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)
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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
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
Conditions
Interventions
- Islatravir Drug
- Placebo Drug
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 18, 2019
- Primary completion
- Mar 17, 2022
- Completion
- Nov 23, 2022
- Last update posted
- Jul 17, 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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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04003103, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jul 17, 2025 · Synced Jun 26, 2026
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