MTN-035 is a multi-site, randomized-sequence, three-period, open label crossover study that will enroll approximately 210 participants randomized (1:1:1:1:1:1) to one of six sequences of rectal microbicide placebo product application.
MTN-035 is a multi-site, randomized-sequence, three-period, open label crossover study that will enroll approximately 210 participants randomized (1:1:1:1:1:1) to one of six sequences of rectal microbicide placebo product application. At the start of each 4-week product use period, participants will receive either rectal inserts, rectal douches, or rectal suppositories and be instructed to use their assigned study product prior to each receptive anal intercourse (RAI) encounter during that period. Participants who do not have RAI in a given week will be asked to use the product without sex. There will be a 1-week washout period between each of the three product use periods. Participant follow-up will take approximately 3.5 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
217
Participants will be instructed to insert in the rectum a placebo insert prior to RAI. If a dose is missed, participants will be instructed to wait to take a dose at the next occurrence of RAI. Furthermore, if no RAI activity occurs at all in a given 7-day period, participants will be instructed to take a dose on the seventh day in the absence of RAI.
Participants will be instructed to insert in the rectum a placebo suppository prior to RAI. If a dose is missed, participants will be instructed to wait to take a dose at the next occurrence of RAI. Furthermore, if no RAI activity occurs at all in a given 7-day period, participants will be instructed to take a dose on the seventh day in the absence of RAI.
Alabama Clinical Research Site
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Bridge HIV Clinical Research Site
San Francisco, California, United States
University of Pittsburgh Clinical Research Site
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Blantyre Clinical Research Site
Blantyre, Malawi
Acceptability of Future Product Use
Using a 10-point scale (1=Very Unlikely; 10=Very Likely), participants were asked to answer the following question about their most recently used product: "Think about the positive and negative experiences you have had using the \[study product\] during the past 4-week period. If this \[study product\] was available and it provided some protection against HIV, how likely would you be to use it before receptive anal sex?". The endpoint was operationalized as binary, with scores 1 to 6 grouped as "low acceptability" and scores 7 to 10 as "high acceptability".
Time frame: 14 weeks (three 4-week product use periods with 1-week washout periods between them)
Adherence to Placebo Products
Percentage of participants who used each study product as instructed
Time frame: 14 weeks (three 4-week product use periods with 1-week washout periods between them)
Number of Grade 2+ Related Adverse Events
Number of all Grade 2 or higher related adverse events (AE) reported in the study as defined by the DAIDS AE Grading Table
Time frame: 14 weeks (three 4-week product use periods with 1-week washout periods between them)
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Participants will be instructed to insert in the rectum a placebo douche (enema bottle with approximately 120 mL of clean tap water or bottled water) prior to RAI. If a dose is missed, participants will be instructed to wait to take a dose at the next occurrence of RAI, or if no other RAI activity occurs in that 7-day period, to take a dose in the absence of RAI. Furthermore, if no RAI activity occurs at all in a given 7-day period, participants will be instructed to take a dose on the seventh day in the absence of RAI.
San Miguel Clinical Research Site
San Miguel, Peru
Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute Clinical Research Site
Johannesburg, South Africa
Chiang Mai University HIV Prevention Clinical Research Site
Chiang Mai, Thailand