Oral Islatravir (MK-8591) Once-Monthly as Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Men and Transgender Women Who Are at High Risk for HIV-1 Infection (MK-8591-024)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04652700. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Phase 3, Randomized, Active-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Islatravir Once-Monthly as Preexposure Prophylaxis in Cisgender Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex With Men, and Are at High Risk for HIV-1 Infection
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04652700
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 494 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- FTC/TAF Drug
- FTC/TDF Drug
- ISL Drug
- Placebo to FTC/TAF Drug
- Placebo to FTC/TDF Drug
- Placebo to ISL Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 16 Years and older
- Sex
- Male
- 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
- Mar 14, 2021
- Primary completion
- Aug 3, 2023
- Completion
- Aug 3, 2023
- Last update posted
- May 4, 2026
2021 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 15
- U.S. states
- 10
- U.S. cities
- 14
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham-UAB 1917 Research Clinic ( Site 0007) | Birmingham | Alabama | 35222 | — |
| UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education ( Site 0011) | Los Angeles | California | 90035 | — |
| Global Research Institute ( Site 0031) | Los Angeles | California | 90036 | — |
| Bridge HIV - San Francisco Department of Public Health ( Site 0003) | San Francisco | California | 94102 | — |
| The GW Medical Faculty Associates-Medicine ( Site 0033) | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20037 | — |
| Midway Immunology and Research Center ( Site 0014) | Ft. Pierce | Florida | 34982 | — |
| University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Infectious Disease ( Site 0029) | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| Orlando Immunology Center ( Site 0010) | Orlando | Florida | 32803 | — |
| Ponce De Leon Center Grady Health ( Site 0032) | Atlanta | Georgia | 30308 | — |
| Howard Brown Health Center ( Site 0004) | Chicago | Illinois | 60613 | — |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center ( Site 0012) | Jackson | Mississippi | 39216 | — |
| Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-Clinical Research Center ( Site 0017) | Newark | New Jersey | 07103 | — |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( Site 0019) | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Central Texas Clinical Research ( Site 0002) | Austin | Texas | 78705 | — |
| The Crofoot Research Center ( Site 0025) | Houston | Texas | 77098 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04652700, 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 May 4, 2026 · Synced May 19, 2026
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