Prick of a finger: HIV patients may soon skip clinic blood draws
NCT ID NCT04979728
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether people with HIV can collect small blood samples at home using a finger prick or a simple device. The goal is to see if these home-collected samples are as good as clinic-drawn blood for measuring levels of HIV medications. About 150 adults already on HIV treatment or prevention will participate for up to one year.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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.
Who is studied
Study subjects will be invited to participate in the HOME-1 study by enrolling a convenience sample of people receiving TFV (as TDF or TAF) and FTC (or 3TC)-based, LA (e.g., LA IM CAB±RPV Q4W or Q8W), or other antivirals for HIV treatment or prevention at the UCH-IDGP. Study visits will only be conducted when blood is to be collected for routine SOC clinical laboratory tests and/or a SOC dose of LA antivirals is to be given.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * ≥18 years old * Receiving one or more antivirals for HIV treatment or prevention. This may include TFV (as TDF or TAF) and FTC (or 3TC)-based, LA (e.g., LA IM CAB±RPV Q4W or Q8W), or other antivirals (those who are transitioning to LA antivirals \[e.g., LA IM CAB±RPV Q4W or Q8W\] will also be eligible) * Current patient at the UCH-IDGP clinic * Able to comply with study procedures, including directly observed self-collection of DBS by fingerstick, Tasso-M20/Tasso+, Mitra, and/or other self-collection methods/devices, and completion of survey Exclusion criteria: * Inability to provide informed consent * Unable or unwilling to comply with directly observed self-collection of DBS (e.g., unavailable or unable to use live video-streaming or time-stamped video recording technology) * Any uncontrolled medical, social, or mental health issue(s) that, in the opinion of the investigators, could interfere with the study participation or study outcomes (e.g., current incarceration) * Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the study team, acutely and/or transiently influences the PK of CAB±RPV, including acute kidney injury, hepatic insufficiency, significant drug-drug interactions, active hemolysis or symptomatic hemoglobinopathies, etc. (Note: Given the need for PK data in pregnancy, women who become pregnant while on LA IM CAB±RPV Q4W or Q8W will be allowed to participate in this study, if their clinical provider decides to continue this regimen.)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Colorado Hospital (UCHealth)
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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