Title Methodological challenges in biomedical HIV prevention trials / Committee on the Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention Trials, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Stephen W. Lagakos and Alicia R. Gable, editors

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : illustrations Contents Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Summary -- Introduction -- 1 The Status and Challenges of Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials -- 2 Basic Design Features: Size, Duration, and Type of Trials, and Choice of Control Group -- 3 Design Considerations: Risk-Reduction Counseling -- 4 Design Considerations: Pregnancy -- 5 Design Considerations: Adherence -- 6 Design Considerations: Recruitment and Retention -- 7 Site Preparedness -- 8 Estimating HIV Incidence -- 9 Interim Monitoring and Analysis of Results -- 10 Alternative Designs -- Appendixes Appendix A: Public Committee Meeting AgendasAppendix B: Acronyms -- Appendix C: Supporting Materials for Chapter 2 -- Appendix D: Methods for Analyzing Adherence -- Appendix E: Committee Biographies Summary "This IOM committee was formed at the request of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and charged with addressing methodological challenges in late-stage nonvaccine biomedical HIV prevention trials with a specific focus on microbicide and pre-exposure prophylaxis trials." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention. HIV Infections -- prevention & control Clinical Trials as Topic Program Evaluation -- methods Anti-Infective Agents -- therapeutic use Anti-Retroviral Agents -- therapeutic use POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention Form Electronic book Author Gable, Alicia. Lagakos, Stephen W. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention Trials. ISBN 9780309114318 0309114314

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