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The Basics/Overview | Personal Accounts | Research/Trial Results

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The Basics/Overview

Treatment Interruptions (January 22, 2009)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Structured Treatment Interruptions (May 2008)
Why might HIVers try a doctor-supervised drug holiday? This article examines the reasons -- and what studies show about how successful each strategy is.
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From Project Inform
New Perspectives in HIV Treatment Interruption: The SMART Study (October 2006)
In PRN Notebook, from Physician's Resarch Network
SMART Stops Stopping (April 2006)
A look at why the SMART study prematurely ended, and what it means for the future of HIV treatment interruptions.
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In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Questions and Answers About the SMART Study (January 18, 2006)
Highlighted information released after the cancellation of the largest study ever to examine the value of structured treatment interruptions.
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From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Personal Accounts

Pickett Fences: Day and Night, Night and Day and Night (March/April 2001)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network

Research/Trial Results

Treatment Interruption Revisited (Winter/Spring 2009)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Treatment Interruption Uncovers HIV's Attack on the Kidneys (February 2009)
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In Treatment Update, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Markers of Inflammation and Blood-Clotting Tied to Hazards of Intermittent HIV Treatment (October 21, 2008)
From National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Markers of Inflammation and Blood-Clotting Tied to Hazards of Intermittent HIV Treatment (October 21, 2008)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
Interleukin-2 Ineffective in Maintaining Baseline CD4+ Cell Count During Treatment Interruption (February 6, 2008)
From The Body PRO
Resuming Treatment Partly Restores Health of Patients in SMART Study (February 3, 2008)
In 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Are Previous Treatment Interruptions Associated With Higher Viral Rebound Rates in Patients With Viral Suppression? (January 30, 2008)
In AIDS
Dutch Study Finds STIs Safe for Some (October 2007)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
TILT: A Look at the Role of Interleukin-2 in Treatment Interruption Leans Toward the Negative (February 28, 2007)
In Exclusive Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
SMART & Staccato: Two CD4-Guided Treatment Interruption Trials With Contradictory Results (August 17, 2006)
In XVI International AIDS Conference
Staccato Study Suggests That Some CD4-Guided Treatment Interruptions Can be Safe (August 8, 2006)
In Time
Treatment Interruptions: SMART or Stupid? (Spring 2006)
An in-depth look at the data behind the SMART study -- and what lessons, if any, can be learned from the results.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Intermittent Treatment-Interruption Arm of Major African Study Is Halted (March 15, 2006)
From aidsmap.com
Community Sign-On Letter: Continue the SMART Trial (January 27, 2006)
From The Center for AIDS
International HIV/AIDS Trial Finds Continuous Antiretroviral Therapy Superior to Episodic Therapy (January 18, 2006)
The massive, international SMART trial is abruptly cancelled due to a twofold greater risk of progression to AIDS among people taking periodic treatment interruptions.
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From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Treatment Action Group Statement on the Termination of the SMART Study (January 18, 2006)
Many other types of HIV treatment interruptions may still have a benefit -- it is still too early to call them a failed strategy, the group says.
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From Treatment Action Group

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