Offering a choice of HIV prevention options to young people in rural South Africa
Tests choice of long-acting or daily oral HIV prevention in 15 to 30 year olds.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Long-Acting HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Integrated With Sexual and Reproductive Health - cRCT
Key facts
- Where
- Somkele, South AfricaSee the site
- Phase
- Phase 3
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 15 and 30 years old?
Source: NCT06250504, who can take part
Where in South Africa
- Africa Health Research InstituteSomkele, South AfricaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Africa Health Research Institute
- Trial code
- NCT06250504
- Record updated
- 9 July 2026
- Original description
The goal of this hybrid (1a) Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial phase 3B trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of offering a choice of HIV Pre-Exposure Products (PrEP) through community-based sexual and reproductive health services, on PrEP uptake and retention, and population prevalence of sexually transmissible HIV amongst adolescents and young adults living in rural South Africa.Read full original descriptionShow less
Long-acting HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Integrated With Community-based Sexual and Reproductive Health in South Africa (LAPIS): A Hybrid (1a) Cluster Randomised Controlled Phase 3B Trial of Effectiveness and Implementation
The goal of this hybrid (1a) Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial phase 3B trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of offering a choice of HIV Pre-Exposure Products (PrEP) through community-based sexual and reproductive health services, on PrEP uptake and retention, and population prevalence of sexually transmissible HIV amongst adolescents and young adults living in rural South Africa.
Researchers will compare adding the choice of long-acting PrEP, i.e. two monthly injectable cabotegravir (CAB LA) or dapiravine vaginal ring and HIV post exposure prophylaxis packs to daily oral PrEP integrated with community-based SRH in the 20 intervention clusters with standard of care (SoC), daily oral PrEP integrated with community-based SRH in the 20 control clusters, on uptake and retention on PrEP. We hypothesise that offering a choice of long-acting or oral PrEP and PEP within the community-based delivery of SRH services will overcome the challenges and barriers to effective use of oral daily PrEP and lead to a population-level effect on uptake and retention on PrEP and thus the prevalence of sexually transmissible HIV amongst 15-30 year olds living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Inclusion: All young men and women aged 15-30 who are residing in the 40 administrative clusters in the study district and attend any integrated SRH/HIV service; Documented HIV negative test; Suitable for PrEP and/or already on PrEP; Weight > 35 kg; Understand the required dosing schedule and HIV testing; Aware that details can be shared with a peer navigator to support their follow-up; If pregnant or breast feeding and/or planning to become pregnant participant can be offered CAB LA, if risk of acquiring HIV out weighs unknown risk of CAB LA, but must understand that safety in pregnancy or breast feeding for CAB LA has not been established and oral daily PrEP is a safe alternative.
Exclusion: History or presence of allergy to the study drugs or their components; CAB LA: Taking medication that is contraindicated (Carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, Rifampin, rifapentine) and Severe mental health disorder, Hep B surface antigen positive, living with hepatitis C and not yet treated, or abnormal liver function tests (ALT more than two times the upper limit of normal); Investigator assessment find them not suitable; Additional exclusion criteria for specific products:; DapiRing: Pregnancy.