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Duo: A Phase IIIb Individual-Level Randomized Controlled Trial of an Integrated Strategy

Duo: A Phase IIIb Individual-Level Randomized Controlled Trial of an Integrated Strategy of HIV PrEP and STI PEP for Young Men

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Individual-Level Randomized Controlled Trial of an Integrated Strategy of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for Young Men

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400 (estimated)
First submitted
7 Oct 2024
Start date
1 Sept 2026
Primary completion date
1 Sept 2029
Lead sponsor
HIV Prevention Trials Network
Diseases
Hepatitis B, HIV
NCT number
NCT07658976

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 400
  • From 1 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2029
  • 5 sites in 4 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Currently participating in another interventional trial of PrEP agents, or prior enrollment in studies of long-acting PrEP, including HPTN 083
  • Currently on doxycycline for STI PEP
  • Prior diagnosis of HIV infection

Other illness

  • Tetracycline allergy
  • Reactive HIV rapid test at Screening or reactive HIV Ag/Ab rapid test at Enrollment, regardless of subsequent HIV test results
  • Any other condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator of Record (IoR)/designee, would preclude informed consent, make study participation unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives would make the patient unsuitable for the study or unable/unwilling to comply with the study requirements

Other

  • Participated in HPTN 113-01
  • Plans to move away from the study area within the next year
  • Has ever used CAB-LA or other long-acting PrEP agent

Who the study is looking for

  • Men ages 18 - 29 years
  • Men who are in communities most affected by the HIV epidemic
  • Willing and able to provide informed consent
  • Reports having anal sex with men in the last 6 months
  • Have certain risk factors for HIV acquisition, defined as any of the following in the past 6 months:
    • Any condomless anal sex with a man; not including within a monogamous relationship with an HIV-negative partner or an HIV-positive partner who is virally suppressed
    • Reporting 2 or more male partners, regardless of condom use
    • Reporting gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis diagnosis
    • Any stimulant use (e.g., cocaine, amphetamines)
  • Not on PrEP within the past 3 months due to participant choice
  • Interested in learning more about PrEP or starting PrEP
  • No evidence of HIV infection at Screening and Enrollment, based on the HIV testing algorithm
  • Owns an iOS or Android mobile phone and able to successfully download mobile apps and send and receive text messages
  • Must not share the mobile phone used for their participation in the study
  • Able to read and write

Age in the registry: 18 years to 29 years · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (5)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Fundacion Huesped CRS
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto de Pesquisa Clinicaq Evandro Chagas CRS
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ManguinhosBrazilUnknown status
San Miguel CRS
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LimaPeruUnknown status
UCLA Vine Street Clinic
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Bronx Prevention Research Center CRS
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The BronxUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.