Study of Lenacapavir for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in People Who Are at Risk for HIV Infection

Recruitment Status
ACTIVE, NOT RECRUITING - HAS RESULTS
(See Contacts and Locations)Verified November 2025 by Gilead Sciences
Sponsor
Gilead Sciences
Information Provided by (Responsible Party)
Gilead Sciences
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT04925752
Other Study ID Numbers:
GS-US-528-9023
First Submitted
May 27, 2021
First Posted
June 13, 2021
Results First Posted
July 22, 2025
Last Update Posted
December 22, 2025
Last Verified
November 2025

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History of Changes

Study Details

Study Description

Condition or DiseaseIntervention/Treatment
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection
Drug: Oral Lenacapavir (LEN)Drug: F/TDFDrug: Oral Lenacapavir (LEN)Drug: F/TDF

Study Design

Study TypeInterventional
Actual Enrollment3292 participants
Design AllocationRandomized
Interventional ModelParallel Assignment
MaskingDouble
Primary PurposePrevention
Official TitleA Phase 3, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Twice Yearly Long-Acting Lenacapavir for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Cisgender Men, Transgender Women, Transgender Men, and Gender Nonbinary People ≥ 16 Years of Age Who Have Sex With Male Partners and Are at Risk for HIV Infection
Study Start DateJune 27, 2021
Actual Primary Completion DateAugust 20, 2024
Actual Study Completion Date2yrs 1mo from now

Groups and Cohorts

Group/CohortIntervention/Treatment
Randomized Blinded Phase: LEN + Placebo-to-match (PTM) F/TDF
Participants will receive the following for up to approximately 52 weeks: * Subcutaneous (SC) lenacapavir (LEN) 927 mg every 26 weeks * Oral PTM Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (F/TDF) once daily * Oral LEN 600 mg on Days 1 and 2 Participants will receive oral LEN if SC injections are not available.
Drug: Oral Lenacapavir (LEN)
Tablets administered orally without regard to food
Randomized Blinded Phase: Placebo LEN + F/TDF
Participants will receive the following for up to approximately 52 weeks: * SC LEN placebo every 26 weeks * Oral F/TDF 200/300 mg once daily * PTM Oral LEN on Days 1 and 2 Participants will receive oral LEN placebo if SC injections are not available.
Drug: F/TDF
Tablets administered orally
LEN Open-Label Extension (OLE) Phase
Participants will be offered entry into LEN OLE Phase, following completion of primary analysis, if LEN demonstrates acceptable safety and efficacy in the Randomized Blinded Phase. Participants randomized to LEN will continue to receive SC LEN 927 mg, every 26 weeks (± 7 days), and have study visits every 13 weeks (± 7 days). Participants randomized to F/TDF will switch to SC LEN 927 mg on OLE Day 1, Week 26 and every 26 weeks thereafter. Participants will also receive oral LEN 600 mg on OLE Days 1 and 2. All participants in LEN OLE Phase will complete the phase, once LEN becomes available or the sponsor decides to discontinue the study, whichever happens first. After completing LEN OLE Phase or study discontinuation, participants will transition to local PrEP, including LEN or other options. If a participant exits early, they will complete an early study drug discontinuation (ESDD), be referred to local PrEP services if needed, and have a 30-day follow-up visit.
Drug: Oral Lenacapavir (LEN)
Tablets administered orally without regard to food
Pharmacokinetic (PK) Tail Phase
Participants who prematurely discontinue study drug during the Randomized Blinded Phase and participants that were randomized to LEN who choose not to continue in the LEN OLE Phase will transition to the PK Tail Phase. Participants will receive oral F/TDF (or Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (F/TAF) for US participants only) once daily for 78 weeks to cover the PK tail and complete visits every 13 weeks (+/- 7 days). Upon unblinding, participants who were randomized to F/TDF in the Randomized Blinded Phase who decline to participate in the LEN OLE Phase will complete the ESDD visit, transition to local HIV prevention services, and return for a 30-day follow-up visit.
Drug: F/TDF
Tablets administered orally

