwan A, Sullivan A, Gafos M. Intimate partner violence, depression, and sexual behaviour among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the PROUD trial. BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 25;19(1):431. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6757-6.
- McCormack S, Dunn DT, Desai M, Dolling DI, Gafos M, Gilson R, Sullivan AK, Clarke A, Reeves I, Schembri G, Mackie N, Bowman C, Lacey CJ, Apea V, Brady M, Fox J, Taylor S, Antonucci S, Khoo SH, Rooney J, Nardone A, Fisher M, McOwan A, Phillips AN, Johnson AM, Gazzard B, Gill ON. Pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent the acquisition of HIV-1 infection (PROUD): effectiveness results from the pilot phase of a pragmatic open-label randomised trial. Lancet. 2016 Jan 2;387(10013):53-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00056-2. Epub 2015 Sep 9.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Primary Completion
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Completion
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
First Posted
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Posted
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2012-002373-56
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