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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00002113
Date of registration: 02/11/1999
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Pfizer
Public title: A Pilot Study of Fluconazole Plus Flucytosine for the Treatment of AIDS Patients With Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis.
Scientific title: A Pilot Study of Fluconazole Plus Flucytosine for the Treatment of AIDS Patients With Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis.
Date of first enrolment: January 1976
Target sample size: 64
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00002113
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

- Antiviral therapy (AZT, DHPG).

- Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

- Treatment for intercurrent opportunistic infection.

Concurrent Treatment:

Allowed:

- Radiation therapy for mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.

Patients must have:

- AIDS.

- Evidence of Cryptococcal neoformans in culture or lumbar CSF OR clinical and CSF
findings compatible with cryptococcal meningitis.

- No evidence of acute or chronic meningitis of any etiology other than cryptococcosis.

- Life expectancy of at least 2 weeks.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

- Prior antiviral therapy (AZT, DHPG).

- Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

- Relapsing on maintenance triazole therapy for cryptococcal meningitis.

- Unable to take oral medication.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

- Concomitant use of any antifungal agent other than study drug.

Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:

History of allergy to or intolerance of imidazoles, azoles, or flucytosine.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

- More than 1 mg/kg amphotericin B.

- Systemic antifungal agents within 7 days prior to study entry.



Age minimum: 13 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Meningitis, Cryptococcal
HIV Infections
Intervention(s)
Drug: Flucytosine
Drug: Fluconazole
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
213A
R-0202
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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