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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN74775699
Date of registration: 03/10/2000
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Public title: An open, randomised trial to compare desensitisation with rechallenge when restarting co-trimoxazole as prophylaxis against pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and a history of mild to moderate cutaneous and/or febrile reactions to co-trimoxazole
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Date of first enrolment: 01/04/1998
Target sample size: 388
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN74775699
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Not Specified)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Name: Sheena    McCormack
Address:  MRC Clinical Trials Unit 222 Euston Road NW1 2DA London United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Past or current severe reactions to co-trimoxazole
2. Other severe skin conditions
3. Creatinine above 250 micromoles/l, Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)/Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) above five times local limit
4. Haemoglobin below 10.5 g/dl, neutrophils below 0.75, platelets below 50

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Infections and Infestations
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Intervention(s)
Co-trimoxazole/desensitisation/direct rechallenge
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of patients still taking co-trimoxazole four and 24 weeks after trial entry
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary ID(s)
G9703068
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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