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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00000677
Date of registration: 02/11/1999
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Public title: SCH 39304 as Therapy for Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients Followed by Maintenance Therapy
Scientific title: SCH 39304 as Therapy for Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients Followed by Maintenance Therapy
Date of first enrolment: July 2000
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00000677
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     WG Powderly
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

- Currently approved antiviral therapy.

- Maintenance therapy for cytomegalovirus retinitis or toxoplasmosis.

- Rifampin.

- Isoniazid.

- Dilantin or barbiturates if investigator agrees to rigorously monitor anticonvulsant
drug levels.

- Coumarin-type anticoagulants if investigator agrees to rigorously monitor prothrombin
time.

- Prophylactic treatment for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).

Concurrent Treatment:

Allowed:

- Local radiotherapy for mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

- Amphotericin B, up to 1 mg/kg, during the previous 7 days.

Patients must be HIV positive by 2 methodologies and have either primary cryptococcal
meningitis with no prior anti-cryptococcal therapy or relapsed disease after prior
therapy.

- Prior therapy for cryptococcal meningitis is limited to approved drugs.

- Written informed consent either from patient or patient's parent or legal guardian is
required.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:

- History of hypersensitivity to imidazole or azole compounds.

- Central nervous system disease.

- Acute opportunistic infection.

- Underlying conditions that in the opinion of the investigator could preclude
assessment of response.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

- Systemic antifungal drugs other than study drug.

- Any investigational drug other than treatment IND drugs.

- Oral hypoglycemic agents.

- Oral contraceptives.

- Cytotoxic chemotherapy.

Patients with the following are excluded:

- Unable to take oral medications.

- Concurrent central nervous system disease which in opinion of investigator would
interfere with assessment of response.

- Concurrent acute opportunistic infection requiring therapy (patients who develop an
acute opportunistic infection after initiation of study medication may remain on
study medication).

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 7 days of study entry:

- Amphotericin B, > 1 mg/kg.



Age minimum: 13 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Meningitis, Cryptococcal
HIV Infections
Intervention(s)
Drug: SCH 39304
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
ACTG 125
C89-258
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Schering-Plough
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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