CROI 2017 Program and Information

General Information

Common Reasons for Abstract Rejection • Information is not new enough • Methodology is inadequate or insufficient to support conclusions • Background does not summarize the hypothesis • Submission is poorly written • Abstract is duplicative of other submissions

General Information

• Abstract is not appropriate for CROI • Controls are absent or inadequate • Statistical evaluation is inadequate or absent

• Summary of essential results is inadequate or absent • Data are inadequate or insufficient to support conclusions • Submission reports clinical trial and data from unplanned analysis or incomplete or ongoing studies • Format does not follow guidelines (eg, section[s] missing, more than 1 graphic, table, or figure submitted) Statistics for Abstracts General abstract submitted 1751 General abstracts accepted 948 General oral abstracts 80 General poster abstracts 868 Late-breaking abstracts submitted 159 Late-breaking abstracts accepted 53 Late-breaking oral abstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Late-breaking poster abstracts 37 Total abstracts submitted 1910 Total abstract accepted 1001 All Authors on Accepted Abstracts Region N Percent Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 14 Asia 99 5.2 Australia 35 1.8 Europe 432 22.5 Latin and South America 29 1.5 North America 1050 55

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