HIV vaccine trial ready to roll in Thailand
{{date|December 22, 2005}}
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With first world countries such as [[w:Canada|Canada]] reluctant to engage in trials of a vaccine for [[w:HIV|HIV]], [[w:Thailand|Thailand]] has completed recruitment of volunteers for Phase III of a [[w:Clinical trial|clinical trial]].  Over sixteen thousand selected volunteers from a pool of 65,000 will receive the experimental vaccine combination, ALVAC and AIDS Vac.

The trial is concentrated in the provinces of [[w:Chon Buri Province|Chon Buri]] and [[w:Rayong Province|Rayong]] and will be monitored over a period of three years to assess the effectiveness of the experimental vaccination.

In Canada questions were raised regarding the safety of conducting wide-scale trials of a vaccine.  It was strongly suspected that participants in a trial might be encouraged to engage in unsafe behaviour when, due to the [[w:Double-blind|double-blind]] nature of the clinical trial, they may have received a placebo in place of the vaccine.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://202.60.196.117/breaking/read.php?lang=en&newsid=102411
|title=Phase 3 of HIV trials
|author=
|pub=The Nation (Thailand)
|date=December 22, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2005/12/20/1360599-sun.html
|title=HIV tests still in question
|author=Robyn Stubbs
|pub=24 Hours Vancouver
|date=December 19, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428109912&rem=26288&red=80110923aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm
|title=HIV vaccine study might not be coming to Vancouver
|author=
|pub=CKNW News
|date=December 19, 2005}}

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With first world countries such as Canada reluctant to engage in trials of a vaccine for HIV, Thailand has completed recruitment of volunteers for Phase III of a clinical trial.  Over sixteen thousand selected volunteers from a pool of 65,000 will receive the experimental vaccine combination, ALVAC and AIDS Vac.

The trial is concentrated in the provinces of Chon Buri and Rayong and will be monitored over a period of three years to assess the effectiveness of the experimental vaccination.

In Canada questions were raised regarding the safety of conducting wide-scale trials of a vaccine.  It was strongly suspected that participants in a trial might be encouraged to engage in unsafe behaviour when, due to the double-blind nature of the clinical trial, they may have received a placebo in place of the vaccine.

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