Hawaii AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (HACTU)
The Hawaii AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Hawaii is part of a cooperative group consisting of 34 AIDS Clinical Trials Units (ACTUs) in the United States and a collaborative network of 12 International Clinical Trials Units sponsored by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). The ACTG is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
We provide access to national clinical research trials, and studies for all HIV-1 infected patients in Hawaii.
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The Hawaii AIDS Clinical Trials Unit includes an HACRP Advisory Board and a Processing Lab.
HACTU Mission
The ACTG, the largest HIV clinical trials organization in the world, plays a major role in setting standards of care for HIV infection and opportunistic diseases related to HIV/AIDS in the United States and the developed world. The ACTG is composed of, and directed by, leading clinical scientists in HIV/AIDS therapeutic research.
Through innovative studies of the treatment of HIV infection and its complications, ACTG research, through HACTU and other ACTUs, focuses on:
- New therapies based on knowledge of the cellular events and reactions in the development of disease (pathogenesis)
- Treatment strategies to limit replication of HIV and improve disease-free survival among infected individuals
- Rapid development of agents (drugs or treatments) that prevent or delay the complications of HIV-related disorders
- HIV pathogenesis through advanced laboratory investigation
- Recruitment and retention of clinical trial participants who reflect the changing demographics of the AIDS epidemic
- Therapeutic approaches that improve quality of life for persons with HIV infection
From the ACTG Web Site www.aactg.org
HACTU Staff
- Hawaii ACTU Site 5201
- 3675 Kilauea Avenue
- Young Building, 5th Floor
- Honolulu, HI 96816
- 808.737.2751 (Oahu and long distance)
- 800.806.8208 (Neighbor Islands, toll free)
- Directions / Map
| Cecilia Shikuma, M.D. Principal Investigator |
Debra Ogata-Arkaki, R.N. Study Coordinator |
| Dominic Chow, M.D., M.P.H. | Nancy Hanks, R.N. |
| Cris Milne, N.P. | |
| Lorna Nagamine, R.N | |
| Bruce Shiramizu, M.D. | |
| Victor Valcour, M.D. | |
| Daniel Libutti | Lab Supervisor |
| Scott Souza, Pharm.D. | Site Pharmacist |
| Rob Visalli | Data Manager |