A health services implementation pilot study, conducted with an observational cohort of HIV-uninfected persons including men who have sex with men, heterosexual women and men, and injection drug users receiving daily oral antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) at four federally qualified health centers that provide sexual health and primary care services to communities with high HIV incidence/prevalence.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,420
Daily oral dose of coformulated TDF/FTC
Whitman Walker Health
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Access Community Health Network - Grand Boulevard Health and Specialty Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Howard Brown Community Health Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Open Arms Healthcare Center
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Clinical safety
Side effects, rates of renal adverse events, rates of atraumatic bone fractures, HIV infections with/without virus with mutations associated with TDF or FTC resistance, documented at clinical visits while prescribed PrEP
Time frame: Every 3 months up to 36 months
Medication adherence
Self-reported medication adherence and detection of tenofovir in dried blood spots at each clinical visit while prescribed PrEP
Time frame: Every 3 months up to 36 months
Behavioral Responses
Trends in sexual and injection HIV acquisition risk behaviors among patients measured at each clinic visit while prescribed PrEP
Time frame: Every 3 months up to 36 months
Costs
Source of payment, cost, and reimbusement for medication and clinical care associated with each clinical visit for PrEP
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Clinical practice variation
Variation in clinical practices at each clinic visit for PrEP-related care relative to PHS PrEP guidelines, and the relationship of clinical practices to patient outcomes
Time frame: Every 3 months up to 36 months
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Strawberry Mansion Health Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States