Mobile vans deliver HIV prevention shots to unhoused angelenos
NCT ID NCT07467018
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way to prevent HIV by giving a long-acting injectable medication called lenacapavir through mobile health vans. It aims to reach 100 people in Los Angeles who are unhoused or unstably housed and face barriers to regular clinic visits. Participants receive the injection every 26 weeks, and researchers track how many start and stay on the prevention regimen over a year.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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
The subject population consists of adults 18 years and older being reached for care by the UCLA Health Homeless Healthcare Collaborative (HHC) and offered lenacapavir for HIV prevention.
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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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Inclusion Criteria: * Being reached for mobile health services by a UCLA HHC mobile van * ≥18 years of age * Able to provide informed consent * English or Spanish-speaking * Willing and able to comply with study procedures * HIV unknown or negative status and HIV negative based on rapid 4th generation Ag/Ab test on the day of enrollment * At-risk for HIV, based on clinician assessment (based on CDC guidelines; includes any individual requesting PrEP, regardless of reported risk factors for HIV) * Pregnant and breastfeeding women/people can be offered LEN with counseling about benefits and risks. Exclusion Criteria: * Any clinical or psychosocial condition or prior therapy that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for the study or unable to take LEN PrEP * Known hypersensitivity to the study drug, the metabolites, or formulation excipient * BMI \<35 kg/m2 (77 pounds) * On oral or other long-acting PrEP and unwilling to discontinue * Already taking LEN for HIV prevention * Known HIV diagnosis or positive 4th generation HIV Ab/Ag test (on day of enrollment) or subsequent lab-based confirmatory testing.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCLA Health Homeless Healthcare Collaborative
RECRUITINGSanta Monica, California, 90404, United States
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