The Potential Use of HIV Vaccines for the Treatment of HIV Infection: Scientific Summary of the State-of-the-Art

Table 8. NIAID Resources for HIV Prophylactic and Treatment Vaccine Research
Clinical Trials Resources
AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group (AVEG) includes:
o AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Units (AVEUs)
o Central Immunology Laboratory
o Data Coordinating and Analysis Center
o Data and Safety Monitoring Board
o Immunology Laboratory Support for Assessment of Mucosal Immune
Responses Induced by AIDS Vaccines
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) includes:
o 35 Adult, 24 Pediatric and 3 Minority AIDS Clinical Trials Units
(ACTUs)
o Statistical and Data Analysis Center
o Clinical Site Monitoring Contract
o NIAID Clinical Research Products Repository
o ACTG Operations Office
o Data Safety and Monitoring Board
Terry Beirn Community Program for Clinical Research on AIDS
o 17 units in 14 cities
o 160 clinical sites in the U.S.
o Statistical and Data Coordination Center
o Data Safety and Monitoring Board
Division of AIDS Treatment Research Initiative
o 50 sites
HIV Vaccine Efficacy Trials Network (HIVNET) will consist of:
o domestic HIV/AIDS vaccine efficacy trials master contractor;
o international HIV/AIDS vaccine efficacy trials master contractor;
o statistical and data coordinating center contract;
o laboratory contract;
o specimen repository contract for the domestic and international
trials.