HIV/AIDS Group topics list (Cochrane Library 2009:4)


Reviews of Behavioral, Social and Policy Prevention

é     Sex-related HIV risk reduction

¨     R    Behavioral interventions to reduce risk for sexual transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men

é     Condom use

¨     P    Structural and community-level interventions for increasing condom use to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

¨     P    Behavioral interventions for increasing condom use in women with HIV

é     Drug-related HIV risk reduction

¨     Drug-related behavior change

¨      P    Psychosocial interventions for the reduction of injection and sexual risk behaviour for preventing HIV in drug users

é     Interventions targeting specific populations

¨     P    Behavioral interventions for reducing HIV infection in employees in occupational settings

¨     P    Harm reduction interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission in involuntary detainees

¨     R   Interventions for improving the psychosocial wellbeing of children affected by HIV/AIDS.

¨     P   Interventions to modify sexual risk behaviours for preventing HIV in homeless youth

é     Specific types of interventions

¨     R    Abstinence-only programs for HIV infection prevention in high-income countries

¨     R    Abstinence-plus programs for HIV infection prevention in high-income countries

¨     R    Home-based HIV voluntary counseling and testing in developing countries

¨     P    Interventions for reduction of stigma in people with HIV/AIDS

¨     R    Mass media interventions for promoting HIV testing

¨     P    Routine vs. voluntary HIV testing for increasing HIV testing rates

¨     P    School-based interventions to postpone sexual intercourse and promote condom use among adolescents

¨     P    Testing interventions for increasing uptake of HIV/AIDS services


Reviews of Biomedical Prevention

é     Post-exposure prophylaxis

¨     R    Antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for occupational HIV exposure

¨     P    Effectiveness and safety of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual, injecting-drug-use or other non-occupational exposure.

é     Pre-exposure prophylaxis

¨     R    Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for preventing HIV in high-risk individuals

é     Prevention of perinatal transmission

¨     R    Antiretrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection

¨     R    Efficacy and safety of cesarean delivery for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1

¨     R    Interventions for preventing late postnatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV

¨     R    Interventions for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection

¨     R   Vaginal disinfection for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection

¨     R    Vitamin A supplementation for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection

é     Condom efficacy

¨     R    Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission

¨     P    Female condom for preventing HIV and sexually transmitted infections

é     STI treatment

¨     R    Population-based interventions for reducing sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection

é     Microbicides

¨     R    Nonoxynol-9 for preventing vaginal acquisition of HIV infection by women from men

é     Circumcision

¨     R    Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men

¨     P    Male circumcision for prevention of homosexual acquisition of HIV in men

é     Vaccines

é     Safety of blood products

é     Syringe and needle use


Reviews of Therapeutics, Prognostics and Diagnostics

é     Antiretrovirals, including protease inhibitors

¨     Combination therapy

¨     P    A combination drug of abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine (Trizivir®) for treating HIV infection and AIDS

¨     R    Antiretroviral regimens for patients with HIV who fail first-line antiretroviral therapy

¨     P    Efavirenz versus nevirapine as a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor in initial combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection

¨     P    Effectiveness and safety of first-line fixed-dose TNF + EMC + EFZ for patients with HIV

¨     P    Ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor-containing regimens versus non-boosted protease-inhibitor-containing regimens for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV/AIDS

¨     R    Stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine combination therapy for treatment of HIV infection and AIDS in adults.

