On Demand Antiretroviral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection in Men Who Have Sex With Men (IPERGAY)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01473472 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 17, 2011
Last Update Posted
: May 11, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infection | Drug: Truvada Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
The trial has been taken place in two phases in order to ensure the general feasibility of the study:
- a first enrollment phase for at least 300 participants to ensure the possibility for recruitment in France and Canada and to validate the tools put into place as part of the trial to enroll and follow participants
- a second phase of 1600 additional participants. This extension phase started on July 2014.
The recruitment has been suspended following the recommendations of Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB): the placebo arm has been stopped and Truvada was available for all the participants of the trial since November 2014. The initial protocol was amended and 361 participants were enrolled in the open-label phase. Sub-studies were proposed to the participants:
- Sub-study on the outcome of participants receiving sofosbuvir/ledipasvir treatment for recent HCV infection (protocol amendment on April 2015)
- Randomized sub-study to evaluate the efficacy of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis on sexually transmitted infections (protocol amendment on July 2015)
- Sub-study to evaluate Truvada adherence with Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) (protocol amendment on December 2015)
- Sub-study on drugs use and the impact on sexual behavior and Truvada adherence (protocol amendment on December 2015).
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | On Demand Antiretroviral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection in Men Who Have Sex With Men |
Study Start Date : | January 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 30, 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 15, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Truvada
associated with an overall offer of prevention (counselling, STD screening, condoms, HAV and HBV vaccinations, treatment post-exposure to the HIV infection)
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Drug: Truvada
2 tablets of truvada within 24 hours before first sexual relations, then 1 tablet of Truvada during the period of sexual activity including the last sexual intercourse, finally, a last dose of 1 tablet of Truvada approximately 24 hours later
Other Name: tenofovir disoproxil and emtricitabine
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo of Truvada
associated with an overall offer of prevention (counselling, STD screening, condoms, HAV and HBV vaccinations, treatment post-exposure to the HIV infection)
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Drug: Placebo
2 tablets of placebo within 24 hours before first sexual relations, then 1 tablet of placebo every 24 hours during the period of sexual activity including the last sexual intercourse, finally, a last dose of 1 tablet of placebo approximatively 24 hours later
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- Contamination with HIV-1 or -2 [ Time Frame: From randomization to the end of the trial. The trial end date will be set by the scientific committee when the necessary number of primary endpoints has been reached without exceeding 5 years of follow-up. ]The primary endpoint criteria is contamination with HIV-1 or -2, defined by the first diagnostic proof of infection: positive HIV serum test (using combined latest-generation tests HIV-1 + 2) or a positive test for HIV-1-RNA Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the plasma.
- Evolution of sexual behavior and potential at-risk behavior [ Time Frame: Every 2 months without exceeding 5 years of follow-up. ]Self-questionnaires
- Incidence of clinical and biological adverse events [ Time Frame: From randomization to the end of the trial, without exceeding 5 years of follow-up. ]
- Treatment adherence [ Time Frame: Every 2 months without exceeding 5 years of follow-up. ]Self-questionnaires, pill count. Drugs levels in plasma and hair (every 4 months).
- Incidence of hepatitis B [ Time Frame: From randomization to the end of the trial, without exceeding 5 years of follow-up ]
- Incidence of other sexually transmitted diseases [ Time Frame: From randomization to the end of the trial, without exceeding 5 years of follow-up ]
- Frequency of HIV resistance to antiretrovirals in HIV infected subjects [ Time Frame: At a visit as soon as the HIV infection is diagnosed ]Genotype
- Emtricitabine and tenofovir concentrations in plasma, saliva and rectal samples. [ Time Frame: 0, 30 min, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 24 hours post-dose (2 tablets of Truvada) ]Ancillary study proposed between week-4 and the randomization - 12 volunteers. Blood and saliva samples at all time points and 2 sessions with rectal biopsies at two times for each volunteer (one before the drug is taken and one at one time after taking the 2 tablets)
- Costs evaluation [ Time Frame: From randomization to the end of the trial, without exceeding 5 years of follow-up. ]
Modelling to estimate an increase of years of life expectancy and of quality adjusted life year (QALY).
Cost per avoided HIV contamination

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years old
- Male (or transgender) having sex with men
- Not infected with HIV-1 or HIV-2
- Elevated risk of HIV contamination : anal sexual relations with at least 2 different sexual partners within the past 6 months without the systematic use of a condom
- Satisfactory kidney function with a clearance of more than 60 mL/min (Cockcroft formula)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 2.5 Upper Limit of Normal (ULN),
- Neutrophil granulocytes ≥ 1 000/mm3, haemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL, platelets ≥ 150 000/mm3
- Negative HBs antigen and negative hepatitis C virus (HCV) serology (or negative HCV PCR if positive serology)
- Agrees to be contacted personally, if possible by telephone, short message system (SMS) or e-mail
- Agrees to the constraints imposed by the trial (visits every 2 months)
- Subjects enrolled in or a beneficiary of a Social Security program (State Medical Aid or Aide médicale de l'Etat (AME) is not a Social Security program).
- Signature of the informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject in a stable and exclusive relationship with a person
- Systematic use of a condom during sexual relations
- Expected to go abroad for more than 3 consecutive months or move expected to a city where the study is not being conducted.
- Presence of significant glycosuria or proteinuria > 1+ in the urine dipstick, in the absence of infection.
- Presence of significant haematuria or leukocyturia > 2+ in the urine dipstick, in the absence of infection.
- History of chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, osteopaenia
- History of pathological bone fracture not related to trauma
- Treatment with Interferon, Interleukin, or antiretrovirals
- Treatment that could inhibit or compete with the tubular secretion of antiretrovirals
- Treatment undergoing investigation
- Intravenous toxicomania
- Subject who is currently receiving or going to receive a potentially nephrotoxic treatment (long-term anti-inflammatory)
- Gastro-intestinal disease (or chronic nausea or vomiting) disrupting the absorption of treatments
- Positive HBs antigen
- Positive HCV serology with positive HCV PCR
- Life-threatening disease (lymphoma) or other serious disease (cardiovascular, renal, pulmonary, unstable diabetes) that could require treatment that could disrupt adherence to the treatment
- Subject potentially non-compliant.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01473472
Canada | |
CHUM - Hôpital Hôtel Dieu | |
Montréal, Canada | |
France | |
Hôpital de La Croix Rousse | |
Lyon, France | |
CHU Hôtel Dieu | |
Nantes, France, 44093 | |
Hôpital de l'Archet | |
Nice, France, 06202 | |
Hôpital Saint-Louis | |
Paris Cedex 10, France, 75475 | |
Hôpital Tenon | |
Paris, France, 75 | |
Hôpital Gustave Dron | |
Tourcoing, France, 59208 |
Principal Investigator: | Jean-Michel MOLINA, Professor | Hôpital Saint-Louis Paris FRANCE |
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01473472 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2011-002645-35 IPERGAY ( Other Identifier: ANRS ) |
First Posted: | November 17, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 11, 2017 |
Last Verified: | May 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Keywords provided by French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS):
Prophylaxis HIV infection tenofovir emtricitabine men who have sex with men |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Infection Communicable Diseases Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases |
Slow Virus Diseases Tenofovir Emtricitabine Emtricitabine, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Drug Combination Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-Retroviral Agents Anti-HIV Agents |