Completed Clinical Trials
A major breakthrough in microbicide research, announced in July 2010, proved that an ARV-based microbicide does work. A trial led by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), conducted in South Africa, demonstrated that the ARV tenofovir, when used in a vaginal gel, was 39% effective at preventing HIV transmission from men to women during sex.
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