The Microbicide Development Program is a federally funded set of projects that focus on HIV prevention and address the need to develop a rational, cost effective, and scientifically robust approach to the development of topical microbicides from preclinical to exploratory studies in humans. Three novel projects explore distinct, but overlapping areas of microbicide and drug development research that, cumulatively, will define the future of rectal microbicide development. The international effort, led by investigators at UCLA, includes 18 investigators at six institutions in two countries.

 
The MDP research data collection, management, and reporting system was built using the OpenACS5.1 and pTracker. The MDP program is organized around several major projects, and each project is implemented as different pTracker studies.

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Project 3 is a behaviorial study with 896 women and men who respond to a very lengthy and detailed questionnaire regarding sexual practices. The administration of the potential 400 questions is managed and limited by the CTRL Surveys package.


Project 4 focuses on the mucosal consequences of rectal administration of reverse transcriptase microbicides. This system depends heavily on the pTracker and workflow. The workflow shown on the right is project 4.