Join IRMA for an Upcoming FREE Global Teleconference on the Latest in Rectal Microbicide Research

Rectal Microbicide Research Update - MTN 007 and MTN 017

There are exciting new developments in the rectal microbicide field. Please join IRMA and AVAC for a FREE global teleconference Thursday, March 15, 10am eastern, featuring Drs. Ian McGowan and Ross Cranston of the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN). Ian (co-principal investigator of the MTN) will share results from the MTN 007 trial - just released at CROI 2012.

Following Ian, Ross will discuss the upcoming MTN 017 trial - a Phase II safety and acceptability trial of the same gel studied in MTN 007 - which will have sites in 4 countries and will start later this year. MTN 017 is the first Phase II trial to be conducted in the rectal microbicide field, and will be the first time that trial sites from outside the U.S. are included.

Click here for more info on the call and to register.

For more info on MTN 007, click here.

For more info on MTN 017, click here.

Pittsburgh's Dynamic Rectal Duo

IRMA Scientific Vice Chair Ian McGowan and his research/life partner, Ross Cranston (also a member of the IRMA Steering Committee) are featured in CUE Pittsburgh this month. They talk about our favorite topic - rectal microbicides - and a trial taking place right in Pittsburgh that gay men can get involved in.

The article, below, starts on Page 17. Use the arrows on both sides of the magazine to "flip" pages forward and back.

[If an item is not written by an IRMA member, it should not be construed that IRMA has taken a position on the article's content, whether in support or in opposition.]

Two must-read articles from IRMA members Dr. Ian McGowan and Dr. Ross Cranston

Click Rectal microbicides: a new focus for HIV prevention
by Dr. Ian McGowan
November 2008 - Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sex Transm Inf 2008;84;413-417
Click Anal cancer prevention: how we are failing men who have sex with men
by Dr. Ross Cranston
November 2008 - Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sex Transm Inf 2008;84;417-419

[Thanks for sharing. These articles, as well as other published materials of interest to IRMA members, can be found here on the IRMA website, under Other Published Materials. Dr. McGowan's, noted above, contains a paragraph on the work of IRMA!]