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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00000839
Date of registration: 02/11/1999
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
Public title: A Phase I Trial to Evaluate Didanosine (ddI) in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women
Scientific title: A Phase I Trial to Evaluate Didanosine (ddI) in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women
Date of first enrolment: November 1994
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00000839
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Puerto Rico United States
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Name:   Bartlett JA
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Name:   Livingston E
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Name:   Unadkat J
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

- Aerosolized pentamidine.

- IV AZT during labor.

Patients must have:

- HIV infection.

- CD4 count > 50 and < 350 cells/mm3.

- AZT intolerance or resistance.

- Gestational age at least 26 weeks but not more than 36 weeks.

- Consent of guardian if necessary. The father of the fetus must also provide consent
if available after reasonable attempts have been made to contact him.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

- Multiple gestation.

- Current obstetrical complication, such as major anomalies, growth retardation,
abnormal fluid level, fetal hydrops, or placental abruption (placenta previa is
allowed).

- No access to a participating ACTU.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

- Drugs that might aggravate pancreatitis, such as steroids, isoniazid, and parenteral
pentamidine.

- Antiretrovirals other than ddI (although IV AZT is allowed during labor).

Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:

- History of stillbirth, neonatal loss, or previous infant with anomaly (history of
preeclampsia or preterm labor is permitted).

- History of maternal medical complications including but not limited to malabsorption
syndrome, pancreatitis, neurological complications including grade 2 or worse
peripheral neuropathy, symptomatic cholelithiasis, or prior active CMV disease
requiring ganciclovir or foscarnet.

- History of poor medical compliance not related to access to medical care.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

- ddI within 24 hours prior to study entry.



Age minimum: 13 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
HIV Infections
Pregnancy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Didanosine
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
11226
ACTG 249
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Bristol-Myers Squibb
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