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Filter by:Children and people infected with HIV are particularly susceptible to influenza infections. This study testED the safety and effectiveness of a vaccine for the new H1N1 influenza virus in children and youth infected with HIV.
Both pregnant women and people infected with HIV are at increased risk of viral infection, including influenza infection. Pregnant women infected with HIV may be at particular risk of infection from the new H1N1 influenza virus. This study tested the safety and immunogenicity of an H1N1 influenza vaccine in pregnant women infected with HIV.
An effective vaccine may be the only way to stop the HIV pandemic. The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of and immune response to the DNA vaccine, PENNVAX-B with or without an IL-12 adjuvant when given using electroporation.
Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is critical to successful treatment of HIV. This study tested an intervention that helps people infected with HIV take all their medications when and how they were supposed to.
This research study is being carried out to study a new way to possibly treat HIV. T‐cells are one of the white blood cells used by the body to fight HIV. CD8 T‐cells are a type of T‐cell used by the body to detect and kill cells which have been infected by foreign viruses or organisms, including the HIV virus. CD8 T‐cells must identify the HIV virus in order to kill it. Because HIV is constantly changing the way it looks to the CD8 T‐cells, some of the HIV virus escapes detection and is not killed by the CD8 T‐cells. This research study uses a T cell receptor (TCR) protein specific for HIV (SL9 TCR) and adds it to the CD8 T‐cells in the laboratory in order to help the CD8 T‐cells recognize the constantly changing HIV virus and make it able to fight HIV more efficiently. TCR stands for T cell receptor. TCRs are found on the surface of T cells and allow the T cells to recognize other cells. Laboratory studies have shown that when CD8 T‐cells are modified with SL9 TCRs, they kill cells that are infected with HIV better than normal CD8 T‐cells can. On the basis of these laboratory results, there is the potential that SL9 TCRs may work in people infected with HIV and improve their immune system by killing HIV infected cells and thus may help control HIV infection. Two different SL9 TCRs will be tested in this study, WT‐gag‐TCR and α/6‐gag‐TCR. Two different types of SL9 TCRs are being used in this research study because the laboratory studies suggest that the different SL9 TCRs will function differently depending on the amount of virus in your body. A goal of this clinical study is to test the effects of infusions of either SL9 TCR in the presence or absence of a viral load. All subjects who receive WT‐gag‐TCR or the α/6‐gag‐TCR T cells will be enrolled in a Long Term Follow up study to monitor subjects. Subjects will be followed every 6 months for five years following the 1st infusion of the T cells. If the WT‐gag‐TCR or the α/6‐gag‐TCR T cells are no longer found in the blood after five years, then subjects will be contacted yearly for the next 10 years. If the WT‐gag‐TCR or the α/6‐gag‐TCR T cells are found in the blood at five years after the 1st infusion of T cells, then the subjects will continue to be seen once a year until the WT‐gag‐TCR or the α/6‐gag‐TCR T cells are no longer found in the blood for a maximum of 15 years.
Primary objective of the study is: To verify if simplification of the antiretroviral regimen, measured as the reduction of pill burden alone, may affect adherence rate of patients.
The study of early, acute HIV infection is critical to understanding subtype-specific pathophysiologic differences, since up to 50% of acute HIV infections may be incapacitating. This study will establish whether the patient population of the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic is suitable for the study of early, acute infection.
This study will test a system of nursing telephone support to see if it improves adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in at-risk, treatment-experienced people.
- Context: Mothers living with HIV (MLH) and their children face predictable challenges: maintaining physical and mental health, parenting while ill, and addressing HIV-related stressors. - Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a family-based intervention over time; to contrast the life adjustments of HIV-affected families and their non-HIV-affected neighbors in the current treatment era. - Design: Randomized controlled trial of MLH and a longitudinal comparison of MLH to a neighborhood cohort using random effect regression. - Participants and Intervention: MLH (n = 339) and their school-age children (n = 259) were randomly assigned to receive 1) an intervention of 16 sessions in a cognitive-behavioral, small-group format; or 2) control. MLH and their children were compared to non-HIV-affected families recruited at shopping markets. Participant retention was high: 84% at 6 months, 83% at 12 months, and 78% at 18 months. - Main Outcome Measures: Family functioning and conflict, mental and physical health, sexual behavior, and substance use.
The trial aim is to ascertain what, if anything, needs to be combined with a boosted protease inhibitor (bPI) backbone in second-line therapy in order to maximize the chance of a good clinical outcome following WHO-defined failure on a first-line nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) and NNRTI-containing regimen with probable extensive NRTI and NNRTI resistance mutations.