Can HIV cure trials strike a balance between the need for meaningful data and participant safety?

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A recent analysis indicates that HIV cure trials thus far haven’t included enough participants to detect when treatments provide moderate benefits. As a result, researchers may be missing opportunities to study and improve upon drug combinations that could eventually lead to a cure. Dr Jillian Lau, Dr Deborah Cromer and colleagues, whose  analysis was published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, propose a hybrid trial design that would maximise the potential of finding treatment benefits while minimising participant risk.

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