Emergency rooms could be key to ending HIV: new study tests simple PrEP strategies
NCT ID NCT05588193
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two low-burden strategies to increase HIV PrEP use among emergency department patients seeking care for sexual health issues. One strategy involves follow-up outreach after the visit, while the other offers a tele-sexual health visit during the ER stay. The goal is to see which approach helps more at-risk patients start PrEP, a daily pill that prevents HIV.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral interventions (post-visit outreach and tele-sexual health visit)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide simple, effective ways to start HIV prevention medication for people who visit emergency rooms for sexual health concerns, helping reduce new HIV infections.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a drug trial, so it tests how to deliver existing prevention tools rather than a new cure. Results may vary across different communities and emergency departments.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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1,560 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for Two-Arm Trial: * Patient is \>=18 years at time of index ED visit * Patient presents to one of the Montefiore ED study sites * The ED provider applies at least one of the pre-selected International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes to the encounter and manual review by SHN confirms the visit is related to sexual health Exclusion Criteria for Two-Arm Trial: * Patient is admitted to the hospital from the ED * Known HIV-positive status
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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City University of New York - Hunter College
New York, New York, 10031, United States
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Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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