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Abstract: Viremia with HIV can provide insights into the progression of HIV infection. Our HIV culture laboratory supports an AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) but also processes other non-ACTU samples. We questioned if the rates of positive cultures differed between these two groups. Cultures were performed using 6 x 10(6) pati ...
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Abstract: The University of Minnesota s AIDS Clinical Trial Unit (ACTU), one of the first federally funded research sites in the country, has learned it is one of 10 programs nationally that will lose National Institutes of Health funding. Officially, NIH says it has not yet finalized the funding review process with respect to s ...
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Abstract: Hawaii s AIDS Clinical Trials Unit has learned it will no longer receive a $2 million annual grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. ACTU is part of a network of 48 national and international sites funded by NIAID. Program Director Dr. Cecilia Shikuma said she was notified by telephone tha ...
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Abstract: PARIS, 1er dec (AFP) - L'Actu, le quotidien d'actualités pour adolescents des éditions Play-bac, sort vendredi 1er décembre un numéro spécial entièrement consacré au sida à l'occasion de la journée mondiale de lutte contre le sida. ...
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Abstract: The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is the largest federally funded program of AIDS clinical trials. It is a collaboration involving 59 institutions and affiliated clinical centers, known as AIDS Clinical Trials Units (ACTUs), NIAID sta ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To provide access to government-sponsored clinical trials for HIV-infected persons with hemophilia at the comprehensive hemophilia treatment centers (HTC) where approximately 50% of hemophilia patients in the U.S. receive care. METHOD: Of the 10 geographic regions (designated by the Department of Health and ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1990/dec/m90c3661.html
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To review and analyze the enrollment statistics of U.S. federally funded clinical trials in New York City, and determine if they were representative of the demographics of AIDS in New York City. METHODS: Demographic information on the 1243 enrollees in the 6 designated New York city AIDS Clinical Trials Uni ...
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>: To provide access to government-sponsored clinical trials for HIV-infected persons with hemophilia at the comprehensive hemophilia treatment centers (HTC) where approximately 50% of hemophilia patients in the U.S. receive care.</p> <p><b>METHOD</b>: Of the 10 geographic regions (designated by th ...
http://www.aegis.org/conferences/iac/1990/thd57.html
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>: To review and analyze the enrollment statistics of U.S. federally funded clinical trials in New York City, and determine if they were representative of the demographics of AIDS in New York City.</p> <p><b>METHODS</b>: Demographic information on the 1243 enrollees in the 6 designated New York cit ...
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Abstract: Some people with HIV experience what is commonly known as lipodystrophy, which includes such symptoms as fat loss in the face, arms, and legs and/or fat gain in the gut, breasts, or back of the neck. A study called "ACTG A5110" is looking at whether fat loss in the arms and legs is caused by specific types of anti-HIV ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The establishment of a pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Subunit (ACTU) of CMH at CCH, the only public hospital in Chicago primarily serving indigent poor, minority, and substance using populations. This Subunit provides investigational therapeutics to HIV-infected pregnant women and their children, currently u ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1991/dec/m91c3958.html
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>: The establishment of a pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Subunit (ACTU) of CMH at CCH, the only public hospital in Chicago primarily serving indigent poor, minority, and substance using populations. This Subunit provides investigational therapeutics to HIV-infected pregnant women and their children, ...
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Abstract: An update of AIDS Clinical Trial Unit (ACTU) studies is presented in chart form, by category of study. The trials include immune-based studies, prophylaxis and opportunistic disease studies, Kaposi s sarcoma and other oncology studies, and wasting studies. Each includes a description of the trial, criteria to particip ...
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Abstract: A computerized database and information system has been established at the Special Immunology Unit (SIU) and AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) of University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University. This system serves the needs of both units by providing a streamlined information flow for the capture of data used for ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1996/nov/m96b0683.html
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Abstract: Summary lists and reports can be generated from any one or a combination of captured parameters for epidemiological studies or to identify patients eligible for research protocols. This flexible, interactive, three-dimensional database provides real-time, corrected patient information to support clinical care and clini ...
