UK-CAB http://www.ukcab.net HIV treatment advocates network Thu, 16 May 2013 10:39:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 CAB45 meeting report http://www.ukcab.net/2013/04/cab45-meeting-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cab45-meeting-report http://www.ukcab.net/2013/04/cab45-meeting-report/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:04:41 +0000 Memory Sachikonye http://www.ukcab.net/?p=2136 HIV cure research

Conference feedback – Glasgow HIV11 congress
Hepatitis guidelines update
Pre-meeting for Dr Simon Barton
Introduction to HIV cure research: pieces in the puzzle
Current research towards an HIV cure
HIV services in the new NHS
Meeting report

]]> http://www.ukcab.net/2013/04/cab45-meeting-report/feed/ 0 UKCAB 46: HIV Malignancies http://www.ukcab.net/2013/04/ukcab-46-hiv-malignancies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukcab-46-hiv-malignancies http://www.ukcab.net/2013/04/ukcab-46-hiv-malignancies/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:17:50 +0000 Memory Sachikonye http://www.ukcab.net/?p=2121 Programme

09.30 – 09.50 Registration, refreshments and expenses
09.50 – 10.00 Welcome, introductions, UKCAB updates
10.00 – 11.00  CROI feedback
11.00 – 11.30 Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) pre-meeting
11.30 –12.15 Introduction to HIV and cancer  -  Simon Collins
12.15 –13.30 Lunch – Strada restaurant
13.30 –15.00 HIV and cancer – monitoring, screening and treatment  –  Prof. Mark Bower, National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15.30 –17.00 Company meeting: Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
17.00 Meeting close

Presentations from meeting:

Introduction to HIV and cancer
http://www.ukcab.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/UK-CAB-cancer-april-20131.pdf

HIV and cancer – Prof Mark Bower
Due to the size of the presentations, they have been split into three sections:

Part 1 of 3 – http://www.ukcab.net/presentations/hiv-and-cancer-part-1-of-3/
Part 2 of 3 – http://www.ukcab.net/presentations/hiv-and-cancer-part-2-of-3/
Part 3 of 3 – http://www.ukcab.net/presentations/ hiv-and-cancer-part-3-of-3/

Pre-meeting videos:

For those attending the meeting – please take time to watch the following videos – about half an hour each in preparation for Friday’ s meeting.  Prof Mark Bower is the main speaker; here is his last BHIVA webcast:

Do cancer patients with HIV die sooner? – Professor Mark Bower, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
http://www.bhiva.org/121004MarkBower.aspx

Best of CROI 2013 feedback from London – the following videos are useful:

Co-infections, opportunistic infections and malignancies  – Dr Sanjay Bhagani, Royal Free Hospital, London
http://www.bhiva.org/CROI2013-Bhagani.aspx

HIV transmission, prevention and testing  – Professor Martin Fisher, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
http://www.bhiva.org/CROI2013-Fisher.aspx

Amy Justice at CROI on HIV and ageing – video has some slides on the risks of cancers in HIV positive people
http://app2.capitalreach.com/esp1204/servlet/tc?c=10164&cn=retro&s=20481&&dp=player.jsp&e=16653&mediaType=podiumVideo

Background Reading:

HIV and cancer
http://i-base.info/guides/side/hiv-and-cancer

Cancers in people with HIV: who gets them, and which ones?
http://www.aidsmap.com/Cancers-in-people-with-HIV-who-gets-them-and-which-ones/page/2283478/

Issues that divide expert opinion: when to start, HIV and ageing and the impact of HIV on life expectancy
http://i-base.info/htb/20659

KS in the HAART era includes patients with high CD4 and suppressed viral load: importance of KS chemotherapy for some patients in addition to ART
http://i-base.info/htb/16434

T-cell senescence linked to KS in people with good HIV control
http://i-base.info/htb/14222

HIV infection and cancer risk
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/hiv-infection

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09:30 ­– 09:50 Registration, refreshments and expenses
09:50 – 10:00 Welcome, introductions, UKCAB updates
10:00 – 10:45 Conference feedback – Glasgow HIV11
Hepatitis guidelines update – Robert James
Pre-meeting for Dr Simon Barton
10:45 – 11.00 Break
11:00 – 12.00 Introduction to HIV cure research: pieces in the puzzle – Simon Collins, HIV i-Base
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Current research towards an HIV cure - Dr Sarah Fidler, Imperial College Hospital
14.30 – 16.00 HIV services in the new NHS - Dr Simon Barton, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
16:00 – 16:15 AOB
16.15 Close

Presentations from this meeting – PDF files to download:
Introduction to HIV cure research: pieces in the puzzle
Current research towards an HIV cure
Meeting report

Background reading

The CHERUB collaboration
CHERUB (Collaborative HIV Eradication of viral Reservoirs: UK BRC) is a new approach to HIV therapeutics in the UK. CHERUB will be the first pan-BRC cooperative project to compete internationally in one of the most exciting new fields of biomedical research.
http://www.cherub.uk.net/

New approaches in HIV eradication research – 6 page download describing the major obstacles that need to be overcome and the key new advances and strategies designed to achieve an HIV cure. Although there is currently no cure for HIV infection, there has been a resurgence of interest in the field with the development of a number of potential new approaches, some of which have entered clinical trials.
http://www.cherub.uk.net/category/publications/

Viral latency and eradication strategies – webcast: Professor Sharon Lewin, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia speaking at the BHIVA Autumn conference
http://www.bhiva.org/121004SharonLewin.aspx

Towards a cure: early developments reported
http://i-base.info/htb/19834

Latest data on HIV cure research
http://www.aidsmap.com/Latest-data-on-HIV-cure-research/page/2455081/

The POZ website has a section on cure:
• What you need to know to keep the hope for the cure alive
• Cure research updates
• POZ TV webcasts from Timothy Brown, aka the Berlin patient, Dr Anthony Fauci, head of NIAID at the National Institutes of Health, and Kevin Frost from AmFAR.
http://www.poz.com/cure.shtml

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CAB survey for people getting HIV care at London clinics

The UK-CAB is running of short anonymous online survey for people who get their HIV care at clinics in London.

Please note that this survey is no longer actively collecting responses.   The survey is still available  here FYI

UK-CAB survey: HIV prescribing at London clinics – report now available

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Drug development, an introduction
Drug development in relation to PrEP and PROUD studies
Access campaign – generic HIV drugs
Conferences feedback by UKCAB members:
AIDS 2012 – History and hepatitis
Make women count: women community activism and advocacy at IAC
IAS feedback
Washington Snapshot
WAC feedback; Living2012, 2015 Pledge
Meeting report

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Bone health and exercise
Bone health and Vitamin D deficiency in HIV+ patients
Company pre-meeeting
BHIVA Community poster – Body and Soul
Company meeting:  ViiV Healthcare
Meeting report

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