1/4 Alcohol Research Consortium in HIV-Administrative Core (ARCH-AC)

描述（由申请人提供）：HIV中的酒精研究联盟（ALCO）由两个U24和两个UOI申请组成，将解决有关HIV感染中危险酒精使用/滥用/依赖的临床流行病学的关键问题（流行病学研究组），并评估基于证据的酒精减少策略在真实的世界HIV临床环境中的比较有效性（干预研究组）。这项研究建立在一个完善的艾滋病毒临床队列的独特优势，CFAR综合临床系统网络（CNICS），包括8个诊所和超过20，000名艾滋病毒感染者在美国。这个动态队列通过收集全面的临床数据和标本以及统一收集的患者报告结果，为艾滋病毒和酒精的长期研究提供了理想的科学平台，作为患者报告结果测量信息系统倡议的一部分。流行病学/生物统计学核心将由流行病学和生物统计学专家领导，重点是艾滋病毒研究。它将为U 01应用的科学议程提供关键支持，并专注于开发创新的分析策略，以最大限度地利用新的临床和科学知识。U24是管理核心（AC），也是该应用程序的重点。ARCH-AC将提供关键的基础设施，以协调和促进该联合体的科学目标。结构将包括：执行委员会;指导委员会;主要的科学工作组，以概念化和实施研究目标;和社区咨询委员会。ARCH-AC由酒精使用障碍和艾滋病毒方面的国家专家共同领导，他们在艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病学和临床研究方面拥有40多年的综合科学经验。AC提供关键的基础设施，以：1）概念化，促进和监督科学流行病学和干预目标的实施; 2）促进可持续发展的组成部分和研究者之间的沟通和合作; 3）管理和优化可持续发展的资源，特别是数据库，流行病学/生物统计学支持和研究专业知识;（4）为传播可持续发展研究的结果提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol Research Consortium in HIV (ARCH) is comprised of two U24 and two UOI applications, and will address critical questions regarding the clinical epidemiology of hazardous alcohol use/abuse/dependence in HIV infection (Epidemiology Research Arm), and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of evidence- based alcohol reduction strategies in real world HIV clinic settings (Intervention Research Arm). This research builds upon the unique strengths of a well-established HIV clinical cohort, the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS), comprised of 8 clinics and over 20,000 HIV-infected individuals across the United States. This dynamic cohort provides an ideal scientific platform for long-term study of HIV and alcohol through the collection of comprehensive clinical data and specimens as well as uniformly-collected patient reported outcomes as a part of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System initiative. An Epidemlology/Biostatistics Core will be led by experts in epidemiology and biostatistics with specific focus on HIV research. It will provide critical support for the scientific agenda of the U01 applications and focus on development of innovative analytic strategies that will maximize new clinical and scientific knowledge. The U24 at the heart of ARCH is the Administrative Core (AC), the focus of this application. ARCH-AC will provide the critical infrastructure to coordinate and facilitate the consortium's scientific goals. Structure will include: an executive committee; a steering committee; key scientific working groups to conceptualize and implement study aims; and a community advisory board. ARCH-AC is co-led by national experts in alcohol use disorders and HIV, who have over 40 years of combined scientific experience in conducting epidemiologic and clinical research in HIV/AIDS. The AC provides the critical infrastructure to: 1) conceptualize, facilitate and oversee the implementation of the scientific epidemiologic and interventional aims; 2) promote communication and collaboration among ARCH components and investigators; 3) manage and optimize access to ARCH resources, particularly the data repositories, epidemiologic/ biostatistics support and the investigational expertise; and 4) provide the support for dissemination of ARCH findings.