Clinical trials

With HIV/AIDS increasingly considered a chronic disease, 24-, or 48-week data from antiretroviral studies are no longer sufficient. Only with long-term follow-up and outcome data will shed some much-needed light on the answers of questions that have stumped us for several years. Data from a large observational cohort of patients treated with combination antiretroviral therapy will provide further insights into the long-term safety and durability of various antiretroviral therapeutic approached, the efficacy of HIV viral load and CD4 cell counts as predictors of disease progression and mortality, and the importance of adherence.

There is very limited data of HDV in Thailand. As both HDV and HIV can accelerate the HBV course and increased the risk of death, particularly, among those with low CD4 cells/count, therefore, HDV burden in this special population is unmet need. Therefore, this study plans to perform a nationwide survey of the prevalence and predictor of HDV among people uses drugs (PWID) with and without HIV, HBV/HIV (MSM vs non MSM), HBV related cirrhosis. Findinds from this study will provide the scientific community to understand how important HDV is among HBV patients, this could be used to develop strategies for HDV screening and treatment

The overall aim of the project is to evaluate optimal DTG dose for the combined treatment of TB and HIV infections with RIF based anti-TB therapy. This Stage II trial will determine precisely the PK parameters of DTG in combination with RIF regimen in Thai HIV/TB co-infected patients. After the optimal dose of DTG has been found, it will be further tested in a larger Stage III trial to assess its safety, tolerability and efficacy when used with RIF based regimen.