HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials

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See also: HIV Drugs in Development | Medical Dictionaries and Databases | Women and HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials

The Basics

Information on Clinical Trials and Research (Regularly Updated)
From National Cancer Institute
Participating in a Clinical Trial (August 13, 2012)
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From AIDS InfoNet
How HIV Drugs Get Approved (August 9, 2012)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Understanding HIV-Related Clinical Trials (March 2012)
From The Well Project
HIV Clinical Trials FAQ (October 2010)
From The Well Project
Understanding Clinical Trials (September 20, 2007)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
Should I Join a Clinical Trial? (Winter 2006/2007)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Getting It Right: Being Smarter About Clinical Trials (June 2006)
In PLoS Medicine
Virtual Monotherapy: Can It Be Avoided in Clinical Trials? (Spring 2006)
If you have multidrug resistance, joining a clinical trial for a drug in development may carry risks as well as benefits.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Joining a Clinical Trial: Asking the Right Questions (January-March 2006)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis

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Personal Accounts

An AIDS Activist Participates in a Clinical Trial for the Cure (September 5, 2010)
From AIDS Policy Project
My Kind of Life: I Was a Viread Guinea Pig (July/August 2004)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Going to Extremes to Stay Alive (July/August 2004)
Most experts don't recommend joining a clinical trial just to get the latest experimental drugs, but that's exactly what Matt Sharp did -- and he has no regrets.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
How I Fell in Love With HIV Research (October 2001)
Sue Gibson reflects back on how she stumbled into the HIV-research field -- and on why people volunteer for research studies.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Becoming a Member of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Community Constituency Group (Summer 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive

News/General Articles

Researchers Disagree Over Ethics of HIV Treatment Clinical Trial in Africa, Nature Reports (January 17, 2013)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S. NIH to Enforce Open Access to Clincal Trial Results (November/December 2012)
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In HIV Treatment Bulletin, from HIV i-Base
On TheBodyPRO.com
GlaxoSmithKline to Make Clinical Trial Data Available to Other Researchers (October 12, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Cryptococcal Meningitis Study Stopped -- Early HIV Therapy Clearly Harmful (June 2, 2012)
From Journal Watch
On TheBodyPRO.com
HIV Treatment Study in Patients With Cryptococcal Meningitis Ends Enrollment Early (May 30, 2012)
Higher mortality rate found with early antiretroviral therapy.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
On TheBodyPRO.com
NIAID Issues New Clinical Trials Units Funding Opportunity Announcement (April 20, 2012)
From AIDSinfo
On TheBodyPRO.com
Community Engagement in NIAID's HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks (September 29, 2011)
From AIDS.gov
VOA News Examines Ethics of Clinical Drug Testing in African Nations (August 18, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Conference Examines Lagging Ethical Guidelines in Face of Expanding Clinical Trials in Developing Countries (June 29, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Future of the NIAID Clinical Trial Units (June 28, 2011)
From AIDS.gov

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Clinical Trials: 1997 - 1999

NIAID Renews Funding for the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (December 22, 1999)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
New amfAR Treatment Directory Now Available (October 1, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
Strategy Trials: The Answer? (February 18, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
NIAID Opens First AIDS Vaccine Trial in Africa (February 8, 1999)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Trials & Errors: Studies Look at Which Combinations Are Better (February 1999)
Clinical trials using NNRTIs with or instead of protease inhibitors.
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
Improving Drug Development: Exploratory Clinical Studies (January 8, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
ACTG Salvage Therapy Trials (January 1999)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Primary Infection Clinic Enrolling for NIH Studies (Winter 1998)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Trials Now Enrolling (Fall 1998)
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
AIDS Diarrhea: Phase III Trial Recruiting in Over 30 U.S. Sites (July 17, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News

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Clinical Trials: 1996

Nevirapine Trial Confirms Dr. Schooley's Point (December 1996)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
1592: Two Studies Recruiting (November 15, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Cytarabine Nixed for PML (November 1996)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Nerve Growth Factor Study Opens (November 1996)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Nelfinavir Expanded Access Program (October, 1996)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Nelfinavir (Viracept™) Expanded Access Announced (September 19, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
CAESER Study Completed (September 1996)
In Hopkins HIV Report, from Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
1592 -- New Experimental Antiretroviral (August 23, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Five-Drug or Six-Drug Antiretroviral Therapy -- Conversation with Steven Scheibel, M.D. (August 23, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Nelfinavir Protease Inhibitor Study Recruiting (August 23, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News

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Clinical Trials: 1993

ACTG Clinical Trial Sites: Seven Cut, Two Added (December 22, 1995)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Peptide T: Negative Trial Result (November 3, 1995)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Viral Load: New "Strategy" Trial in 15 U.S. Cities (October 20, 1995)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Symptom-Reduction Trials at FDA Clinical Trials Workshop (September 29, 1995)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
"Confirmatory" Trials: Symptom Reduction As Efficacy Measure (August 18, 1995)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Re-Inventing Government: New ACTG Structure Squeezes Eleven (February 1995)
Committees Into Three--But Will Anything Really Be Any Different?.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
AIDS Clinical Trials Group Ready Themselves for 1996-2001 Funding (November 1994)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
AIDS Clinical Trials Group Rescue Plan (July 1994)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
AIDS Clinical Trials Group Scramble to Convince Industry They Can Produce (June 1994)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
The Crisis in Clinical AIDS Research (December 1993)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group