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ImPrEP LEN Brasil: Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention

Expanding PrEP Options Among Young MSM, Transgender and Non-binary Persons in Brazil: Incorporating Twice-yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention - The ImPrEP LEN Brasil Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this study is to learn how well long-acting lenacapavir works to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in people at higher risk of getting HIV in Brazil. The study will also learn about safety, continued use over time, and whether people prefer this option compared to daily oral pre- exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The main questions it aims to answer are: How many participants get HIV while using long-acting lenacapavir? How safe is long-acting lenacapavir in real-world health services? How many participants continue using their chosen prevention method over time? What factors help or make it harder for participants to stay on prevention? Researchers will compare two HIV prevention options to understand how they work in routine care: Long-acting lenacapavir, given as an injection under the skin every 6 months, Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), taken as a pill containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine, Participants will choose the prevention option they prefer after receiving counseling. This is not a randomized study. Researchers will follow participants for up to 2 years. Participants will: Receive either an injection every 6 months or take a daily pill, Visit the clinic regularly for HIV testing and health checkups, Receive testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, Answer questions about their health, medication use, and experiences, Receive prevention counseling and condoms. This study will help health services understand how to offer long-acting HIV prevention in Brazil and how to better support people who want to prevent HIV infection.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1500 (estimated)
First submitted
3 Mar 2026
Start date
3 Feb 2026
Primary completion date
Feb 2029
Lead sponsor
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT07497594

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 1500
  • From 3 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, Feb 2029
  • 8 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Need for continuous use of contraindicated concomitant medications
  • Any clinical or psychosocial condition, or prior treatment, that in the opinion of the investigator makes the participant unsuitable for the study or unable to comply with dosing requirements
  • Prior participation in a clinical study using Lenacapavir in the PURPOSE study
  • Prior participation in a human immunodeficiency virus vaccine study, except in cases where the participant provides documentation demonstrating receipt of placebo and not the active product

Other illness

  • Known hypersensitivity to the study medication, its metabolites, or formulation excipients
  • Severe hepatic impairment or a history or current clinical condition of decompensated liver cirrhosis, such as ascites, encephalopathy, or variceal bleeding
  • Known or suspected severe active infection, such as active tuberculosis
  • Confirmed or suspected infection with the human immunodeficiency virus

Other

  • Plans to move outside the study area during the follow-up period
  • Current participation in another interventional human immunodeficiency virus prevention study that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the conduct of this study

Who the study is looking for

  • Ability to understand and sign the Informed Consent Form, which must be obtained before the initiation of any study procedures, and willingness to comply with the protocol requirements
  • Be a cisgender man, a non-binary person designated male at birth, or a transgender woman or transgender man
  • Report having engaged in anal sex with a person designated male at birth within the last six months
  • Be between 16 and 30 years of age
  • Have a body weight equal to or greater than 35 kilograms
  • Seek care at a participating study clinic for human immunodeficiency virus testing or initiation of human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis, either spontaneously or through peer invitation
  • Have a non-reactive result on a rapid test for human immunodeficiency virus
  • Be an individual without prior use of human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis, or an individual with prior use who remains in a situation of vulnerability, characterized by:
  • a history of oral human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis with at least two prior dispensations without return for a new pickup in the six months preceding the enrollment visit, or
  • a history of long-acting cabotegravir use with a delay of at least one scheduled reload dose

Age in the registry: 16 years to 30 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (8)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Centro de Referência em IST/Aids de Campinas (SMS/PMC)
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CampinasBrazilRecruiting
CTA/Policlínica Centro
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FlorianópolisBrazilRecruiting
Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado
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ManausBrazilRecruiting
Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu
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Nova IguaçuBrazilRecruiting
Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas
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Rio de JaneiroBrazilRecruiting
CEDAP - Centro Especializado em Diagnóstico, Assistência e Pesquisa
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SalvadorBrazilRecruiting
Coordenadoria de IST/Aids da Cidade de São Paulo
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São PauloBrazilRecruiting
Centro de Referência e Treinamento em DST/Aids de São Paulo
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São PauloBrazilRecruiting

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