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A Study of Peldesine (BCX-34) in HIV-Infected Patients
This study has been completed.
First Received: November 2, 1999   Last Updated: June 23, 2005   History of Changes
Sponsor: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by: NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002237
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine the highest amount of peldesine that is safe. This study will also see if this amount of peldesine is effective in lowering HIV levels in the blood.


Condition Intervention Phase
HIV Infections
Drug: Peldesine
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Placebo Control, Safety Study
Official Title: Phase I Placebo-Controlled Study of Oral BCX-34 (Peldesine) in HIV-Infected Patients

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

Detailed Description:

Patients are given either BCX-35 or placebo for 14 or 28 days. Plasma viral load will be determined at the MTD.

  Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

  • Documented HIV infection.
  • CD4 cell count greater than or equal to 300 cells/mm3 on 3 occasions prior to protocol treatment.
  • Plasma viral load by Roche Amplicor HIV Monitor assay greater than or equal to 2,000 RNA copies/ml and less than or equal to 50,000 RNA copies/ml on at least 2 occasions prior to protocol treatment.
  • Normal or non-diagnostic electrocardiogram.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

  • Severe opportunistic infection or any other medical condition which in the opinion of the investigators is a contraindication to enrolling in this trial.
  • Severe lactose intolerance.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

Concomitant therapy with other medications having primary renal excretion (other than 3TC, ddC, and d4T).

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

  • Ongoing dideoxyinosine or other antiretroviral therapy except ZDV, 3TC, ddC, d4T, saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, and nelfinavir within 2 weeks of study.
  • Participation in a study of any systemic experimental drug within the last 2 months.

Required:

- Ongoing (at least 4 weeks) stable dosage of zidovudine (ZDV) and lamivudine (3TC), ZDV and stavudine (d4T), ZDV and zalcitabine (ddC), d4T and 3TC, ZDV alone, or ddC alone, or in combination with saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, or nelfinavir.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002237

Locations
United States, California
Saint Francis Mem Hosp / HIV Care Unit
San Francisco, California, United States, 94109
Sponsors and Collaborators
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
  More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: 301A, 96-009
Study First Received: November 2, 1999
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002237     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Placebos
Administration, Oral
Anti-HIV Agents
Viral Load
peldesine

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
RNA Virus Infections
Slow Virus Diseases
Immune System Diseases
HIV Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Infection
Retroviridae Infections
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes

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