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures
  1. Incidence Phase: Recent Infection Testing Algorithm (RITA) Estimate of the Background Human Immunodeficiency-1 Virus Infection Incidence Rate (bHIV) Per 100 Person Years (PY)
    bHIV per 100 PY in the Incidence Phase was calculated using RITA. The RITA incorporated HIV-1 testing results and recency assay testing results to estimate the bHIV. Recency assay testing was performed for participants in the All Screened Set found to have HIV-1 infection at the Incidence Phase Screening Visit as defined below. Participants were considered to have recent HIV-1 infection if the normalized optical density (ODn) was below 1.5 threshold using the Sedia limiting antigen avidity enzyme immunoassay (LAg-EIA) and the HIV-1 RNA (viral load) was \> 75 copies/mL of blood. HIV-1 infection was defined as participants having at least one of the following central lab results at the Incidence Phase screening visit: * Positive HIV-1/2 differentiation Ab, OR * Positive HIV-1 ribonucleic acid (RNA) qualitative test, OR * HIV-1 RNA quantitative test ≥200 copies/mL.
  2. Randomized Blinded Phase: HIV-1 Incidence Reported Per 100 PY for LEN Compared to Background HIV (bHIV, Participants in All Screened Set)
    HIV-1 incidence per 100 PY for LEN was calculated as the number of participants who acquired HIV-1 divided by the total of a) for participants not diagnosed with HIV-1, sum of all duration of follow-up time in years, while at risk of HIV-1 infection (where a year is 365.25 days) and b) for participants diagnosed with HIV-1, sum of all duration of follow-up time up to confirmed HIV-1 diagnoses. HIV-1 diagnosis was determined by an HIV adjudication committee who reviewed potential HIV-1 infection events in the randomized participants. The committee, in a blinded, consistent, and unbiased manner, determined whether HIV test results confirmed HIV-1 infection and determined the date of diagnosis for each case, defined as the date of the earliest study visit with evidence of HIV infection considering both prospective HIV testing and back-testing of archived samples. bHIV incidence per 100 PY in All Screened Set was estimated as described in outcome measure#1.
Secondary Outcome Measures
  1. Randomized Blinded Phase: HIV-1 Incidence Reported Per 100 PY for LEN Compared to F/TDF
    HIV-1 incidence per 100 PY was calculated as the number of participants who acquired HIV-1 divided by the total of a) for participants not diagnosed with HIV-1, sum of all duration of follow-up time in years, while at risk of HIV-1 infection (where a year is 365.25 days) and b) for participants diagnosed with HIV-1, sum of all duration of follow-up time up to confirmed HIV-1 diagnoses. HIV-1 diagnosis was determined by an HIV adjudication committee who reviewed potential HIV-1 infection events in the randomized participants. The committee, in a blinded, consistent, and unbiased manner, determined whether HIV test results confirmed HIV-1 infection and determined the date of diagnosis for each case, defined as the date of the earliest study visit with evidence of HIV infection considering both prospective HIV testing and back-testing of archived samples.
  2. Randomized Blinded Phase: HIV-1 Incidence Among Participants Adherent to LEN
    A participant was defined as adherent to LEN if they have received all per-protocol administrations of LEN within 28 weeks since the previous administration. The incidence of HIV-1 infection per 100 PY calculation is defined in outcome measure #2.
  3. Percentage of Participants Experiencing Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
    TEAEs were defined as 1 or both of the following: Any adverse events (AEs) leading to premature discontinuation of study drug, or Any AEs with an onset date on or after the study drug start date and no later than the last exposure date after permanent discontinuation of the study drug. An AE was any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant administered a study drug that did not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment.
  4. Percentage of Participants Experiencing Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities
    Treatment-emergent laboratory abnormalities were defined as values that increased at least 1 toxicity grade from baseline at any post-baseline visit, up to and including the last exposure date for participants who permanently discontinued study drug, or the last available date in the database snapshot for participants who were still on treatment at the time of an analysis.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study(Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for StudyAll
Accepts Healthy VolunteersYes
Inclusion Criteria
Incidence Phase
CGM, TGW, TGM, and GNB who have condomless receptive anal sex with partners assigned male at birth and are at risk for HIV infection.
HIV-1 status unknown at screening and no prior HIV-1 testing within the last 3 months.
Sexually active with ≥ 1 partner assigned male at birth (condomless receptive anal sex) in the last 12 months and 1 of the following:
Condomless receptive anal sex with ≥ 2 partners in the last 12 weeks.
History of syphilis, rectal gonorrhea, or rectal chlamydia in the last 24 weeks.
Self-reported use of stimulants with sex in the last 12 weeks. Randomized Phase
Negative local rapid fourth generation HIV-1/2 Ab/Ag, central fourth generation HIV-1/2 Ab/Ag, and HIV-1 RNA quantitative nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT).
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min at screening according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula for creatinine clearance (CLcr). Key
Exclusion Criteria
Incidence Phase
Prior use of HIV PrEP (including F/TDF or F/TAF) or HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in the past 12 weeks or any prior use of long-acting systemic PrEP (including cabotegravir or islatravir).
Prior recipient of an HIV vaccine or HIV broadly neutralizing antibody formulation. Randomized Phase
Acute viral hepatitis A, B or C or evidence of chronic hepatitis B or C infection.
Severe hepatic impairment or a history of or current clinical decompensated liver cirrhosis. Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Contacts and Locations

