RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Randomised trials of STD treatment for HIV prevention: report of an international workshop. HIV/STD Trials Workshop Group. JF Genitourinary Medicine JO Genitourin Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 432 OP 443 DO 10.1136/sti.73.6.432 VO 73 IS 6 A1 R Hayes A1 M Wawer A1 R Gray A1 J Whitworth A1 H Grosskurth A1 D Mabey YR 1997 UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/73/6/432.abstract AB Three community trials of the impact of STD treatment interventions on HIV incidence in rural populations have been completed or are in progress in Uganda and Tanzania. Investigators from these trials met for a joint technical workshop in Baltimore in May 1996. This report summarises the consensus of the workshop, with the aim of providing useful input to research on HIV intervention strategies. Issues discussed include: (i) the role of community randomised trials; (ii) strategies for STD management; (iii) epidemiological and statistical issues in the design and analysis of community randomised trials; (iv) diagnostic methods for STDs in population surveys; (v) treatment regimens for STDs in rural Africa; and (vi) ethical issues in community trials.