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Abstract: Using a multiple-choice questionnaire, Dwyer et al. compared the use of and attitudes toward unconventional remedies among two groups of HIV-positive men in Northern California. The first group was enrolled in clinical trial protocols for various National Institutes of Health-approved treatments for HIV infection at an ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE. To implement and further develop a multi-site research network providing access for HIV-infected people with hemophilia to government-sponsored clinical trials at comprehensive hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) in the U.S. METHODS. Eight regions in the U.S. have been designated in this network, each with ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1993/nov/m93b3267.html
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Abstract: We have analyzed the epidemiologic features of primary Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PcP) occurring in HIV patients over a 4 year period using the data base generated by the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) which cares for > 90% of the AIDS patients in the Cincinnati area. The 118 cases of PcP were compared with two ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE. To implement and further develop a multi-site research network providing access for HIV-infected people with hemophilia to government-sponsored clinical trials at comprehensive hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) in the U.S. METHODS. Eight regions in the U.S. have been designated in this network, each with a ...
http://www.aegis.org/conferences/iac/1993/pob442556.html
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Abstract: Determining the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection based on cellular and clinical markers has become increasingly important. Although a number of studies have shown a relationship between the presence of certain oral lesions and progression to AIDS, few data exist regarding the associat ...
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>: To examine the psychological effects of participation and non-participation during and at modification of a placebo-control clinical trial of AZT for asymptomatic HIV-seropositive persons.</p> <p><b>METHODS</b>: From July 1988 to July 1989, participants in the University of Minnesota s AIDS Clin ...
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Abstract: The long-delayed phase I/II trial of synthetic hypericin has begun in New York; the fourth volunteer received the drug on October 28. The two other trial sites, in Boston and Minneapolis, are expected to begin soon. Volunteers are needed at the Boston, Minneapolis, and possibly New York sites. Hypericin is an antiviral ...
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Abstract: I have been taking Combivir and Viramune for about 5 years now. My viral load is undetectable and my CD4 is above 400. I am considerng taking a break from the meds. Have others done this successfully and are there other things I can do to strenghten by immune system if I stop the drugs? ...
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Abstract: MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct 8 (AFP) - Grinding poverty is accelerating the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in Asia and the Pacific region, a conference here was told Monday. ...
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Abstract: A comprehensive HIV Primary Care Clinic provides the best model for long term care of patients living with HIV/AIDS. ...
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Abstract: The newly formed University of California-Davis AIDS Clinical Trials Unit has started a study to learn whether patients with HIV who have never been treated and are admitted to a hospital with an AIDS-related infection should be given antiretroviral drugs immediately or after treatment for the acute infection is comple ...
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Abstract: Based on our cell culture and SCIDhu Thy/Liv results, we could assume that HIV-1 superinfection may occur <i>in vivo</i> and it may well correlate with viral fitness. If true, superinfection with a drugresistant HIV-1 strain could jeopardize antiviral treatment in a patient originally infected with a wild-type HIV-1 va ...
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Abstract: <p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Current potent antiretroviral regimens have been associated with multiple metabolic side effects whose pathogenesis is poorly understood. Recently we reported osteopenia in PI- treated patients, and that the switch to nevirapine (NVP) improves dyslipidemia and glucose homeostasis. ...
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Abstract: <p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) HIV patients incidence of opportunistic infections (OI) including Pneumocytis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ), disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (dMAC) and Cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) decreased 1992 to 1997, but modestly increased in ...
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Abstract: Two trials are being conducted by the Tulane-LSU Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit. ACTG 384 is for patients who have not had previous antiretroviral therapy. Study objectives address when to use protease inhibitor (PI) therapy, comparisons between different drug combinations, and long-term treatment. ACTG 398 is for pe ...
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