[procaare] Re: Two Microbicide Trials Closed amid Disappointment (2)

["Uzodinma Adirieje" <afrepton@yahoo.com>]

Re: Two Microbicide Trials Closed amid Disappointment (2)
- Uzodinma Adirieje, Nigeria
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  This is indeed a trying period for Henry Gabelnick, Annette Larkin and other eggheads at CONRAD, and indeed everyone in the HIV and Aids community. It is a major ? but temporary - set back for us all.
   
  The FHI Data Safety and Monitoring Board must be commended for halting a second Phase III trial of Cellulose Sulphate (CS) microbicide underway in Nigeria (at least temporarily). 
   
  As efforts go on stream to identify where, how and when things went wrong - believing that the vaccine candidate is the same in both situations - and considering that a review of the Nigerian data by that trial's DSMB found no evidence of increased risk of HIV infection; one would like to suggest that we look at the processes of transportation, storage and administration of this vaccine candidate, as possible points of the entry of the identified risk.
   
  We must not relent.
   
  Better Health for All, 
   
  Uzo?
   
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje
Resource Centre Manager
Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria [HERFON]
Email: uadirieje@herfon.org