JHU (Baltimore)

The Clinical Research Site at Johns Hopkins, directed by Yukari Manabe, MD, occupies space on  the East Baltimore Medical Campus. The JHU CRS takes advantage of the many units available within Johns Hopkins Hospital, including Inpatient/Overnight Services for adult research participants, the Outpatient Research Unit, Inpatient/Outpatient Service for pediatric research participants, research nutrition services, and the Drug Development and Analysis Unit.

The HIV Care Program serves as the most important resource for patient referrals to ACTG clinical trials, and is also an important referral source for HPTN trials. The Service is directed by Dr. Manabe, and was founded in 1983. The principal components are summarized below:

Laboratory Facilities
All sample processing for virology assays for the CRS will be performed in the HIV Specialty Lab and includes a tissue culture room, specimen prep room, a PCR amplification room, a room for HIV antibody testing and a PCR detection room. The HIV/STD Research Laboratory is recognized internationally for expertise as a reference laboratory for all STDs, especially gonorrhea and chlamydia testing. Both the gonococcal and chlamydial sections of this laboratory are licensed by the State of Maryland and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA; ID # 21D0680509; State of Maryland laboratory permit #008 and 940247, respectively) for STD diagnostic evaluations, and are recognized as leading diagnostic labs in the United States.

Clinical Trials

NWCS 408: Examining Longitudinal Cytokine Profiles in HIV-TB...

Using existing data from A5274 and data obtained from retrospectively testing available biospecimens, we propose the following...

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A5342: Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Effect of a...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and effect of an experimental human monoclonal antibody...

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HPTN 078: Enhancing Recruitment, Linkage to Care and...

The purpose of this study is to develop and assess the efficacy of an integrated strategy that includes feasible and scalable...

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Identification of Biomarkers That Can Predict Progression...

Purpose: The C-TRIUMPH study has identified 20 household contacts (HHC), who have progressed to active TB from its HHCs cohort...

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A5332: Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV...

REPRIEVE (A5332) is a large double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of pitavastatin or placebo for about 72 months....

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