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Can HIV-specific immunity develop in HIV uninfected humans exposed to HIV whilst receiving antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)? Investigators will investigate this possibility in commercial sex workers in Kampala who will be receiving Truvada PrEP for one year.


Clinical Trial Description

Design This will be a single centre open label longitudinal observational trial. Women attending the "Good Health for Women" clinic will be informed about the objectives of the trial and volunteers able to provide informed consent and with high risk of exposure to HIV-1 determined by a sexual history questionnaire will be screened by Rapid antibody test. Seronegatives will be checked for eligibility by clinical examination and laboratory tests. The endpoint for enrolment will be 220 uninfected high risk participants.

Baseline blood samples will be obtained from participants at month 0. A monthly diary card will be provided for self documenting sexual exposure, alcohol use and pill taking. Participants will receive provisions of PrEP (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC) sufficient for one month, will be instructed on the daily prophylaxis and on how to record adherence on the diary card. Participants will be asked to return each month for treatment re-provisioning and a new card. The content of the diary card will be discussed in a short interview each month.

At month 6 and 12 blood samples will be collected for evaluating immune responses to HIV-1. Additional tests will be done for monitoring HIV-1 status, pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). After month 12 PrEP will be discontinued (unless participants opt to continue PrEP until the end of the follow up) and all participants will provide blood samples at month 18.

Baseline and follow-up peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) samples will be compared for T cell responses to HIV by interferon-γ (IFN-γ) enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT). In case of a positive immune response, plasma collected at the same time point will be nucleic acid test (NAT) tested to verify absence of HIV infection.

HIV infected participants will be evaluated for cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) T cells and viral load and referred to a Care Program (PEPFAR).

At month 6, 12 and 18 in-depth interviews will be conducted with a randomly selected sample of 44 women (20 percent) to discuss facilitators and barriers to adherence. The diary answers will be tabulated to look for patterns and trends. A framework approach to analysis will be used for the analysis of the qualitative data from interviews. ;


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NCT number NCT02593409
Study type Interventional
Source MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on Aids
Contact Berna Kalanzi
Phone +256417704000
Email berna.kalanzi@mrcuganda.org
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date May 25, 2017
Completion date June 2018

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