There are often new trials commencing in all areas of treatment and participants are always in high demand. The web sites below should be able to point you in the right direction if you are interested in following the progress of these.

New and Upcoming Herpes Trials

Visit the Clinical Trials section of our message forum or perform a search here for current herpes studies, vaccine research and other clinical trials.

CenterWatch- Herpes Clinical Trials

CenterWatch is an informative resource for clinical trial information, including listings of more than 41,000 active industry and government-sponsored clinical trials, as well as new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA

Website Link: http://www.centerwatch.com

Herpes Vaccine Trials Currently in progress

The Herpevac Trial for Women is currently running and participants are welcome. The testing involves a herpes vaccine for women who have not been infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) (the virus which causes cold sores and genital herpes).

Website Link: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/stds/herpevac

A note about Herpes Vaccines

Some experts believe that developing an effective HSV vaccine is the only practical way to control the disease and the spread of infection, and if such a vaccine becomes available then universal immunization may be the best approach.

Various vaccines are in clinical trials or preclinical development, including mutated strains of herpes virus that cannot replicate, inactivated herpes virus, and DNA vaccines that use genetic fragments of the virus to trigger an immune response. Creating such a vaccine, however, is complex and difficult.

ClinicalTrials.gov

Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

Website Link: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov

University of Rhode Island Herpes Studies

Research current herpes trials and studies conducted by the the Clinical Trials Section of Health Services, working in conjunction with many major pharmaceutical companies.

Website Link: http://www.uri.edu/health/clinical_trials/index.html

If you have a trial that you would like publicized please post it on our Herpes Message Board.

Where to Now?

1. What is Viral Shedding
2. Diagnosing Herpes
3. Gaining Self Esteem
4. How You Can Prevent Transmission

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