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Acute HIV Infection - A Key Link for Transmission Prevention: A Randomized Pilot Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Standard HIV prevention messages, BI: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model, and 2 other interventions for HIV. Completed, enrolled 46 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
This pilot study will assess the feasibility for the potential public health benefit of behavioral and antiretroviral interventions during acute HIV infection. Central Hypothesis The investigators hypothesize that delivering behavioral and antiretroviral interventions to acutely infected persons will reduce onward transmission.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
A single session of standard HIV prevention messages during HIV post-test counseling with supplemental information regarding the acute stage of their infection.
The behavioral intervention consists of five counselor-delivered sessions based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model. The sessions are designed to provide participants with the information, motivation, and skills needed to abstain or practice protected sex during the brief acute HIV period, as well as plan for long-term behavioral risk reduction.
raltegravir (400 mg) administered orally twice daily for 12 weeks
emtricitabine/tenofovir (200/300 mg daily) in a fixed dose combination administered orally for 12 weeks