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Community Recommendations for Clinical Research Involving Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions in Adults

Scientists working to develop a cure for HIV infection sometimes need to conduct clinical trials in which participants are asked to temporarily interrupt ART, which contradicts the recommendations and guidelines for people with HIV under medical care.

Published
15 November 2018
From
TAG
Access to medicines and treatment
Antiretroviral shortage reaches 100% in Venezuela

Alberto Nieves, executive director of Acción Ciudadana Contra el SIDA (ACCSI) says: "By March 2018, the shortage of antiretroviral drugs reached 100% in Venezuela, which It is affecting more than 80 thousand people with HIV." Four of the 27 licensed antiretrovirals were still in stock but not ones necessary to construct viable combination therapy.

Published
17 April 2018
From
Corresponsales Clave
The search for a cure
Is It Ethical to Take People Off HIV Meds for Cure Research?

Cure studies typically require a temporary break in HIV treatment, often with little promise of a personal benefit to the participant.

Published
13 September 2017
From
Poz
Treatment interruptions
Fast Rebound After Treatment Interruption in 9 of 10 With Low HIV DNA Reservoir

Nine of 10 people with a cell-associated HIV DNA level below 100 copies/106 cells had an HIV RNA rebound within 12 weeks after antiretroviral therapy interruption. The 10th person maintained HIV RNA control without drugs for more than 48 weeks, according to a study published in AIDS.

Published
13 June 2016
From
The Body PRO
Treatment interruptions
Markers of Immune Exhaustion Predict Post-Treatment Control in HIV Patients

Biomarkers of immune exhaustion were associated with how long a patient was able to control HIV after treatment was interrupted, according to a study presented at CROI 2015.

Published
05 March 2015
From
The Body
The search for an HIV prevention vaccine
The Search for a Permanent Alternative to HIV Drugs

Researchers Carefully Tailor a Study to Find Patients to Test Going Off Antiretroviral Medication

Published
16 February 2015
From
Wall Street Journal
Access to medicines and treatment
Russia may face shortage of anti-AIDS drugs in 2015

Russia may face a shortage of anti-AIDS drugs in 2015 due to the current complex situation in the national economy and devaluation of the rouble, according to recent statements of Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the Russian Federal Research and Methodological Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS.

Published
29 January 2015
From
EATG
Access to medicines and treatment
ARV supply issues cause treatment interruptions in a UK clinic

We have been told of ARV stock-outs that resulted in patients having to interrupt HIV medication due to problems in drug supply. It is difficult to understand why a UK clinic would allow problems to develop to the point that this happened not just once, but several times.

Published
01 December 2014
From
HIV i-Base
The search for a cure
Post-Treatment HIV-1 Controllers with a Long-Term Virological Remission after the Interruption of Early Initiated Antiretroviral Therapy ANRS VISCONTI Study

Our results show that early and prolonged cART may allow some individuals with a rather unfavorable background to achieve long-term infection control and may have important implications in the search for a functional HIV cure.

Published
15 March 2013
From
PLoS Pathogens
Access to medicines and treatment
Malawi: Malawi's Never-Ending Drug Shortage Problem

Malawi is again experiencing a crisis in the delivery of essential medicines, with understaffed clinics and erratic drug supplies preventing many dangerously ill patients from accessing treatment.

Published
20 February 2013
From
AllAfrica
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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