Rio study tests antibiotic after sex to stop STIs
NCT ID NCT07500415
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether taking the antibiotic doxycycline shortly after sex can prevent bacterial STIs like syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. It involves 200 men, transgender women, and travestis in Rio de Janeiro who are at higher risk. Participants choose whether to use doxy-PEP and are followed for 48 weeks to see if it reduces infections and is safe.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals assigned male at birth (cisgender or transgender men), transgender women, or travestis who have sex with men * Age ≥18 years * Living with HIV or currently using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for at least 6 months * History of at least one bacterial sexually transmitted infection (chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis) in the past 12 months (laboratory-confirmed or self-reported) * Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy or hypersensitivity to doxycycline or other tetracycline-class antibiotics * Current use of medications that may significantly interact with doxycycline or are contraindicated, including systemic retinoids, barbiturates, carbamazepine, or phenytoin
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Locations
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Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas
RECRUITINGRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21040-360, Brazil
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