The first step to participating in a clinical study is joining the Red Ribbon Registry.
The Red Ribbon Registry is a secure and confidential database
of people from all races, ethnicities, ages, and backgrounds who wish to support research aimed at ending HIV. The registry connects volunteers with local researchers to partner on studies.
It is made possible through grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Red Ribbon Registry is a database of
people who want to support HIV clinical
research by participating in studies.
By volunteering for the registry, you will partner with researchers and help advance science against one of its greatest challenges. The registry allows researchers to quickly find people who might be a good fit for a study based on age, location, health factors and other criteria. The registry is made possible through grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
I want to help science.
How can I take part?
To join the registry first complete the online health survey. Then researchers at a study clinic in your area will be able to contact you when they have a study that may be a good fit for you. You might be contacted immediately, in a few months, or even a year. Once you are contacted, you can get all your questions answered before deciding whether to participate.
People over 18, whether they are living with or without HIV, have someone to fight for or simply want to help others.
Researchers can’t advance science alone. When community members
volunteer for research, they make
medical breakthroughs possible and help ensure that all types of people
are represented in research.
We enroll people who are HIV negative because we are working toward prevention. We want to keep people HIV negative.
Our research network has clinical studies into therapies for HIV as well as vaccines and treatments to prevent HIV. People living with HIV may be contacted for HIV therapy trials.
We need all kinds of people for our studies; whether or not you are likely to be exposed to HIV, there are studies seeking people like you.
You must be at least 18 years old to participate. Most current studies enroll
people up to about age 50.
Volunteers will need to come to a study clinic during the study period (usually 12 to 24 months). The number of visits and timing will vary from study to study.
When science and people come together, we can achieve amazing things.
Over 40-years of work-research, and advocacy - have advanced scientific understanding of this challenging virus.
Our studies are conduced at over 40 research sites across the US.