¨     R    Three- or four- versus two-drug antiretroviral maintenance regimens for HIV infection

¨     Single drugs

¨     R    Immediate versus deferred zidovudine (AZT) in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic HIV infected adults

¨     R    Zidovudine (AZT) versus AZT plus didanosine (ddI) versus AZT plus zalcitabine (ddC) in HIV infected adults

¨     Structured treatment interruptions

¨     R    Structured treatment interruptions (STI) in chronic suppressed HIV infection in adults

¨     R    Structured treatment interruptions (STI) in chronic unsuppressed HIV infection in adults

¨     HIV+ children

¨     P    Antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected infants

é     Prophylaxis and treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs)

¨     Prophylaxis

¨     R    Adjunctive corticosteroids for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with HIV-infection

¨     R    Antifungal interventions for the primary prevention of cryptococcal disease in adults with HIV

¨     R    Cotrimoxazole for prophylaxis or treatment of opportunistic infections of HIV/AIDS in patients with previous history of hypersensitivity to cotrimoxazole

¨     R    Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for opportunistic infections in adults with HIV

¨     R    Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for opportunistic infections in children with HIV infection

¨     R    Impact of tuberculosis preventive therapy on tuberculosis and mortality in HIV-infected children

¨     P    Interventions for the prevention of mycobacterium avium complex in adults and children with HIV

¨     R    Management of toxoplasmic encephalitis in HIV-infected adults (with an emphasis on resource-poor settings)

¨     TB

¨     P    Duration of therapy for tuberculosis in patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

¨     R    Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV infected persons

¨     Oropharyngeal infections

¨     R    Interventions for the prevention and management of oropharyngeal candidiasis associated with HIV infection in adults and children

¨     Cryptosporidiosis

¨     R    Prevention and treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients

é     Treatment of Malignancies

¨     R    Interventions for Previously Untreated Patients with AIDS-Associated Non Hodgkin´s Lymphoma

¨     R    Interventions for squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva in HIV-infected individuals

¨     R    Interventions for treating AIDS-associated Hodgkin´s lymphoma in treatment-naive adults

¨     P    Treatment for leiomyosarcoma and leiomyoma in children with HIV infection

¨     R    Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-1 infected individuals with emphasis on resource poor settings

é     Immunizations

¨     P   Measles/MMR vaccine for infants born to HIV-positive mothers

¨     P   Pneumococcal vaccine for prevention of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in HIV infected persons.

é     Prognostics Markers

¨     P    Antiretroviral resistance testing in treatment-naive HIV-infected adults

¨     P    Genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing at viral failure in people with HIV

¨     R    Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretrovirals for people with HIV

é     Diagnostics Assays

é     Complementary Medicine

¨     R    Herbal medicines for treating HIV infection and AIDS

¨     P    The medical use of cannabis for reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV/AIDS

é     Treatment of other conditions

¨     R    Adjunctive therapies for AIDS dementia complex

¨     R    Antimotility agents for chronic diarrhoea in people with HIV/AIDS

¨     P    Antiviral agents for treating CMV infection of the nervous system in people with HIV

¨     P    Deworming helminth co-infected individuals for delaying HIV disease progression

¨     R    The effects of antiviral therapy of genital herpes in HIV-infected individuals

¨     R    Treatment for anemia in people with AIDS

¨     R    Treatment of acute cryptococcal meningitis in HIV infected adults, with an emphasis on resource-limited settings


Reviews of Health Services and Care

é     Health care characteristics

¨     R    Interventions for educating traditional healers about STD and HIV medicine

¨     P    Provider training and experience for people living with HIV/AIDS

¨     R    Setting and organization of care for persons living with HIV/AIDS

é     Quality of life

¨     R    Aerobic exercise interventions for adults living with HIV/AIDS

¨     R    Anabolic steroids for the treatment of weight loss in HIV-infected individuals

¨     P    Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for adults with HIV

¨     R    Family support in reducing morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected persons

¨     P    Home-based care for reducing morbidity and mortality in people infected with HIV/AIDS

¨     R    Iron supplementation for reducing morbidity and mortality in children with HIV

¨     P    Massage therapy for people with HIV/AIDS

¨     R    Micronutrient supplementation in children and adults with HIV infection

¨     R    Nutritional interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV

¨     R    Progressive resistive exercise interventions for adults living with HIV/AIDS

é     Treatment adherence

¨     R    Patient support and education for promoting adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS

¨     P    Substitution of nurses for doctors in managing HIV/AIDS antiretroviral therapy


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