Sponsors and CollaboratorsGilead Sciences
Locations
UAB Sexual Health Research Clinic | Birmingham Alabama, United States, 35233Loma Linda University Clinical Trial Center Clinic | Loma Linda California, United States, 92354Ruane Clinical Research Group Inc. | Los Angeles California, United States, 90036UCLA CBAM Vine Street Clinic | Los Angeles California, United States, 90038Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) - Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC) | Los Angeles California, United States, 90059Mills Clinical Research | Los Angeles California, United States, 90069The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Los Angeles California, United States, 90502BIOS Clinical Research | Palm Springs California, United States, 92262UCSD Anti Viral Research Center | San Diego California, United States, 92103Bridge HIV at the San Francisco Department of Public Health | San Francisco California, United States, 94102Optimus Medical Group | San Francisco California, United States, 94102University of Colorado Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRC) | Aurora Colorado, United States, 80045Yale University, School of Medicine | New Haven Connecticut, United States, 06510Whitman-Walker Institute Inc. | Washington D.C. District of Columbia, United States, 20009Washington Health Institute | Washington D.C. District of Columbia, United States, 20017Therafirst Medical Center | Fort Lauderdale Florida, United States, 33308Gary Richmond, MD, PA | Fort Lauderdale Florida, United States, 33316Midway Immunology & Research Center, LLC | Ft. Pierce Florida, United States, 34982CAN Community Health Clinic | Jacksonville Florida, United States, 32207University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Infectious Disease Research - Converge Miami | Miami Florida, United States, 33136CAN Community Health | Miami Gardens Florida, United States, 33055Orlando Immunology Center | Orlando Florida, United States, 32803CAN Community Health | Sarasota Florida, United States, 34237The Hope Clinic at Emory University | Atlanta Georgia, United States, 30030Emory University | Atlanta Georgia, United States, 30303Emory University Hospital Midtown Infectious Disease Clinic | Atlanta Georgia, United States, 30308RMR Core Center | Chicago Illinois, United States, 60612University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Project WISH | Chicago Illinois, United States, 60612Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago Illinois, United States, 60613Indiana University Infectious Diseases Research | Indianapolis Indiana, United States, 46202Baptist Health Lexington | Lexington Kentucky, United States, 40503Norton Infectious Disease Specialists | Louisville Kentucky, United States, 40241LSU-CrescentCare Sexual Health Center- New Orleans Community Health Center | New Orleans Louisiana, United States, 70119Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Baltimore Maryland, United States, 21287The Fenway Institute | Boston Massachusetts, United States, 02215Be Well Medical Center | Berkley Michigan, United States, 48072Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit Michigan, United States, 48202Open Arms Healthcare Center | Jackson Mississippi, United States, 39202KC CARE Health Center | Kansas City Missouri, United States, 64111St. Michael's Medical Center | Newark New Jersey, United States, 07102South Jersey Infectious Disease | Somers Point New Jersey, United States, 08244Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai- Mount Sinai Downtown | New York New York, United States, 10029NC TraCS Institute - CTRC; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill North Carolina, United States, 27514Cone Health/Regional Center for Infectious Disease Research Center | Greensboro North Carolina, United States, 27401Wake Forest University Health Sciences | Winston-Salem North Carolina, United States, 27103University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati Ohio, United States, 45267The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Columbus Ohio, United States, 43210Penn Prevention Unit | Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States, 19104Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers, Jonathan