HIV Vaccines (AIDSVAX)

First Clinical Trial in Bay Area To Test Effect of Vaccine

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 29th, 1999

The first clinical trial in the San Francisco Bay Area to test the effectiveness of an AIDS vaccine was launched through a joint project of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Known as a Phase III trial, the DPH/UCSF study focuses on the ability of the test vaccine to protect the body against HIV infection. It is part of a three-year, multi-site clinical research effort that is the first in the U.S. to look specifically at this aspect of a test vaccine.

The test vaccine is produced through genetic engineering techniques, so it is a synthetic product and does not contain any live...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-03-29)

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