Clinical Study Of Disulfiram To Reduce HIV Reservoir

Image via WikipediaThis caught my eye while scanning health news, Short-term Disulfiram Administration to Accelerate the Decay of the HIV Reservoir in Antiretroviral-treated HIV Infected Individuals.

This ClinicalTrials.gov notice provides robust details about the research study, which is actively recruiting participants.

I find the basis for the study pretty interesting:

"Our primary hypothesis is that disulfiram will reduce the latent reservoir of HIV-1 in patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Theoretically, disulfiram will force HIV to replicate (grow) and thus result in the death of the infected cell. Standard antiretroviral drugs should prevent new cells from becoming infected. The end result of this process is that the total amount of HIV in the body will decline over time."

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