Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS
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CPCRA, the Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS, is - according to their own website:
"an experienced community-based clinical trials network whose main goal is to obtain evidence to properly inform healthcare providers and people living with HIV
on the most appropriate use of available HIV therapies in diverse populations across the spectrum of HIV diseases..." (http://www.cpcra.org/)
The CPCRA was established in 1989 and includes 15 research units.
The overall objective of the CPCRA is to design studies of sufficient size and duration of follow up to evaluate the long-term benefits and unintended consequence
s of various treatment strategies using available agents to assess long-term immunologic, virologic and clinical outcomes. CPCRA trials are designed with nested substudies aimed at understanding the pathogenesis of HIV infection and the public health implications of its treatment. (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/DAIDs/pdatguide/cpcra.htm)
"an experienced community-based clinical trials network whose main goal is to obtain evidence to properly inform healthcare providers and people living with HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
on the most appropriate use of available HIV therapies in diverse populations across the spectrum of HIV diseases..." (http://www.cpcra.org/)
The CPCRA was established in 1989 and includes 15 research units.
The overall objective of the CPCRA is to design studies of sufficient size and duration of follow up to evaluate the long-term benefits and unintended consequence
Unintended consequence
In the social sciences, unintended consequences are outcomes that are not the outcomes intended by a purposeful action. The concept has long existed but was named and popularised in the 20th century by American sociologist Robert K. Merton...
s of various treatment strategies using available agents to assess long-term immunologic, virologic and clinical outcomes. CPCRA trials are designed with nested substudies aimed at understanding the pathogenesis of HIV infection and the public health implications of its treatment. (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/DAIDs/pdatguide/cpcra.htm)