The Stay Study is a multi-site, open-label HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project for advancing PrEP delivery in the San Francisco Bay Area Transgender Community. Approximately 188 HIV-uninfected participants will be enrolled at 4 sites in San Francisco and Fremont and will be provided Truvada to take orally once daily as PrEP.
PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, an HIV prevention method that involves HIV negative people taking antiviral drugs daily to try to help prevent HIV infection. Studies with men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women showed that people who took PrEP were less likely to become infected with HIV than those who did not take it. The main purpose of this PrEP Demonstration Project is to make PrEP accessible to people in the transgender community. As part of this project, we will study whether transgender women and men are interested in taking PrEP, and, if so, for how long and how frequently they take the medication and how these relate to demographics (such as race, age, and education). We will also assess reasons for stopping PrEP and measure sexual behaviors of participants in the demonstration project.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
158
Open-label emtricitabine 200mg/tenofovir 300mg
HIV/STI testing and counseling, adherence counseling, medical exams, safety monitoring, short message system (SMS), ie text message, and peer support, panel management.
Tri-City Health Center
Fremont, California, United States
Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco, California, United States
Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic
San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco Community Health Clinic
San Francisco, California, United States
PrEP uptake and its correlates by gender identity, race/ethnicity, age, education, site, hormone status, and risk practices
Combined analysis of PrEP acceptance and refusal rates and sociodemographic correlates of PrEP acceptance and refusal.
Time frame: Baseline
Patterns and correlates of PrEP adherence among transgender individuals in the Stay Study.
Combined analysis of PrEP adherence rates as measured by: Tenofovir-diphosphate (TFV-DP) levels in dried blood spots (DBS); medication possession ratio; self-reported adherence. Patterns and correlates of adherence
Time frame: 12 months
Reasons transgender people choose to initiate PrEP
Reasons for initiating PrEP
Time frame: Baseline
Reasons transgender people choose to decline PrEP
Reasons for declining PrEP
Time frame: Baseline
Measure of changes in sexual risk taking behavior among Stay Study participants taking PrEP
Computer-Assisted Self-interview (CASI) data: Numbers of sexual partners, by serostatus and condom use, and anal/vaginal sex episodes, by partner serostatus, role of respondent, and condom use; sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing
Time frame: 12 months
Measure of changes in STI among Stay Study participants taking PrEP
STI testing
Time frame: 12 months
Side effects and toxicities of PrEP among study participants
Combined analysis of side effects and toxicities, including creatinine elevations
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Castro-Mission Health Center
San Francisco, California, United States
Time frame: 12 months
PrEP discontinuations and reasons for discontinuation
PrEP discontinuations, reasons for discontinuation
Time frame: 12 months
Differences in duration of PrEP use and study retention by sociodemographics, including race/ethnicity, age, education and risk practices
Combined analysis of CASI and interview data.
Time frame: 15 months
The number of seroconversions and HIV drug resistance patterns among persons who become HIV infected in the project
HIV drug resistance patterns among persons who become infected
Time frame: 12 months
Effects of PrEP on hormone levels
Combined analysis of hormone levels as relates to measures of adherence, such as TFV-DP in DBS, tenofovir levels in plasma
Time frame: 12 months
The effect of hormone use on tenofovir-diphosphate concentrations among study participants
Combined analysis of hormone levels as relates to measures of adherence, such as TFV-DP in DBS, tenofovir levels in plasma
Time frame: 12 months
Social harms experienced by study participants
Social Impact questionnaire
Time frame: 12 months
Social benefits experienced by study participants
Social impact questionnaire
Time frame: 12 months
Referrals to other HIV prevention services within the Stay Study
Combined analysis of CASI and interview data
Time frame: 15 months
Access to and uptake of PrEP after project completion
Combined analysis of the proportion of participants interested in continuing PrEP and successfully able to access PrEP
Time frame: 3 months
Acceptability and uptake of Stay Study PrEP support components
Combined analysis of CASI and interview responses.
Time frame: 12 months