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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00000995
Date of registration: 02/11/1999
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
Public title: A Study of AZT Plus Ganciclovir in Patients With AIDS and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection
Scientific title: Phase I Studies of the Combination of AZT and DHPG (Ganciclovir) in Patients With AIDS and Cytomegalovirus Infection
Date of first enrolment: November 1999
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00000995
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
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Name:   Reichman RC
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Name:   Richman D
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

- Symptomatic therapy such as analgesics, antihistamines, antiemetics, and
antidiarrheal agents, or other supportive therapy may be administered as deemed
necessary by the responsible investigator. For fever, the following regimens should
be used:

- If fever above 39.0 degrees C, antipyretic therapy will be administered employing
aspirin, 650 mg orally every 4 hours x 3 doses, or until fever falls below 39.0
degrees C.

- If fever of higher than 39.0 degrees C occurs for 2 consecutive days, the patient may
be premedicated with aspirin.

Exclusion Criteria

- Active alcohol or drug abuse.

Co-existing Condition:

Excluded:

- Patients with other life-threatening and uncontrolled opportunistic infections on
enrollment.

Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded if they:

- Have other life-threatening and uncontrolled opportunistic infections on enrollment.

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 1 week of study entry:

- Systemic therapy with antimetabolite.

- Cytotoxic drug.

- Interferon.

- Immunologic modulators.

- Corticosteroids.

- Nucleoside analogs other than zidovudine (AZT).

- Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry:

- Therapy for any other opportunistic infections.

- Excluded within 2 months of study entry:

- Ribavirin.

Prior Treatment:

Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry (for treatment group I):

- Blood transfusion.

- Excluded within 1 month of study entry (for treatment groups II and III):

- Blood transfusion.

All patients must be:

- Able to provide informed consent.

- Likely to be available for follow-up for at least 4 months.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cytomegalovirus Infections
HIV Infections
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ganciclovir
Drug: Zidovudine
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
10980
ACTG 004
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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