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The best long-term hope for controlling the AIDS epidemic is the development of safe, effective and affordable preventive HIV vaccines. Developing an HIV vaccine requires several years of research and testing before clinical testing in humans can begin. There are three phases of testing HIV vaccines in humans and each phase has different participation requirements.  Throughout all three phases, independent review boards regularly monitor the studies to ensure the safety of the participants. You cannot get HIV or AIDS from HIV vaccines.

The New York City HIV Vaccine Trials Unit (HVTU) is the partnership of Project ACHIEVE and Columbia University Medical Center. We are currently enrolling volunteers for these HIV vaccine studies. View our website at www.nycvaccine.org

You can easily reach us at our toll free number 1-877-NYC-HVTU.

   
   

Recent news about HIV vaccines:
In September 2009, some exciting news was released. A large study in Thailand showed that a vaccine against HIV is possible. People who received the study vaccine were 31% less likely to get HIV than those who got placebo. The effect was quite modest but will help to move the HIV vaccine field forward.

In Fall 2007, results from the STEP study showed that the vaccine did not prevent HIV infection and did not reduce the amount of virus in those study participants who became infected with HIV during the trial. The study also showed that men who got the Ad5 study vaccine and were not circumcised had more HIV infections than those who got placebo. We do not fully understand what the STEP Study results mean. We are still looking at the study results to try to learn more.

We do know that it is NOT possible to get HIV from the vaccine.
   
     
 
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