Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, commander in the state, voiced his frustration when he wrote, "Sooner or later, before the enrollment is completed, armed forces must be employed to crush the opposition".
Because the HIV-1 RNA measurements in the intensification study will be run in batch after enrollment is completed, these results are not yet available.
Reasons for exclusion were concurrent illness (n = 13), positive serology for chronic hepatitis B or C (n = 8), hemoglobin <8.5 g/dL and/or malnutrition (n = 6), other abnormal screening laboratory tests (n = 7), age outside the specified range (n = 6), and one subject was eligible but not enrolled as enrollment was complete.
Patient enrollment was complete and closed as of 31 March 2004.
BP control was defined according to Joint National Committee 6 (JNC 6) criteria of BP <140/90 or <130/8 5for diabetics [ 22], as the updated JNC 7 was not published until enrollment was complete for the V-STITCH study.
To maximize the likelihood of contacting the patient, the telephone calls were made on 5 nonconsecutive days, including at least 1 weekend day, during each of 3 different time periods (8 00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., 12 01 5:00 p.m., 5 01 8 00 p.m .. Case-patients were eligible if their enrollment was complete within 3 months of onset of GAS disease.
Results Enrollment was completed in February 2001, with 193 patients enrolled.
To maintain community blinding to the HIV status of women enrolled in the study, we enrolled children in any cohort which reached targeted enrollment before enrollment was completed in other cohorts, provided them only their initial two weeks of supplement, and did not include them in the analysis.
