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Methodological challenges in biomedical HIV prevention trials / Committee on the Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention Trials, Board on Global Health ; Stephen W. Lagakos and Alicia R. Gable, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Internal medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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."
- 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 Agendas""""Appendix B: Acronyms""; ""Appendix C: Supporting Materials for Chapter 2""; ""Appendix D: Methods for Analyzing Adherence""; ""Appendix E: Committee Biographies""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611767471
- 9780309177795
- 0309177790
- 9781281767479
- 1281767476
- 9780309114318
- 0309114314
- OCLC:
- 923278309
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