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1st appeared
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1999 New Database on HIV/AIDS to Focus on Real-World Treatment Outcomes HIVWatch, a new HIV/AIDS database being developed at UC San Francisco, is designed to serve as a centralized location for real-world treatment outcomes and as a resource for the international medical community in treating HIV disease.
From the pilot project, the UCSF team has determined the rate of increase in CD4 cells and the reduction in viral load among its patients. Data taken from the population of UCSF Positive Health patients also shows that between July 1995 and November 1998, more than 12,000 unique patients were seen and prior to introduction in 1996 of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), patients had an average CD4 cell count of 296. With HAART, the CD4 cell count increased to an average of 383. "Information like this is valuable for tracking trends related to HIV disease and improving treatment strategies," says James O. Kahn, associate director of the UCSF Positive Health Program and director of the pilot project. "There has long been a need for a definitive clinical database like HIVWatch. As a resource, it is expected to provide community-based physicians with improved insight into the advantages and disadvantages of particular treatment options available to their patients." UCSF data being provided to HIVWatch as part of the pilot project will be available soon on the Internet through HIV InSite at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu. Links: Related stories: New Drug Intervention Feasible for Reducing HIV Transmission in Africa Source: Corinna Kaarlela, News Services |
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The
UCSF Positive Health Program based at San Francisco General Hospital
Medical Center is acting as the initial test and development site for
the database, in cooperation with the San Francisco Department of Public
Health.