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Bringing Medicines for HIV Prevention to a Family Planning Clinic

Implementing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Family Planning Clinic: A Study of Feasibility and Acceptability (Aka The Pilot Fish Study)

Who can join

Ages 16 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

This study will include patient participants who:

* Are age 16 or older
* Are presenting for care at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Family Planning Clinic
* Speak English or Spanish
* Have decisional capacity

This study will exclude patient participants who:

\- Are currently seeking abortion care

This study will include physician participants who:

\- Provide care at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Family Planning Clinic

This study will not have any specific exclusion criteria for physician participants.

About the study

The goal of this clinical trial is to understand what patients and physicians think about providing medications to prevent HIV transmission to patients in a family planning clinic. These medications are known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. The main questions to answer are:

1. Do patients find it acceptable to be asked about, and offered, PrEP during their visit to a family planning clinic? 2. What things make it easier or harder to ask about PrEP in a family planning clinic setting? 3. What things make it easier or harder to begin PrEP in a family planning clinic setting?

Patient participants:

1. Will receive standardized counseling about PrEP. 2. Will have the opportunity to begin PrEP as part of their routine, ongoing care. 3. Will be asked to complete a survey about their experiences.

Physician participants:

1. Will receive standardized education about PrEP. 2. Will talk to patient participants about PrEP, and support patient participants who want to begin PrEP. 3. Will be asked to complete pre-and post-study surveys about their experiences. 4. May be asked to complete a post-study in-depth interview about their experiences.

What is being tested

• Patient participant screening (behavioral)
• Physician participant training (behavioral)

Sponsor: Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island · Participants: 83 · Started: May 28, 2026

Contact the study team

• Benjamin P Brown, MD, MS · Phone: 401-274-1122
• Erica J Hardy, MD, MMSc, MA · Phone: 401-453-7950

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06930508

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.