Current Research

Research for HIV/AIDS-related cancer is ongoing. The following advances may still be under investigation in clinical trials and may not be approved or available at this time. Always discuss all diagnostic and treatment options with your doctor.

Combination therapies. Clinical trials are underway to study the effects of chemotherapy plus colony-stimulating factors (substances that help the body produce white blood cells) and antiretroviral therapy. The effect of high-dose therapy with stem cell transplantation is also being tested in clinical trials.

New therapies. Based on advances in understanding the biology of HIV/AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma, anti-angiogenesis drugs (drugs that block the formation of new blood vessels that are needed for a tumor to grow and spread), vitamin D and similar products, and imatinib (Gleevec) are being tested in clinical trials.