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YRG CARE Collaborates
with the Division of Infectious
Diseases, Miriam Hospital, Brown University and studies
the spectrum of HIV disease and the Natural History of HIV
disease in Southern India through the Fogarty program of Brown
University.
Other ongoing projects with Brown University:
- Usage of generic antiretroviral therapy in Indian setting
- Reliability, validity and acceptability of assessment
of adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Chennai
- Fat redistribution syndrome following HAART
- ARV Resistance studies
- A Randomized Controlled clinical trial of Structured
Intermittent HAART Therapy (SIT) vs. Continuous
HAART Therapy in HIV-positive patients in South India.
- HBV, HCV co-infection in persons attending HIV VCT
services
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Prevalence and Incidence of STIs of HIV negative men attending
STD clinic of Govt. Hospital and sero-negative wives
of HIV infected male patients attending VHS-YRG CARE.
YRG CARE collaborates with Sankara
Nethralaya and studies the Ophthalmic manifestations
in persons with HIV disease.
Through a collaboration with Ragas
Dental College ,Oral manifestations in persons with
HIV are documented.
YRG CARE is one of the sites of HIV
Prevention Trial Network (HPTN) of National Institutes of
Health, USA (NIH). Under this network YRG CARE is involved
in the following studies:
1. HPTN033: Incidence of HIV among persons with high-risk
behaviour
2. HPTN052: A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness
of Antiretroviral Therapy plus HIV Primary care versus HIV
Primary Care alone to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1
in serodiscordant couples.-HPTN/NIH multisite study (ongoing)
YRG CARE is one of the sites of Adult
AIDS Clinical Trial Group (AACTG) of National Institutes of
Health, USA (NIH). Under this network YRG CARE is involved
in the following study.
ACTG5175: A Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label Evaluation of
the Efficacy of Three Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor
Combinations for Initial Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV-1
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