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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT00001038
Ethics application status
Date submitted
2/11/1999
Date registered
31/08/2001
Date last updated
1/03/2011

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study of Valacyclovir Hydrochloride in the Prevention of Life-Threatening Cytomegalovirus Disease in HIV-Infected Patients
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Valacyclovir Hydrochloride (BW 256U87) Prophylaxis for Opportunistic Cytomegalovirus End-Organ Disease in Patients With Advanced HIV Infection (< 100 CD4+ Lymphocytes)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
FDA 104C
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ACTG 204
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Cytomegalovirus Infections 0 0
HIV Infections 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Infection 0 0 0 0
Studies of infection and infectious agents
Infection 0 0 0 0
Other infectious diseases
Infection 0 0 0 0
Sexually transmitted infections
Infection 0 0 0 0
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS / HIV)

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Recommended:

* PCP prophylaxis.

Allowed:

* Any antiretroviral therapies available by prescription or through expanded access or Treatment IND programs, including combination or sequential use.
* Chemotherapy for Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, or other malignancies IF patient is hematologically stable for at least 30 days prior to study entry.
* Discrete courses of oral or parenteral acyclovir for VZV or HSV infection, not to exceed 21 days per episode (may co-enroll on ACTG 169). For recurrent episodes, open-label acyclovir for a total of 60 days over a 12-month period is allowed. Study drug is interrupted.
* Supportive therapies available by prescription, expanded access, or Treatment IND programs, such as G-CSF, GM-CSF, and erythropoietin.
* Other medications necessary for the patient's welfare, at the discretion of the investigator.

Patients must have:

* HIV infection or AIDS-defining conditions.
* CD4+ count < 100 cells/mm3.
* IgG antibodies to CMV.
* No active CMV disease or history of CMV end-organ disease.
* Consent of parent or guardian if less than 18 years of age.
* Ability to comply with protocol.

NOTE:

* Patients may be co-enrolled in ACTG primary infection Phase II/III studies, ACTG opportunistic infection protocols, or treatment protocols or similar studies sponsored by other research networks as long as those studies do not violate the restrictions placed on concomitant therapies and toxicity management.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

* PCP prophylaxis.
* Any antiretroviral therapies available by prescription or through expanded access or Treatment IND programs, including combination or sequential use.
* Chemotherapy for Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, or other malignancies.
* Acyclovir.
* Supportive therapies available by prescription, expanded access, or Treatment IND programs, such as G-CSF, GM-CSF, and erythropoietin.
Minimum age
13 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms and conditions are excluded:

* Nausea or vomiting that precludes oral dosing.
* Ocular media opacities that preclude adequate visualization of fundi.
* Pregnancy.
* Known hypersensitivity to acyclovir.
* Known lactose intolerance.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

* Systemic interferons and immunomodulators (including CMV hyperimmune serum/globulin and chronic corticosteroids at doses in excess of physiologic replacement).
* Probenecid.
* Investigational or marketed agents with potential activity against CMV, herpes simplex, and/or Varicella zoster, EXCEPT as specifically allowed.

Patients with the following prior condition are excluded:

* Pre-existing necrotizing retinopathy that may interfere with a subsequent diagnosis of CMV retinitis.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

* Prior ganciclovir, foscarnet, or any investigational anti-CMV agent including use of foscarnet for acyclovir-resistant herpes.
* Interferons, immunomodulators (other than colony stimulating factors), or CMV hyperimmune globulin within 30 days prior to study entry.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
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Actual
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Target
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
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Saint Vincent's Hosp Med Centre - Sydney
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- Sydney
Recruitment outside Australia
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Alabama
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Missouri
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Washington
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Alberta
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Canada
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Ontario
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Quebec
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Hvidore
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France
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Paris Cedex 12
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Germany
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Berlin
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Rome
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Switzerland
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Bern
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United Kingdom
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London

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Government body
Name
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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Commercial sector/industry
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Glaxo Wellcome
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Feinberg J
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Contact person for scientific queries

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