Still, because it is the first study to show the gel works, 'I would like to see a confirmatory study, ' said one of the leaders of the trial, Salim Abdool Karim.
Instead, Quarraisha Abdool Karim and her colleagues at the Durban-based Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa tested a gel that contains tenofovir.
Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Dr. Karim's wife and research partner, said more gel needed to be made and she hoped to enroll them quickly in a new trial so they could get it.