Study of Lenacapavir as a Once-Yearly Injection for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Last updated: March 2, 2026
Sponsor: Gilead Sciences
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Lenacapavir Injection

Lenacapavir Tablet

Clinical Study ID

NCT07047716
GS-US-712-7286
  • Ages > 16
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The goal of this clinical study is to learn more about the study drug lenacapavir (LEN), safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (how LEN is absorbed, modified, distributed, and removed from the body of the participants) of once-yearly intramuscular for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in people with an indication for PrEP.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) and the safety and tolerability of intramuscular (IM) every 12 months (Q12M) LEN for PrEP among people with an indication for PrEP.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 16 years of age at screening.

  • Receptive anal or vaginal sex in the past 6 months and at least 1 of the following:

  1. Condomless receptive sex (vaginal or anal) with 1 or more sex partners ofunknown HIV status during the past 6 months

  2. For a person who has engaged in anal sex in the past 6 months: diagnosis ofsyphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia in the past 6 months

  3. For a person who has engaged in vaginal sex in the past 6 months: diagnosis ofsyphilis or gonorrhea in the past 6 months

  4. Sex with partner known to be living with HIV with an unknown or detectableviral load in the past 6 months

  • Negative local rapid fourth generation HIV-1/2 antibody (Ab)/antigen (Ag) test,central fourth generation HIV-1/2 Ab/Ag, and HIV-1 RNA quantitative nucleic acidamplification testing (NAAT) at screening.

Exclusion

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current signs or symptoms suggesting HIV infection

  • Acute viral hepatitis A, B, or C or evidence of chronic hepatitis B or C infection

  • Severe hepatic impairment or a history of or current clinical decompensated livercirrhosis (eg, ascites, encephalopathy, variceal bleeding)

  • Past or current participation in HIV vaccine or HIV broadly neutralizing antibodystudy unless participant provides documentation of receipt of placebo (ie, notactive product)

  • Prior use of oral LEN in the past 90 days or subcutaneous LEN in the past 18 months

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Design

Total Participants: 350
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Lenacapavir Injection
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
July 22, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
September 30, 2028

Connect with a study center

  • UAB Sexual Health Research Clinic

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UAB Sexual Health Research Clinic

    Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mills Clinical Research

    Los Angeles, California 90069
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ruane Clinical Research Group, Inc.

    Los Angeles, California 90036
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCLA Clinic Care

    Los Angeles, California 90035
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCLA Vine Street Clinic

    Los Angeles, California 90038
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • BIOS Clinical Research

    Palm Springs, California 92262
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCSD AntiViral Research Center (AVRC)

    San Diego, California 92103
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health

    San Francisco, California 94102
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mills Clinical Research

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90069
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ruane Clinical Research Group, Inc.

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90036
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCLA Clinic Care

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90035
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UCLA Vine Street Clinic

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90038
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • BIOS Clinical Research

    Palm Springs 5380668, California 5332921 92262
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UCSD AntiViral Research Center (AVRC)

    San Diego 5391811, California 5332921 92103
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health

    San Francisco 5391959, California 5332921 94102
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Yale University; School of Medicine; AIDS Program

    New Haven, Connecticut 06510
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Yale University; School of Medicine; AIDS Program

    New Haven 4839366, Connecticut 4831725 06510
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's National Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Whitman-Walker Institute, Inc.

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20009
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children's National Hospital

    Washington D.C. 4140963, District of Columbia 4138106 20010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Whitman-Walker Institute, Inc.

    Washington D.C. 4140963, District of Columbia 4138106 20009
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Midway Immunology and Research Center

    Fort Pierce, Florida 34982
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Midway Immunology and Research Center

    Ft. Pierce, Florida 34982
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The ID Prevention Research Unit

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of South Florida - Curran Children's Health Center

    Tampa, Florida 33606
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Midway Immunology and Research Center

    Ft. Pierce 4156018, Florida 4155751 34982
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The ID Prevention Research Unit

    Miami 4164138, Florida 4155751 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of South Florida - Curran Children's Health Center

    Tampa 4174757, Florida 4155751 33606
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Ponce de Leon Center Clinical Research Site

    Atlanta, Georgia 30303
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Hope Clinic of Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia 30030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ponce de Leon Center Clinical Research Site

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30303
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Hope Clinic of Emory University

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Howard Brown Health Center

    Chicago, Illinois 60613
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), Center for Dissemination and Implementation Sciences (CDIS)

    Chicago, Illinois 60612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Howard Brown Health Center

    Chicago 4887398, Illinois 4896861 60613
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), Center for Dissemination and Implementation Sciences (CDIS)

    Chicago 4887398, Illinois 4896861 60612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University Medical Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Medical Center

    New Orleans 4335045, Louisiana 4331987 70119
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital - Clinical Research Unit

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital - Clinical Research Unit

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Fenway Health

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fenway Health

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02215
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Be Well Medical Center

    Berkley, Michigan 48072
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Be Well Medical Center

    Berkley 4985744, Michigan 5001836 48072
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Clinical and Translational Research Center

    New York, New York 10029
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • ICAP at Columbia University- Bronx Prevention Center

    The Bronx, New York 10451
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Clinical and Translational Research Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10029
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • ICAP at Columbia University- Bronx Prevention Center

    The Bronx 5110266, New York 5128638 10451
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NC TraCS Institute - CTRC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NC TraCS Institute - CTRC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill 4460162, North Carolina 4482348 27599
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Penn Prevention Unit

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers, Jonathan Lax Treatment Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Penn Prevention Unit

    Philadelphia 4560349, Pennsylvania 6254927 19104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers, Jonathan Lax Treatment Center

    Philadelphia 4560349, Pennsylvania 6254927 19107
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee 38105
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis 4641239, Tennessee 4662168 38105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Central Texas Clinical Research

    Austin, Texas 78705
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Crofoot Research Center

    Houston, Texas 77098
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Central Texas Clinical Research

    Austin 4671654, Texas 4736286 78705
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Crofoot Research Center

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77098
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vaccine Trials Unit - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center / University of Washington

    Seattle, Washington 98104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Vaccine Trials Unit - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center / University of Washington

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98104
    United States

    Site Not Available

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