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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02870790




Registration number
NCT02870790
Ethics application status
Date submitted
14/08/2016
Date registered
17/08/2016
Date last updated
17/02/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
Expanded PrEP Implementation in Communities in NSW
Scientific title
Impact of the Rapid Expansion of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on HIV Incidence, in a Setting With High HIV Testing and Antiretroviral Treatment Coverage, to Achieve the Virtual Elimination of HIV Transmission by 2020: a NSW HIV Strategy Implementation Project
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
HEPP1511
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
EPIC-NSW
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
HIV 0 0
STI 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - TDF/FTC

Experimental: treatment - A single open-label arm. All participants receive daily oral pill containing TDF/FTC


Treatment: Drugs: TDF/FTC
one pill daily
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Incidence of HIV infection per 100 person years among study participants
Timepoint [1] 0 0
24 months of follow-up
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Number of HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men notified to the NSW Ministry of Health.
Timepoint [2] 0 0
24 months of follow-up
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Incidence of STI (gonorrhoea, chlamydia and infectious syphilis) per 100 person years among study participants
Timepoint [1] 0 0
24 months of follow-up

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* HIV negative at enrolment, with a negative HIV test result documented within seven days of initiating PrEP
* At high and ongoing risk for acquiring HIV infection through sexual exposure (as defined by Behavioural Eligibility criteria presented in Appendix II and online Risk Assessment Questionnaire in Appendix III), OR previously a PrELUDE study participant
* Aged 18 years or over
* Live in NSW or ACT or visit NSW or ACT enough to attend clinics for follow-up assessments
* Willing and able to provide informed consent
* Medicare ineligible individuals may be enrolled if the clinical service is able to cover the costs of monitoring of the patient
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Males
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
* HIV-1 infected or has symptoms consistent with acute viral infection (If HIV positive status is not confirmed by testing, delay starting PrEP for at least one month and reconfirm negative HIV-1 status).
* Having an estimated creatinine clearance (glomerular filtration rate [GFR]) <60ml/min
* Having or developing clinical symptoms suggestive of lactic acidosis or pronounced hepatotoxicity (including nausea, vomiting, unusual or unexpected stomach discomfort, and weakness)
* Concurrently taking a nephrotoxic agent (e.g., high-dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs / NSAIDs)
* Allergic to TDF and/or FTC (based on self-report or recorded)
* Concurrently taking prescribed products containing FTC or TDF including ATRIPLA®, COMPLERA®, EMTRIVA, STRIBILD®, VIREAD, TAF (tenofovir alafenamide), GENVOYA, DESCOVY; other drugs containing lamivudine; HEPSERA
* Factors or conditions that may compromise a participant's access to health services for follow-up (incarceration or planned relocation and potential absence from NSW or ACT).

Behavioural eligibility criteria as per NSW PrEP guidelines.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
NA
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/2016
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2020
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
9733
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT,NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Interchange General Practice - Canberra
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Canberra Sexual Health Centre - Canberra
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Albury Sexual Health Service - Albury
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Fountain Street General Practice - Alexandria
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
Holdsworth House Byron Bay - Byron Bay
Recruitment hospital [6] 0 0
RPA Sexual Health - Camperdown
Recruitment hospital [7] 0 0
Coffs Harbour Sexual Health Clinic - Coffs harbour
Recruitment hospital [8] 0 0
St Vincent's Hospital HIV, Immunology and Infectious Disease Unit - Darlinghurst
Recruitment hospital [9] 0 0
Dubbo Sexual Health - Dubbo
Recruitment hospital [10] 0 0
Dr Doong's Surgery - Enfield
Recruitment hospital [11] 0 0
Holden Street Gosford - Gosford
Recruitment hospital [12] 0 0
Illawarra Shoalhaven Sexual Health - Illawarra
Recruitment hospital [13] 0 0
Short Street Clinic - Kogarah
Recruitment hospital [14] 0 0
Lismore Sexual Health Clinic - Northen Rivers Area Health Service - Lismore
Recruitment hospital [15] 0 0
Liverpool Sexual Health Clinic - Liverpool
Recruitment hospital [16] 0 0
Hunter New England Sexual Health Services - Newcastle
Recruitment hospital [17] 0 0
St Leonards Medical Centre - North Sydney
Recruitment hospital [18] 0 0
Orange Sexual Health - Orange
Recruitment hospital [19] 0 0
Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre - Parramatta
Recruitment hospital [20] 0 0
Macleay Street Medical Practice - Potts Point
Recruitment hospital [21] 0 0
Crown Street Medical Centre - Surry Hills
Recruitment hospital [22] 0 0
The Albion Centre - Surry Hills
Recruitment hospital [23] 0 0
Kirketon Road Centre - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [24] 0 0
Sydney Sexual Health Centre - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [25] 0 0
East Sydney Doctors - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [26] 0 0
Holdsworth House Medical Practice - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [27] 0 0
Taylor Square Private Clinic - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [28] 0 0
Clinic 16, Royal North Shore Hospital - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [29] 0 0
Nepean Sexual Health and HIV Clinic - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [30] 0 0
Brookong Centre Sexual Health Centre - Wagga Wagga
Recruitment hospital [31] 0 0
Green Square Health - Waterloo
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2601 - Canberra
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2605 - Canberra
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
2640 - Albury
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
2015 - Alexandria
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
2481 - Byron Bay
Recruitment postcode(s) [6] 0 0
2050 - Camperdown
Recruitment postcode(s) [7] 0 0
2450 - Coffs harbour
Recruitment postcode(s) [8] 0 0
2010 - Darlinghurst
Recruitment postcode(s) [9] 0 0
2830 - Dubbo
Recruitment postcode(s) [10] 0 0
2136 - Enfield
Recruitment postcode(s) [11] 0 0
2250 - Gosford
Recruitment postcode(s) [12] 0 0
2502 - Illawarra
Recruitment postcode(s) [13] 0 0
2217 - Kogarah
Recruitment postcode(s) [14] 0 0
2480 - Lismore
Recruitment postcode(s) [15] 0 0
2217 - Liverpool
Recruitment postcode(s) [16] 0 0
2300 - Newcastle
Recruitment postcode(s) [17] 0 0
2065 - North Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [18] 0 0
2800 - Orange
Recruitment postcode(s) [19] 0 0
2150 - Parramatta
Recruitment postcode(s) [20] 0 0
2011 - Potts Point
Recruitment postcode(s) [21] 0 0
2010 - Surry Hills
Recruitment postcode(s) [22] 0 0
1340 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [23] 0 0
2000 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [24] 0 0
2010 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [25] 0 0
2065 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [26] 0 0
2747 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [27] 0 0
2650 - Wagga Wagga
Recruitment postcode(s) [28] 0 0
- Waterloo

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Government body
Name
Kirby Institute
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
David Cooper, MD, PhD
Address 0 0
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02870790