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Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Oral Islatravir (MK-8591) Once Monthly in Participants at Low Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1) Infection (MK-8591-016)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04003103

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Official title

A Phase 2a, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Oral MK-8591 Once-Monthly in Participants at Low- Risk for HIV-1 Infection

Brief summary

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This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of 6 once-monthly doses of oral islatravir (60 mg and 120 mg) compared with placebo in adults at low risk of HIV-1 infection

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04003103
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
242 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Sep 19, 2019 (Actual)
Primary completion
Mar 18, 2022 (Actual)
Completion
Nov 24, 2022 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jul 18, 2025

2019 – 2022

United States locations

U.S. sites
4
U.S. states
4
U.S. cities
4
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Research Centers of America, LLC ( Site 0007) Hollywood Florida 33024 —
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Drug Development Unit ( Site 0002) Baltimore Maryland 21287 —
Celerion, Inc. ( Site 0006) Lincoln Nebraska 68502 —
Magee Womens Research Institute ( Site 0001) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 —

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Non-U.S. locations

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