Research partners and trial sites
SPARTAC’s participants were recruited and have been followed up at by research partners in 8 countries at 35 clinical trial sites.
Durban, South Africa
Research partner: HIV Prevention Unit, Medical Research Council, Durban- 7 clinical trial sites: Umkomaas, Botha’s Hill, Isipingo, Chatsworth, Tongaat, Verulam, Central Durban
- Principal Investigator: Gita Ramjee
- Website: www.mrc.ac.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
Research partner: The Wits Institute for Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and Related Diseases Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit (RHI), Johannesburg - 1 clinical trial site: Research Center, Hillbrow Health Precinct, Hillbrow (previously Bara Clinic, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital), Johannesburg
- Principal Investigator: Helen Rees
- Website: www.wrhi.co.za
Cape Town, South Africa
Research partner: Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Cape Town- 1 clinical trial site: Desmond Tutu HIV Centre
- Principal Investigator: Robin Wood
- Website: www.desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za
Uganda
Research partner: MRC/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda- 1 clinical trial site: MRC Masaka
- Principal Investigator: Pontiano Kaleebu
- www.mrcuganda.org
Brazil
Research partner: Projeto Praça Onze, Hospital Escola São Francisco de Assis, Universidade federal do Rio de Janeiro- 1 clinical trial site: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Principal Investigator: Mauro Schechter
- www.pracaonze.org
Australia
Research partner / Coordinating Trial Centre: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney- 6 clinical trial sites in Sydney: St Vincent’s Hospital (T Kelleher), East Sydney Doctors (R McFarlane), Taylor Square Private Clinic (R Finlayson), Burwood Rd Practice (N.Doong), Holdsworth House Medical Practice ( M. Bloch) Aids Research Initiative ( C. Workman)
- 4 clinical trial sites in Melbourne: Northside Clinic (R Moore), Prahran Market Clinic (N Roth), The Centre Clinic (B Kiem Tee), Sexual Health Centre (T Read)
- 1 clinical trial site in Brisbane: AIDS Medical Unit (M Kelly)
- Principal Investigator: David A Cooper
- Website: http://hiv.cmsdev.med.unsw.edu.au
Italy
Research partner / Coordinating Trial Centre: Fondazione Centro San Raffaele Del Monte Tabor, Milan- 1 clinical trial site in Milan: Ospedale San Raffaele (G Tambussi)
- 1 clinical trial site in Rome: Ospedale Lazarro Spallanzani, Instituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive (G D’Offizi)
- Principal Investigator: Guiseppe Tambussi
- Website: www.sanraffaele.org
Spain
Research partner: Institute D’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic of Barcelona - Principal Investigator: Jose M. Miró
- www.idibaps.org
UK and Ireland
- Research partner / Coordinating Trial Centre for UK and Ireland sites: Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit (MRC CTU)
- 7 clinical trial sites in London: The Ian Charleson Day Care Centre, Royal Free Hospital (Margaret Johnson), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (Brian Gazzard), Homerton Hospital (Jane Anderson), Mortimer Market Centre (Ian Williams), North Middlesex Hospital (J Ainsworth), Barts & the London NHS Trust (Chloe Orkin), HIV Clinical Trials Centre, Winston Churchill Wing, St Mary’s Hospital (Jonathan Weber)
- 1 clinical trial site in Brighton: Royal Sussex County Hospital (Martin Fisher)
- 1 clinical trial site in Birmingham: Birmingham Heartlands Hospital (Steve Taylor)
- 1 clinical trial site in Edinburgh: Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital and Genitourinary Dept, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, (Clifford Leen)
- 1 clinical trial site in Ireland: St James’s Hospital, Dublin (F Mulcahy)
