Clinical trials, capacity building and networking for HIV/AIDS / microbicides in sub-Saharan Africa.

Call for proposal on HIV treatment

The objectives of this call are:
i. To support the conduct of clinical trials that evaluate second-line treatment strategies, with a focus on what products to switch to when changing from first to second-line treatment and when to switch.
ii. To improve Antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children, with a specific focus on using more optional combinations and product formulations with sub-studies in pharmacokinetics of drug combinations.

Available funds: € 6,500,000
Deadline of application: 1 April 2008

Call for proposal on HIV microbicides
The objectives of this call are to support the conduct of clinical studies on microbicides that will yield data on safety, surrogate end-points of biological activity and surrogate markers that might correlate with safety or efficacy. In addition, proposals that evaluate the effect of barriers, concurrent sexually transmitted infections, frequency of microbicide use and stage of menstrual cycle on safety and efficacy are invited. Innovative products or approaches are particularly encouraged.

Available funds: € 6,100,000
Deadline of application: 1 May 2008

Please consult the EDCTP website for more details on these calls for proposals on HIV/AIDS: www.edctp.org.

Contact details Further information available from Monday 3 December through Ilona van den Brink, tel. +31-6-20689948 or email brink@edctp.org