Italy launches massive PrEP study to slash new HIV infections
NCT ID NCT07186244
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will follow 5,000 HIV-negative adults in Italy who are taking PrEP, a daily pill that prevents HIV. Researchers want to see how well PrEP works in real life, how many people stick with it, and what barriers they face. The goal is to use this information to improve HIV prevention and move toward zero new infections in Italy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) medications
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could improve how PrEP is used in Italy, helping to reduce new HIV infections and guide better prevention strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a test of a new drug. It may not lead to immediate changes in treatment or prevention.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2033
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
Prospective enrollment is planned for all individuals taking PrEP in Italy, with the aim of establishing a cohort under active follow-up. Eligible participants are adults (\>18 years old), HIV-negative, and sexually active, who-according to approved national and international guidelines and/or standard clinical practice-are deemed suitable to receive a PrEP prescription or are already undergoing PrEP.
- 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: * Age \>18 years * Negative HIV Ab/Ag test (4th generation or higher) at the enrollment visit * Request and/or willingness to take PrEP, or already on PrEP * Ability to understand the study procedures and to sign informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with HIV infection or with strong clinical/epidemiological suspicion of HIV infection * Individuals with contraindications to the use of medications included in the PrEP regimen (as per the product information) * Documented allergy to one or more pharmacological components of the proposed PrEP regimen * Lack of willingness to adhere to the required procedures and follow-up assessments
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
53 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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A.O.U. Federico II - U.O.C. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNaples, Campania, Italy
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A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I - Salesi - Lancisi- Università Politecnica delle Marche Servizio Regionale di Immunologia Clinica e Tipizzazione Tessutale
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAncona, The Marches, Italy
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A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia - U.O.C. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFoggia, Apulia, Italy
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A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino" - U.O.C. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMessina, Sicily, Italy
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A.O.U. Policlinico "P. Giaccone" - U.O.C. Malattie Infettive e Centro Regionale di Riferimento AIDS
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPalermo, Sicily, Italy
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A.O.U. Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna - U.O. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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A.O.U. Senese, Policlinico S. Maria alle Scotte - U.O.C. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSiena, Tuscany, Italy
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A.O.U. di Ferrara - Arcispedale Sant'Anna - U.S. Gestione Ambulatorio HIV/AIDS U.O. Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFerrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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AOU Consorziale - Policlinico Giovanni XXIII - Struttura Complessa di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBari, Apulia, Italy
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AOUC Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi - S.O.D. di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFlorence, Tuscany, Italy
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ARNAS Civico di Cristina Benfratelli - Unità Operativa Malattie infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPalermo, Sicily, Italy
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ARNAS Garibaldi - P.O. Nesima - U.O.C. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCatania, Sicily, Italy
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ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - Ospedale Luigi Sacco - Dipartimento Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, Italy
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda - S.C. Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, Italy
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ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII , Struttura Complessa Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGBergamo, Lombardy, Italy
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ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo - U.O.C. di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Presidio San Paolo
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, Italy
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ASST di Lecco - Ospedale Alessandro Manzoni - S.C. di Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGLecco, Lombardy, Italy
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Associazione Milano Check Point
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - U.O. Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGReggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia - I Divisione di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrescia, Lombardy, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASU FC) Santa Maria della Misericordia - Clinica Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGUdine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli - Monaldi Cotugno CTO - IV Divisione, U.O.C. di Immunodeficienze e Malattie Infettive di Genere
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNaples, Campania, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova - U.O.C. Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGPadova, Veneto, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari, Malattie Infettive Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale
RECRUITINGSassari, Sardinia, Italy
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Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale 8 - Presidio Umberto I - U.O. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSyracuse, Sicily, Italy
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Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige - Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
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Azienda ULSS 8 Berica - Divisione Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGVicenza, Veneto, Italy
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BLQ Check Point
RECRUITINGBologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Circolo Mario Mieli
RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Divisione di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, Italy
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INMI "L. Spallanzani" IRCCS - U.O.C. Immunodeficienze Virali
RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, Italy
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Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona - U.O. Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCremona, Lombardy, Italy
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Ospdale San Carlo
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPotenza, Basilicate, Italy
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Ospedale Amedeo di Savoia, Università degli Studi di Torino - Clinica di Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGTurin, Piedmont, Italy
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Ospedale Bel Colle Viterbo - U.O.C. Medicina protetta - Malattie infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGViterbo, Lazio, Italy
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Ospedale Civile Santo Spirito - U.O. Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPescara, Abruzzo, Italy
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Ospedale Clinicizzato SS. Annunziata - Scuola di Specializzazione di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChieti, Abruzzo, Italy
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Ospedale Paolo Borsellino - Unità Operativa Complessa Malattie Infettive - ASP
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarsala, Sicily, Italy
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Ospedale San Raffaele, Università Vita-Salute - Clinica Malattie Infettive
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, Italy
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Ospedale Santa Chiara di Trento - Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTrento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
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Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata - Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze - U.O. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFlorence, Tuscany, Italy
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PO "Umberto I" ASP
RECRUITINGEnna, Sicily, Italy
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Policlinico Universitario Duilio Casula, AOU di Cagliari - Medicina Interna e Malattie del Fegato
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCagliari, Sardinia, Italy
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Presidio Ospedaliero A.O.U. Vanvitelli - U.O. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNaples, Campania, Italy
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Presidio Ospedaliero di Pistoia - U.O. Malattie Infettive II
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPistoia, Tuscany, Italy
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Roma Check Point
RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, Italy
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, Italy
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Università Sapienza Polo Pontino - U.O. di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLatina, Lazio, Italy
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Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" - Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali
RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, Italy
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Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena - Clinica di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali
RECRUITINGModena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Università degli Studi di Roma, Policlinico "Tor Vergata" - Divisione di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, Italy
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Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli - Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCaserta, Campania, Italy
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Università di Genova e Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Clinica di Malattie Infettive
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGenoa, Liguria, Italy
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