Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Short-term Steroid Therapy in Patients With P. Jirovecii Pneumonia Due to HIV / AIDS

Lead Sponsor:

Centro de Investigación en. Enfermedades Infecciosas, Mexico

Conditions:

Pneumocystis

HIV/AIDS

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The treatment guidelines for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) suggest adding 40mg of prednisone (or its equivalent in methylprednisolone) twice per day on days 1 through 5, 40 mg days 6 through 10, and 20...

Detailed Description

The investigators selected hospitalized subjects with confirmed or suspected moderate or severe PCP: the diagnostic certainty will be based on the following criteria: Proved PCP. Defined as cases wit...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Older than 18 years
  • To have a gasometry at the admission that confirms moderate or severe PCP.
  • Patients receiving trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole in doses of 15 to 20 mg / kg per day from the first 24 hours after admission.
  • Patients who have begun adjuvant treatment with steroids in the first 48 hours after admission.
  • No history of chronic pulmonary disease.
  • APACHE at hospitalization less than 20 points.

Exclusion

  • Allergic to TMP/SMX, who have not tolerated desensitization.
  • History of inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune or neoplastic diseases except Kaposi's sarcoma, which merit the chronic use of steroids.
  • Pleural or pericardial effusion and meningitis from any cause.
  • Septic shock not related to PCP.
  • Subjects who during the hospitalization have been diagnosed with any neoplasia (except Kaposi´s sarcoma)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 4 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

196 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03856229

Start Date

March 4 2019

End Date

October 30 2025

Last Update

February 8 2024

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Centro de Investigacion en Enfermedades Infecciosas

México, Mexico, 14080