Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Study of Lenacapavir and Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in Adolescent Girls and Young Women at Risk of HIV Infection

Phase 3 Active not recruiting 5368 enrolled Gilead Sciences

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention

Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the study drugs, lenacapavir (LEN) and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (F/TAF) in preventing HIV infection, in adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of LEN and F/TAF for HIV-1 PrEP in AGYW at risk of HIV-1 infection.

Timeline

Start: 2021-08-30
Primary completion: 2024-05-27
Completion: 2028-01

Publications

Background Bekker LG, Das M, Abdool Karim Q, Ahmed K, Batting J, Brumskine W, Gill K, Harkoo I, Jaggernath M, Kigozi G, Kiwanuka N, Kotze P, Lebina L, Louw CE, Malahleha M, Manentsa M, Mansoor LE, Moodley D, Naicker V, Naidoo L, Naidoo M, Nair G, Ndlovu N, Palanee-Phillips T, Panchia R, Pillay S, Potloane D, Selepe P, Singh N, Singh Y, Spooner E, Ward AM, Zwane Z, Ebrahimi R, Zhao Y, Kintu A, Deaton C, Carter CC, Baeten JM, Matovu Kiweewa F; PURPOSE 1 Study Team. Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 3;391(13):1179-1192. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2407001. Epub 2024 Jul 24.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lenacapavir	Small molecule	927 mg	Oral
Subject	Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate	Small molecule	—	Oral
Subject	emtricitabine	Other / unclassified	—	Oral
Subject	tenofovir alafenamide	Small molecule	—	Oral

Indications

No indication recorded.