18 April 2019 - - US-based nonprofit charitable organisation CDISC and the nonprofit organization Critical Path Institute (C-Path) have released a global Therapeutic Area Standard that specifies how to structure commonly collected data and outcome measurements in clinical trials for HIV, the groups said.

The standard, released in the form of User Guide for data managers, statisticians, programmers and study managers, covers the areas of prevention, vaccines and treatment and is freely available on the CDISC website.

CDISC Therapeutic Area User Guides provide examples and guidance on implementing CDISC standards to drive operational efficiencies within the organisations that use them, expedite the regulatory review process and reduce time to market.

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is one of the world's most serious health and development challenges.

According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), there were approximately 36.9m people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2017.

Of these, 1.8m were children (