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Active-Controlled Trial Design for HIV Prevention Trials with a Counterfactual Placebo
Fei Gao, Holly Janes, Susan Buchbinder +1
In the quest for enhanced HIV prevention methods, the advent of antiretroviral drugs as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has marked a significant stride forward. However, the ethica…
Addressing Population Heterogeneity for HIV Incidence Estimation Based on Recency Test
Qi Wang, Ann Duerr, Fei Gao
Cross-sectional HIV incidence estimation leverages recency test results to determine the HIV incidence of a population of interest, where recency test uses biomarker profiles to in…
Integration of Summary Information from External Studies for Semiparametric Models
Jianxuan Zang, K. C. G. Chan, Fei Gao
With the development of biomedical science, researchers have increasing access to an abundance of studies focusing on similar research questions. There is a growing interest in the…
An Enhanced Cross-Sectional HIV Incidence Estimator that Incorporates Prior HIV Test Results
Marlena Bannick, Deborah Donnell, Richard Hayes +2
Incidence estimation of HIV infection can be performed using recent infection testing algorithm (RITA) results from a cross-sectional sample. This allows practitioners to understan…