HIV prevention implant: patients and doctors share their hopes and concerns
NCT ID NCT05420207
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study interviewed 69 men who have sex with men (MSM) and their primary care doctors in Texas to understand their views on a future long-acting, implantable HIV prevention method (LA-PrEP). The goal was to identify what might help or hinder people from using such an implant and what training doctors would need. No actual implant was given; this was purely a research study to gather opinions and guide future development.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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69 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Includes 2 cohorts : 1. Patients: Men who have sex with men (MSM) seen in primary care settings in Texas. 2. Physicians: Primary care physicians in Texas.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must meet the following criteria: 1. be a patient of one of the practices where physicians have agreed to participate or have been seen for a primary care visit in the past 12 months in the Dallas Austin, or San Antonio metro areas; 2. be aged 18-45; 3. be assigned male sex at birth and report having one or more male sexual partners in the past year; and 4. be HIV negative. * Physicians who are interested in participating must be a practicing primary care physician in the Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin metropolitan area and be willing to allow recruitment of patient participants from their practice. Exclusion Criteria: * Those individuals who speak a language other than English or Spanish will be excluded as well as those who present with a cognitive or other impairment that would prevent them for consenting to participate in the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dell Medical School, UT-Austin
Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States
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