Open Clinical Trials

Below is a selected listing of currently enrolling clinical trials gathered from various sources. TrialSearch, operated by the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA), is an extensive online database of clinical trials related to HIV/AIDS. The University of California at San Francisco's HIV InSite web site features TrialScope, a database of organizations that conduct HIV/AIDS-related research.

The federal government's AIDSinfo site includes a section on clinical trials that features an introduction to HIV/AIDS research and study listings from the National Institutes of Health's ClinicalTrials.gov database. AIDSinfo also offers personalized advice about clinical trial participation via e-mail (ContactUs@AIDSinfo.nih.gov), an interactive web site (www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/live_help; specialists available Mon.--Fri. 9:00 am--1:00 pm PT), and a toll-free telephone service (800-874-2572, international 301-874-2572; specialists available Mon.--Fri. 9:00 am--2:00 pm PT). CenterWatch is a commercial web site that includes trial listings for all diseases including HIV/AIDS and related conditions.

The majority of U.S. government-sponsored HIV/AIDS trials are conducted by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), a nationwide network of investigators and medical centers. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) conducts trials of complementary therapies for conditions related to HIV and its treatment. The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is an international collaboration testing preventive HIV vaccines.

Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) is a nationwide network that conducts community-based clinical trials. In addition to TrialSearch, ACRIA also provides a listing of trials in the mid-Atlantic region. The Community Research Initiative of New England (CRINE) offers a listing of trials in the northeast.

Call the telephone numbers listed for each study or see the indicated web sites for more information about specific trials. Protocol numbers, if available, are provided in parentheses at the end of each trial description.

TrialSearch: www.acria.org/clinical_trials/index.html
TrialScope: www.hivinsite.org/tscope
AIDSInfo: www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov: www.clinicaltrials.gov
CenterWatch: www.centerwatch.com
ACTG: www.aactg.org
NCCAM: www.nccam.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/hiv.htm
HIV Vaccine Trials Network: www.hvtn.org
CPCRA: www.cpcra.org
ACRIA: www.acria.org
CRINE: www.crine.org/info/clinical.html

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