Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and Incident HIV Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China (The CoM Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Yanxiao Gao   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Weiran Zheng   ¹ , MD ;   Yinghui Sun   ¹ , MD ;   Luoyao Yang   ¹ , BM ;   Zhihui Guo   ¹ , BM ;   Yuwei Li   ¹ , MD ;   Yi-Fan Lin   ¹ , PhD ;   Zhen Lu   ¹ , MD ;   Tanwei Yuan   ¹ , MD ;   Yuewei Zhan   ¹ , MD ;   Han-Zhu Qian   ² , MD, PhD ;   Bin Su   ³ , PhD ;   Zhiqiang Zhu   ³ , MD ;   Junyi Duan   ³ , BM ;   Guanghui Wang   ⁴ , BM ;   Xin Cui   ⁴ , BA ;   Lin Ouyang   ⁵ , MD ;   Genshen Sheng   ⁶ , BM ;   Yepeng Zhou   ⁷ , BM ;   Ao Long   ⁸ , BM ;   Yuming Yao   ⁹ , BM ;   Thomas Fitzpatrick   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Maohe Yu   ¹¹ , MD ;   Guohui Wu   ⁵ , MD ;   Huachun Zou   ^{1, 12} , PhD

¹ School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

² GlaxoSmithKline plc, Rockville, MD, United States

³ Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

⁴ Qingdao Qingtong AIDS Prevention Volunteer Service Center, Qingdao, China

⁵ Chongqing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing, China

⁶ Shenzhen Rainbow 258 Centre for Men, Shenzhen, China

⁷ Foshan Pengyou Care and Rescue Center for AIDS Prevention, Foshan, China

⁸ Luzhou Red Ribbon Heart Association, Luzhou, China

⁹ Zhitong LGBT Service Center, Guangzhou, China

¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

¹¹ Tianjin Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin, China

¹² Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia