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Use of Stealth Liposomal Doxorubicin HCl ( DOX-SL ) in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma.
This study has been completed.
First Received: November 2, 1999   Last Updated: June 23, 2005   History of Changes
Sponsor: Sequus Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by: NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002147
  Purpose

To provide Stealth liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride ( DOX-SL ) as a therapy for Kaposi's sarcoma patients who have no remaining treatment options other than DOX-SL or patients who have been participating in another DOX-SL protocol and for whom continuation in DOX-SL is medically indicated. Also, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of DOX-SL in patients with Kaposi's sarcoma who have previously received systemic chemotherapy with or without an anthracycline.


Condition Intervention Phase
Sarcoma, Kaposi
HIV Infections
Drug: Doxorubicin hydrochloride (liposomal)
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Open Label, Safety Study
Official Title: Use of Stealth Liposomal Doxorubicin HCl ( DOX-SL ) in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma.

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

Detailed Description:

Patients receive DOX-SL every 3 weeks for up to 20 cycles.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

  • AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma that requires systemic chemotherapy.
  • EITHER a medical indication for continuation of DOX-SL following treatment on another DOX-SL protocol, OR no remaining treatment options other than DOX-SL.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

  • Prior anthracyclines.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

  • Cardiac ejection fraction < 50 percent or clinically significant cardiac disease.
  • Eligibility for a Liposomal Technology comparative protocol.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

  • Other cytotoxic chemotherapy.

Patients with the following prior condition are excluded:

History of idiosyncratic or allergic reaction to anthracyclines.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

  • Chemotherapy within the past 3 weeks.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002147

Locations
United States, California
Sequus Pharmaceutical Inc
Menlo Park, California, United States, 94025
Sponsors and Collaborators
Sequus Pharmaceuticals
  More Information

Publications:
Jablonowski H, Szelenyi H, Armbrecht C, Mauss S, Niederau C, Strohmeyer G. Liposomal doxorubicin--a new formulation for the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma: a study on safety and efficacy in AIDS patients. Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):397 (abstract no PO-B12-1573)

Study ID Numbers: 134D, LTI-30-25
Study First Received: November 2, 1999
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002147     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Liposomes
Doxorubicin
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Drug Carriers

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Slow Virus Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Infection
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Therapeutic Uses
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Immune System Diseases
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Doxorubicin
Pharmacologic Actions
Herpesviridae Infections
Virus Diseases
Neoplasms
HIV Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Sarcoma
DNA Virus Infections

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