Top Community Research Priorities, 2015

1. Cure research—including reservoir and latency research (36 respondents)2. Aging/Long-term effects of treatment (19 respondents)3. Collaborative research with other networks (19 respondents)4. Inflammation (18 respondents)5. Antiretroviral therapy (long acting, drug development, side effects, and in

developing countries) (16 respondents)6. Co-infections and co-morbidities (14 respondents)7. Overcoming enrollment barriers / diversity in trials (13 respondents)8. Community engagement & education (consideration of community concerns—is

it appropriate/suitable; CAB recruitment and resources; more trial info for participants) (12 respondents)

9. TB (MDR TB / treatment shortening) (10 respondents)10. Neurology / neurocognitive disorders, including pain management (9

respondents)

Other Important Community Priorities, 2015

• Is research safe and ethical (6 respondents)• Women’s health (6 respondents)• Natural approaches and nutrition (5 respondents) • Treatment for drug-experienced patients/salvage therapy (3

respondents)• African/international context (priorities, context, CAB

development, and resource development) (3 respondents)• Better web presence (2 respondents)• Better data collection & dissemination (2 respondents)• Immune therapy / recovery (2 respondents)• Gene therapy (2 respondents)

Other Important Community Priorities, 2015, continued

• “Stem cell research”• “Blood donation issues”• “Adherence improvement”• “Personalized medicine”• “Fast track overdue for ACTG 5342”• “Evidence-based medicine”• “Monoclonal antibody research”• “HIV’s effect on DNA”