Box 8.7

Speak in ways that emphasize the human face of trial participants

Our study targets sex workers.Our study enrolls sex workers.
Fewer infections were found in the experimental arm.Fewer infections were found among community
members who received the experimental drug.
Many subjects were noncompliant and deviated from the study protocol.Not all participants used the study product as directed.
Ten percent of subjects seroconverted during the trial.Ten percent of the participants became HIV
positive during the study.
We censored women who became pregnant during the trial.The analysis of HIV infections did not include participants who became pregnant during the trial.