HIV CURE RESEARCH: A SURVEY OF AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON PERSPECTIVES, PERCEIVED BENEFITS AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN TRIALS
Reported by Jules Levin
IAC Durban 2016
Authors
Jennifer Power1 Anthony Lyons1 Graham Brown1 Gary W Dowsett1 Jayne Lucke1
1The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
"Willingness to participate in HIV cure trials
The majority of respondents (82%) indicated they would be willing or very willing to participate in a clinical trial related to HIV cure research. However, of these:
⋅ 87% would be less willing to participate if it would increase their susceptibility to illness
⋅ 79% would be less willing to participate if it risked developing resistance to current antiretroviral treatment combination
⋅ 63% would be less willing to participate if it resulted in an unpredictable viral load for up to one year
⋅ 40% would be less willing to participate if it involved weekly visits to a medical clinic for several months
⋅ 31% would be more willing to participate if it would help future generations but offer no personal benefit."
