HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials

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A Guide to Clinical Trials: Interpreting Medical Research (Winter 2005/2006)
An overview of how clinical trials are constructed and how researchers make sense of study results.
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
A Guide to Clinical Trials: Understanding Clinical Studies (Summer 2005)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Participating in a Clinical Trial (June 30, 2009)
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From AIDS InfoNet

The Basics

Information on Clinical Trials and Research (Regularly Updated)
From National Cancer Institute
How HIV Drugs Get Approved (August 9, 2009)
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From AIDS InfoNet
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
Clinical Trials: Making Them Work for You (January/February 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Should You Enroll in a Clinical Trial? (September/October 2002)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
A Comprehensive Look at Clinical Trials (2000)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Should You Participate in Clinical Trials? (December 1997)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital

Personal Accounts

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
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

News/General Articles

American Medical News Examines Clinical Trials Outsourcing (September 9, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Prepping for a PrEP Trial (July/August 2009)
Why is it so hard to find young people to participate in HIV-related studies? While trying to find an assistant to help recruit young, gay men for a trial of pre-exposure HIV prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV advocate Keith Green may have stumbled on an answer: homophobia.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
After 25 Years, a Landmark HIV Study Is Still Going Strong (April 25, 2009)
The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) is one for the history books: It's one of the most important HIV/AIDS studies ever done, and over the past 25 years it has brought about many major discoveries.
From National Public Radio
ACRIA Trials In Progress (Fall 2008)
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
Clinical Trials Units Selected for Newly Restructured HIV/AIDS Research Networks (March 14, 2007)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
Moving Toward Assured Access to Treatment in Microbicide Trials (July 11, 2006)
In PLoS Medicine
Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces on NIH-Funded AIDS Drug Trials Involving Foster Children (May 24, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation