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NCT Number: NCT00002330

A Study of Two Forms of Ganciclovir in the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) of the Eyes in Patients With AIDS

To compare the time to progression of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis among each of three doses of oral ganciclovir, as well as to intravenous therapy, when given as maintenance for 26 weeks. To compare the safety and tolerance among oral doses of ganciclovir at the study doses, as well as to intravenous therapy, when administered as maintenance for 26 weeks.

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Key information

Conditions

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Cytomegalovirus Infections DNA Virus Infections Eye Diseases Eye Infections Eye Infections, Viral Genetic Diseases, Inborn Genital Diseases HIV Infections Herpesviridae Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections Metabolic Diseases Metabolism, Inborn Errors Mitochondrial Diseases Multiple Acyl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase Deficiency Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases RNA Virus Infections Retinal Diseases Retinitis Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

13 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Saint Paul's Hosp, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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About this study

Patients who have received anti-CMV therapy with intravenous ganciclovir for at least 4 weeks that resulted in stable retinitis are randomized to receive one of three doses of oral ganciclovir or intravenous ganciclovir for 26 weeks of maintenance.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

  • Topical and ophthalmic nucleoside analogues.

Patients must have:

  • HIV positive.
  • No more than two episodes of CMV retinitis progression (relapse resulting in reinduction with intravenous anti-CMV therapy) since the original retinitis diagnosis.
  • Currently stable retinitis.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

  • Foscarnet prior to the 4 weeks of intravenous induction therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

  • Persistent or clinically significant diarrhea, nausea, or abdominal pain.
  • Severe odynophagia.
  • Other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms or uncontrolled GI disease.
  • Active CMV disease of the GI tract (e.g., CMV colitis, CMV esophagitis).
  • Ocular media opacities (corneal, lenticular, or vitreal) that prevent ophthalmologic retinal assessments.
  • Dementia, decreased mentation, or other encephalopathic signs and symptoms that would preclude informed consent or study compliance.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

  • Acyclovir sodium (Zovirax) by any route other than topical.
  • Valacyclovir.
  • Brovavir.
  • Vidarabine.
  • Amantadine hydrochloride.
  • Cytarabine.
  • Idoxuridine.
  • Ribavirin.
  • Interferon.
  • Foscarnet (non-nucleoside pyrophosphate analogue).
  • CMV hyperimmune globulin.
  • Soluble CD4.
  • Trichosanthin (Compound Q).
  • Imipenem-cilastatin.
  • Isoprinosine.
  • Levamisole.
  • Other investigational drugs.

Patients with the following prior condition are excluded:

History of hypersensitivity to acyclovir or ganciclovir.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

  • More than three induction regimens with intravenous anti-CMV therapy.
  • Any prior oral ganciclovir.

Treatment and study plan

Ganciclovir

Drug

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Roche Global Development

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Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Three Doses of Oral Ganciclovir to Intravenous Ganciclovir for the Maintenance Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in People With AIDS

Important dates

First posted
Aug 31, 2001
Registry last updated
Jun 24, 2005

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