Empiric Treatment for Acute HIV in the ED

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2021-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

An acceptance and feasibility study for immediate ART initiation and storage of laboratory specimens for individuals with suspected acute HIV infection who are diagnosed in one of the 7 participating emergency rooms

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern California
• Treatments: Emtricitabine; Tenofovir

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Suspected acute HIV infection

• agree to start immediate ART and to storage of laboratory specimens

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known chronic HIV infection

• severe renal or liver disease

• drug allergy/hypersensitivity

• prohibited medications

• pregnancy

• co-morbidity that the investigator feels would compromise safety, data interpretation, or achieving study objectives