CAB MEETING MINUTES

April 25, 2006

Attendees: Four (4) CAB members, two (2) staff members and six (6) guests attended the April 2006 meeting of the UTMB - Galveston AIDS Clinical Trials Unit Community Advisory Board (CAB).

Report from Dr. O’Brien

· Dr. O’Brien gave update/recap on the status of the ACTG.

· UTMB has been active in the ACTG since the late 1980’s

· Nat’l changes over the last 5 years

· Trend is now toward corporate trials rather than ACTG trials

· UTMB is currently receiving or has some funds from ACTG but is moving in the direction of Industry Trials.

· The CAB, apart from ACTG rules, is not mandatory but will be maintained to provide needed community input and publicity

· Currently naïve trial for ACTG

· Industrial trial with Tibotec testing PI and No Nuke with T-20/Fuzeon

· Fuzeon Biojector trial, which has the benefit, additionally, of providing both the biojector and medication for life

· Currently seeking new chief of ID- one good candidate is from Thomas Street Clinic

· Hep C 2 co-infection studies with the ACTG- unfortunately, Dr Lau was recruited by Harvard and is no longer at UTMB

· Visitor Tromm mentioned the radio show on KPFT hosted by Ray Hill on KPFT as a good source for disseminating information the Prison populations in the area who might qualify fr trials.

· Discussion of TDCJ population being entered into trials followed.

Dr Parr, currently directing HIV treatment in the TDCJ population was mentioned as a possible recruiter for trials during his site visits.

CAB News

· None

Community Outreach

· Upcoming outreach: June 27^th HIV Testing Day at UTMB

HANDOUTS:

· None

NEXT CAB MEETING

When: Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Refreshments and light meal available at 5:15 p.m.

Where: UTMB-Marvin Graves Building , 1012 Texas Ave. (The Strand), 4th floor Conference Room #4.208. Public parking available at Garage #2 next to the UTMB Emergency Room on Harborside Drive . Parking tokens are available for meeting attendees. (See attached map for directions.)

Agenda:

· Organization - A special election for a CAB Secretary

o Please e-mail your nominations to Robert Zahn (rezahn@aol.com).

· Increasing membership

Reminder: Next national CAB Education Conference call is Thursday, July 27, 2006. CAB calls are open to all community members interested in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) and HIV/AIDS research. Call-in time: 10:00 am (CDT), Toll-free# 1-866-328-4274, Access Code to tell operator -“CAB Education”

Any questions, please call 409-747-0214 or toll-free 877-324-ACTU (2288). You can also email Denise Justice. While reservations are not required, calling in advance helps us better plan for food and parking tokens and we like to hear from you!

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