Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

The Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), a multicenter, prospective study, was established in August 1993 to carry out comprehensive investigations of the impact of HIV infection and its clinical, laboratory, and psychosocial effects in women. The purpose of this study is to collect and evaluate these data from HIV infected and at-risk women to better understand and provide support for women whom are currently HIV infected or who are at risk for HIV infection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00000797

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

4982

Starts

1994-10-01

Expected to finish

2019-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-18

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 55. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• HIV infection
• Willing to be retested for HIV infection for this study unless hardcopy documentation of a positive result (HIV ELISA test and a confirmatory Western blot) is available
• Either have never taken HIV antiretroviral medications or have a documented start date of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) after January 1, 2008
• If have taken HAART, have documentation of pre-HAART CD4 counts and HIV RNA quantification
• Willing and able to have blood drawn
• Give consent to have their specimens stored in the WIHS national repository
• Able to complete study visit interviews in English or Spanish every 6 months
• Able to travel to and from site clinic and participate in study visits as an outpatient

You may not qualify if…

• Perinatally acquired HIV
• Enrolled in the WIHS through another site
• HAART started before January 1, 2008, except during pregnancy
• Participant plans to move out of the area within 12 months

Where it is running

• University of California - San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Georgetown Univ Med Ctr — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Chicago Consortium — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• SUNY / Health Sciences Ctr at Brooklyn — Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States

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