Lax Treatment Center | Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States, 19107Medical University of South Carolina, Infectious Disease Clinic | Charleston South Carolina, United States, 29425Prisma Health-Midlands Clinical Research Unit | Columbia South Carolina, United States, 29203Prisma Health Internal Medicine Clinic | Greenville South Carolina, United States, 29605Methodist University Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Clinical Research Center | Memphis Tennessee, United States, 38103St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis Tennessee, United States, 38105Meharry Medical College Clinical and Transitional Research Center | Nashville Tennessee, United States, 37208Central Texas Clinical Research | Austin Texas, United States, 78705Centro San Vincente | El Paso Texas, United States, 79915UT Health Science Center at Houston | Houston Texas, United States, 77009The Crofoot Research Center, INC | Houston Texas, United States, 77098Ofiice of Dr. Peter Shalit, MD | Seattle Washington, United States, 98104Hospital General de Agudos JM Ramos Mejia | Buenos Aires , Argentina, 1072Fundacion Huesped | Buenos Aires , Argentina, 1202Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas Mar del Plata | Buenos Aires , Argentina, B7600Unidade de Pesquisa Clinica em Vacinas (UPqVac) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade | Belo Horizonte - MG , Brazil, 30130-100Fundação Bahiana de Infectologia | Canela-Salvador , Brazil, 40110-060Fundação de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieira Dourado / Fundação Medicina Tropical do Amazonas - FMT/IMT/AM | Manauas , Brazil, 69040-000Hospital General de Nova Iguaçu - HGNI | Nova Iguaçu , Brazil, 26030-380Grupo Hospitalar Conceição/ Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição S.A. | Porto Alegre , Brazil, RS 91350 200Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - INI FIOCRUZ | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, 21040-360Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo | São Paulo , Brazil, 01246-903Centro de Referência e Treinamento DST/AIDS | São Paulo , Brazil, 04121-000Center for Management and Research. SPDM-Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine-Hospital São Paulo/Federal | São Paulo , Brazil, 06519-332Centro de Investigacion Farmaceutica Especializada de Occidente S.C. | Guadalajara C.P. , Mexico, 44160Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion - Sede Barranco | Barranco , Peru, 15063Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Daniel Alcides Carrion", Facultad de Medicina Humana, UNMSM | Callao , Peru, 7006Asociacion Civil Selva Amazonica | Iquitos , Peru, Via Libre | Lima , Peru, 15001Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion - Sede San Miguel | Lima , Peru, 15088Ararat Research Center | San Juan PR, Puerto Rico, 00717Centro Ararat- San Juan | San Juan PR, Puerto Rico, 00909Desmond Tutu Health Foundation | Cape Town , South Africa, 7925Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) | Johannesburg , South Africa, 2038The Aurum Institute: Pretoria Clinical Research Centre | Pretoria , South Africa, 87Setshaba Research Centre | Soshanguvhe , South Africa, 0152The Aurum Institute Tembisa CRC, Clinic 4 | Tembisa , South Africa, 1632FPD-DTHF Ndevana Commuity Research Site | Vincent , South Africa, 5217Institute of HIV Research and Innovation | Bangkok , Thailand, 10330King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital | Bangkok , Thailand, 10330The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT), Thai Red Cross AIDS research Centre | Bangkok , Thailand, 10330Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University | Bangkok , Thailand, 10400Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University | Chiang Mai , Thailand, 50200Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University | Khon Kaen , Thailand, 40002Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute | Nonthaburi , Thailand, 11000
Investigators
Study Director: Gilead Study Director, Gilead Sciences
Study Documents (Full Text)
Documents provided by Gilead SciencesStudy Protocol  October 20, 2024Documents provided by Gilead SciencesStatistical Analysis Plan  August 19, 2024