Status:
COMPLETED
The Effectiveness of Three Anti-HIV Drug Combinations in HIV-Infected Patients Who Have Never Used Anti-HIV Drugs
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Conditions:
HIV Infections
Eligibility:
All Genders
12+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
To determine drug efficacy and safety in HIV-infected patients treated with zidovudine ( AZT ) versus stavudine ( d4T ) versus both drugs. Also, to compare short- and long-term changes in magnitude of...
Detailed Description
Asymptomatic patients with CD4 counts over 300 cells/mm3 are more likely to tolerate any of the nucleoside analogs. d4T, with a favorable toxicity profile and demonstrated anti-HIV activity in previou...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
Required:
- TMP / SMX, aerosolized pentamidine, or dapsone for PCP prophylaxis.
Allowed:
- Atovaquone.
- IV pentamidine.
- TMP / SMX.
- Trimetrexate.
- Trimethoprim-dapsone.
- Clindamycin-primaquine.
- Topical antifungals.
- Clotrimazole.
- Ketoconazole.
- Fluconazole.
- Amphotericin B.
- Itraconazole.
- Rifabutin.
- Isoniazid.
- Pyrazinamide.
- Clofazimine.
- Clarithromycin.
- Azithromycin.
- Ethambutol.
- Amikacin.
- Ciprofloxacin.
- Ofloxacin.
- Pyrimethamine.
- Sulfadiazine.
- Clindamycin.
- Filgrastim ( G-CSF ).
- Up to 1000 mg/day acyclovir.
- Erythropoietin.
- Antibiotics.
- Antipyretics.
- Analgesics.
- Antiemetics.
- Rifampin.
Concurrent Treatment:
Allowed:
- Local radiation therapy.
Patients must have:
- HIV infection.
- CD4 count 300 - 600 cells/mm3.
- NO history of AIDS.
- NO active opportunistic infection.
- NO prior nucleoside therapy.
- Life expectancy at least 2 years.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Serious underlying medical condition other than HIV such that life expectancy is less than 2 years.
- Malignancy requiring systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy.
- Active grade 2 or worse peripheral neuropathy.
Concurrent Medication:
Excluded:
- Antiretrovirals other than study drugs.
- Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy.
- Foscarnet.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
- Chronic diarrhea defined as three or more stools per day for 15 days, within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Unexplained temperature >= 38.5 C for any 7 days within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Active participation in other experimental therapy within 30 days prior to study entry.
Prior Medication:
Excluded:
- Prior nucleoside antiretrovirals of 1 week or longer duration.
- Any antiretroviral within 90 days prior to study entry.
- Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Biologic response modifiers such as IL-2 and interferon within 30 days prior to study entry.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
November 1 1997
Estimated Enrollment :
105 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00001067
End Date
November 1 1997
Last Update
November 1 2021
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1
Alabama Therapeutics CRS
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
2
Stanford CRS
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305
3
Ucsd, Avrc Crs
San Diego, California, United States, 92103
4
Howard University Hosp., Div. of Infectious Diseases, ACTU
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20059