CARE: Comprehensive Assessment of Real-world Effectiveness of F/TAF in Persons Who Use Drugs (PWUD)

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Conditions studied: People Who Inject Drugs, PrEP Adherence

In brief

This study looks at how to help people who use drugs start and keep taking medicine that can prevent HIV. The medicine is called PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). The study investigators will use a pill called Descovy (F/TAF), which is already approved by the FDA for HIV prevention. People who come to the emergency department (ED) and test negative for HIV may join the study. Some participants will start taking PrEP and will be followed for one year. Other participants will only do an interview about their thoughts on PrEP. The study investigators will also talk to doctors and peer support workers in the ED to learn what makes it easier or harder to offer PrEP. The main goal is to see how well PrEP can be started and continued for people who use drugs. The study investigators will look at how many people start PrEP, how many keep taking it, and what helps or makes it hard to stay on PrEP. The study investigators will also learn about the best ways to connect people to care after they leave the ED. This study does not test if the medicine works to prevent HIV-that is already known. Instead, it looks at real-life challenges and solutions for using PrEP in this group. The study may help improve HIV prevention and health care for people who use drugs.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07385183
Run by: Heather Henderson
People needed: 200
Starts: 2026-02-01
Expected to finish: 2027-08-01
Last updated by the study team: 2026-02-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Prep Initiation Inclusion: 18 years of age or older; Communicate in English; Confirmatory test of HIV-negative; Documented or identified history of injection drug use within the last six-months or have documented or identified general drug use within the last twelve months; Be able to provide at least one contact person including name and phone number where participant can be reached for follow-up
Clinician Interview Inclusion: At least 18 years of age; Healthcare provider or peer navigator, a person with lived experience in substance use disorder who will help navigate the patient through care, currently employed in TGH ED
Interview Inclusion: At least 18 years of age; Communicate in English; Confirmatory test of HIV-negative; Documented or identified history of injection drug use within the last six-months or have documented or identified general drug use within the last twelve months;

You may not qualify if…

PrEP Initiation Exclusion: Under 18 years of age; Determined to be HIV-positive following confirmatory testing; Have a CrCl of less than 30ml/min, making them only eligible for long-acting injectable PrEP if CrCl is a limiting factor for oral PrEP; Have significant cognitive or developmental impairment to the extent that they are unable to provide informed consent; Are currently incarcerated or have pending legal action that may prevent an individual from completing the study; Pregnant.
Clinician Interview Exclusion: Under 18 years of age; Not currently employed as a healthcare provider or peer navigator in the TGH ED.
Interview Exclusion: Under 18 years of age; Have significant cognitive or developmental impairment to the extent that they are unable to provide informed consent; Are currently incarcerated or have pending legal action that may prevent an individual from completing the study;

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