Preference for gel over suppository as delivery vehicle for a rectal microbicide: Results of a randomised, crossover acceptability trial among men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-487

  Carballo Dieguez A ^a,d   Dolezal, C ^a   Bauermeister, J A ^a   O'Brien, W ^b   Ventuneac, A ^a   Mayer, K ^b,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; MICROBICIDE; PLACEBO; RECTAL MICROBICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PREFERENCE; GEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SUPPOSITORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CONDOMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUPPOSITORIES; UNSAFE SEX; VEHICLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149084304     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030478     Document Type: Article

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