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PROUD UK PrEP study completes enrolment – first data give participants' background and risk factors
Gus Cairns, 2014-04-09 23:30:00
The pilot stage of the PROUD study – the UK's study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (HIV-negative people taking HIV drugs to prevent HIV) in gay men – is now fully enrolled, the trial's Community Engagement Group announced yesterday. As of Monday 7 April, the trial reached its target of 500 participants (in fact enrolling 525).
The trial investigators have applied for funding to expand PROUD into a full-scale efficacy trial with 2300 participants. A final decision on this is expected in November, meaning that any expansion will not start recruiting until spring 2015.
This means that, in England, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will not be available, other than by private prescription, to anyone else until then. Resources are currently being sought so that current participants do not have to start coming off PrEP in November this year unless they wish to and can continue receiving it until the full study opens, if it does.
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