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# Clinic Offers Improved Access to HIV/AIDS Research Studies

Sutter's East Bay Advanced Care clinic helps underrepresented communities access groundbreaking HIV prevention research and clinical trials.

June 9, 2022 by Karin Fleming

![Clinic Offers Improved Access to HIV/AIDS Research Studies](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/research-and-innovation/GettyImages-1125896414-bc103f2d.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2119 "Clinic Offers Improved Access to HIV/AIDS Research Studies")

Studying the effectiveness of trial drugs aimed at preventing HIV/AIDS in people most impacted by the virus seems logical – but for a number of reasons that’s not always been possible. The tide is slowly changing though, and now through the [East Bay Advanced Care clinic](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location/facility/east-bay-aids-center-ebac), part of [Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location/facility/alta-bates-summit-medical-center-summit-campus), people who are disproportionally affected by HIV and who have been typically under-represented in previous HIV prevention research, are more likely to take part in studies.

The EBAC clinic is on Alta Bates Summit’s Oakland campus and is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of professionals who offer patients comprehensive services throughout the continuum of HIV disease. EBAC offers people living with HIV and AIDS hands-on support, medical treatments, complementary therapies, educational services, and access to clinical trials.

Recent findings from HIV/AIDS research and clinical trials in which EBAC patients have participated have contributed to U.S. Food and Drug Administration [approval of cabotegravir](https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-injectable-treatment-hiv-pre-exposure-prevention), the first long-acting, injectable drug for HIV prevention, helping bring greater access to HIV/AIDS care in the East Bay among these vulnerable groups.

### Find more information on HIV/AIDS treatment developments:

-   [Study: Long-acting HIV Prevention Drug Shows Promise](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/study-long-acting-hiv-prevention-drug-shows-promise/)
-   [No Vaccine for This Virus, but Advances Have Saved Lives](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/no-vaccine-for-this-virus-but-advances-have-saved-lives/)

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