ACTION

The AIDS Clinical Trials Information and Orientation Network (ACTION) exists to provide information and resources to those interested in HIV/AIDS clinical trials, and to support an active community voice in local HIV/AIDS research. ACTION offers a number of services including:

  • One-on-One Clinical Trial Counseling and Referrals
    Is a clinical trial right for you? Come learn about what options are available to you in the DC metro-area, and what questions you should ask before you join a trial.


  • Support and Training for Community Advisory Boards (CABs)
    Community members play an important role in shaping HIV/AIDS research by serving on local Community Advisory Boards. ACTION offers training and technical assistance to CABs and individual CAB members to support their important work. The DC CARE Consortium also provides meeting space for CAB meetings.


  • Clinical Trials Speakers Bureau
    ACTION has a database of researchers, nurses, trial volunteers, and community advocates who can come speak to groups both large and small. Speakers are available on a wide variety of topics including Microbicide Research, Vaccine Research, HIV/HPC co-infection, and Transgender Community Participation in HIV/AIDS Clinical Studies.


  • Clinical Trials Resource Library
    ACTION has a wide variety of information about HIV/AIDS research available.

For more information:

  • David Mariner, ACTION Coordinator
    DC CARE Consortium
    1156 15th Street NW, Suite 500
    Washington, DC 20005

    dmariner@dccare.org
    202-223-9550


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ACTION is a project of the DC CARE Consortium. DC CARE works to advocate for and to assure the availability of appropriate HIV/AIDS services in the community, including ensuring the equitable distribution of funding for these services, and promoting quality assurance in their delivery.

HIV/AIDS Research Networks Supported by the Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH

AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)

  • The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the largest HIV clinical trials organization in the world, plays a major role in setting standards of care for HIV infection and opportunistic diseases related to HIV/AIDS in the United States and the developed world.

HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)

  • The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) is a worldwide collaborative clinical trials network that develops and tests the safety and efficacy of primarily non-vaccine interventions designed to prevent the transmission of HIV.

HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN)

  • The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is an international collaboration of scientists and educators searching for an effective and safe HIV vaccine. The HVTN's mission is to facilitate the process of testing preventive vaccines against HIV/AIDS.

International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials group (IMPAACT)

  • IMPAACT is a merger of the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) and the Perinatal Scientific Working Group of the HPTN. IMPAACT will develop and evaluate safe and effective appoaches for the interruption of mother-to-infant transmission; evaluate treatment for HIV-infected children, adolescents, and pregnant women, including treatment and prevention of co-infections; and evaluate vaccines for the prevention of HIV transmission among adolescents.

International Network for Strategic Initiatives in Global HIV Trials (INSIGHT)

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ESPRIT

  • INSIGHT is a merger of two existing clinical trials research groups, ESPRIT (Evaluation of Subcutaneous Proleukin® in a Randomized Clinical Trial) and the CPCRA (Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS). INSIGHT will conduct studies in the area of optimization of clinical management of HIV, including co-morbidities.

Microbicide Trials Network (MTN)

  • The MTN will conduct studies of microbicide safety and effectiveness with the goal of supporting licensure of products that will reduce the sexual transmission of HIV.

Additional Research Links

Vaccine Research Center (VRC)

  • The Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institutes of Health was established to facilitate research in vaccine development.

Adolescent Trials Network

  • The Adolescent Trials Network develops protocols on promising behavioral, microbicidal, prophylactic, therapeutic, and vaccine modalities in HIV-infected and HIV-at-risk adolescents, ages 12 through 24 years. The Adolescent Network also works collaboratively with other HIV/AIDS research networks.