Peer-led Community-based PrEP Delivery Among Youth in Brazil

NCT ID: NCT06661356

Last Updated: 2025-05-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-04-30

Study Completion Date

2029-08-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this project is to conduct a series of studies to refine, test, and understand experiences with a peer-led community-based intervention in which youth will be integrated into health care teams and trained to deliver HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to their peers. The study team will conduct a randomized trial to determine if peer delivery of PrEP to youth aged 15-24 in Brazil will increase PrEP uptake, persistence, and adherence compared to standard PrEP care provided in health facilities.

Detailed Description

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HIV is declining in many parts of the world, but rising in Latin America, including Brazil. The HIV epidemic in Brazil, including the number of new infections, is concentrated among youth aged 15-24. Youth in Brazil face obstacles to HIV prevention. Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) lags far behind PrEP need in Brazil. There is international momentum to promote PrEP as prevention and to increase access to low barrier care. Peer lay workers are a promising approach to address the unmet need for PrEP uptake and adherence among youth in Brazil.

COMPrEP is a multi-site randomized controlled trial designed to determine if peer delivery of PrEP to youth aged 15-24 in Brazil will increase PrEP uptake, persistence, and adherence compared to standard PrEP care provided in affirming health facilities. Eligible youth (N=1400) in two municipalities in Brazil (i.e., Salvador and São Paulo) will be randomized to 1:1 to either the COMPrEP intervention arm (PrEP access through peer lay workers in community venues) or the standard care arm (PrEP access through health providers at health facilities). It is anticipated that approximately 245 and 140 youth will initiate PrEP in intervention and standard care arms, respectively, and these will be followed for 12 months, facilitating measurement of PrEP adherence and persistence outcomes on this subset.

Conditions

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Blinding will not be possible for participants, peer lay workers, and health providers, but the data management and analysis teams will be blinded to the study arm.

Study Groups

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Standard Care Arm

Participants randomized to the standard care arm will receive PrEP at a health facility from a physician or nurse.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

COMPrEP Intervention

Participants randomized to the COMPrEP intervention will receive PrEP from peer lay workers at private community locations.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

COMPrEP

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be paired with peer lay workers and will meet with peer lay workers at private community location. They will discuss options for oral PrEP with peer lay workers and be provided provide daily oral PrEP or event-driven (2-1-1) PrEP. Participants will take part in rapid HIV testing at each visit. They will also meet with peer lay workers at private community location for follow-up at 1, 5, 9, and 13 months.

Interventions

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COMPrEP

Participants will be paired with peer lay workers and will meet with peer lay workers at private community location. They will discuss options for oral PrEP with peer lay workers and be provided provide daily oral PrEP or event-driven (2-1-1) PrEP. Participants will take part in rapid HIV testing at each visit. They will also meet with peer lay workers at private community location for follow-up at 1, 5, 9, and 13 months.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* HIV positive test result
* Not currently sexually active
* Currently using PrEP
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Sao Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Federal University of Bahia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Katia J. Bruxvoort

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Katia J Bruxvoort, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health

Locations

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Federal University of Bahia

Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil

Site Status

University of São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Central Contacts

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Katia J Bruxvoort, PhD

Role: CONTACT

(205) 975-8625

Mallie E Froehlich, MSW

Role: CONTACT

205-478-1102

Facility Contacts

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Ines Dourado, PhD, MD

Role: primary

+55 71 99975-4848

Alexandre Grangeiro

Role: primary

+55 11 98230-0600

Other Identifiers

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1R01MH135769-01A1

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB-300013551

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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