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An Open-Label, Non-Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Tolerability and Safety of Viramune (Nevirapine) in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Progressive HIV Disease
This study has been completed.
First Received: November 2, 1999   Last Updated: June 23, 2005   History of Changes
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by: NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002166
  Purpose

To provide access to Viramune and to evaluate the tolerance and safety of Viramune in patients with progressive, symptomatic HIV disease who failed or are intolerant to currently approved treatment for HIV-1 infection and who are unable to participate in another Viramune controlled clinical trial and have a compelling need for anti-HIV treatment.


Condition Intervention Phase
HIV Infections
Drug: Nevirapine
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Parallel Assignment, Safety Study
Official Title: An Open-Label, Non-Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Tolerability and Safety of Viramune (Nevirapine) in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Progressive HIV Disease

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Further study details as provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:

Detailed Description:

Eligible adult patients (>= 13 years of age) will receive treatment with Viramune once daily for 2 weeks and then twice daily. Eligible pediatric patients (< 13 years of age) will receive a lower dose of Viramune once daily for 2 weeks and then twice daily. All patients will receive Viramune with or without concomitant antiretroviral therapy. Patients will be evaluated at weeks 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 and every 8 weeks thereafter.

PER AMENDMENT 01/31/97: Enrollment closed to adult patients. As of 1/31/97 only enrolling pediatric patients.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

  • Patients > 18 months of age with history of positive serology for HIV-1 infection or patients <= 18 months of age with history of positive viral culture, detectable p24 antigen, or positive peripheral blood mononuclear cell macro culture.
  • Patients >= 13 years of age with a CD4+ cell count <= 200 cells/mm3. Patients < 13 years of age with a CD4% <= 14% or a 50% decrease in CD4% in the past 6 months if the previous CD4% was >=20%.
  • Patient has failed or is intolerant to currently approved treatments for HIV-1 infection and is unable to participate in a controlled viramune clinical trial.
  • Written and informed consent from a parent or guardian for patients < 18 years of age.
  • Patient or guardian is willing and able to follow protocol requirements. (PER AMENDMENT 1/29/97:
  • Enrollment is closed to adults, as of Jan. 29th only pediatric patients will be enrolled.)

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms and conditions are excluded:

Patient qualifies for participation in an actively accruing Viramune controlled clinical trial.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

  • Dicumarol, Warfarin, and other anticoagulant medications.
  • Tolbutamide.
  • Investigational drugs, all protease inhibitors, and all other non-nucleoside transcriptase inhibitors.
  • Neurotoxic drugs.
  • Cimetidine.
  • Erythromycin.

Required:

Patient has failed or is intolerant to currently approved treatments for HIV-1 infection.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002166

Locations
United States, Connecticut
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc
Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States, 06877
Sponsors and Collaborators
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
  More Information

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Study ID Numbers: 200D, 1100.859
Study First Received: November 2, 1999
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002166     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Nevirapine
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Infective Agents
RNA Virus Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Anti-HIV Agents
Slow Virus Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immune System Diseases
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Enzyme Inhibitors
Infection
Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Virus Diseases
Nevirapine
Anti-Retroviral Agents
HIV Infections
Therapeutic Uses
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors

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