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Clinical Trials

The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS is a unique, community-based clinical trials program dedicated to the research of preventive vaccines and promising therapies in the treatment of HIV and AIDS and as such, we have contributed to Food and Drug Administration approval of many important, cutting-edge drugs that are today helping thousands of HIV-positive people.

As a Clinical Trials volunteer, you may receive:

No-cost physical exams and lab tests.
Sponsor-provided HIV treatment.

Participation in the program gives you a chance to use these new medications at the same time you're helping in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Any HIV-positive individual under a doctor's care may be eligible.

Currently Enrolling Studies

Sidelined by diarrhea? Approximately half of HIV/AIDS patients will experience diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea has a massive impact on your quality of life but it can also affect your treatment. Severe diarrhea could lead to your doctor switching you to another antiretroviral treatment, reducing your future treatment options. Diarrhea may also reduce the effectiveness of drugs for the treatment of HIV. If you have been diagnosed with HIV and have a history of diarrhea, learn more about the ADVENT clinical study.
TMC114-TiDP31-C229: The purpose of this study is to test if being treated with darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/rtv) 800/100 mg daily is as effective as being treated with DRV/rtv 600/100 mg twice daily, in early ARV (anti-retroviral)-experienced patients when given with an individually selected optimized background regimen. Learn more
AVX-301: Apricitabine is a new NRTI which is active against drug-resistant HIV. NRTIs are often included as part of patients' treatment, but many HIV-infected patients develop resistance to commonly used NRTIs such as lamivudine (3TC) and emtricitabine (FTC). This study will examine whether including apricitabine as part of patients' treatment is more effective than including lamivudine, when patients change treatment because of drug resistance. Learn more

For more information, please contact Clinical Trials at:

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
1144 East McDowell Rd., Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone: (602) 307-5330
Fax: (602) 253-4622