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Neonatal CMV-Ganciclovir Follow-up Study
This study has been completed.
First Received: March 6, 2002   Last Updated: July 24, 2008   History of Changes
Sponsored by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Information provided by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00031421
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to document the developments associated with puberty and determine if any of the children who previously participated in another research study have been diagnosed with cancer. The previous study was a Collaborative Antiviral Study Group (CASG) protocol entitled "Evaluation of Ganciclovir (DHPG) for the Treatment of Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections." One of the medications used in this study to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV), ganciclovir, has been known to cause cancer and affect the development of gonads (ovaries in females and testes in males) when administered to animals. Children, 9-14 years old, who participated in the previous research study, will participate in this study for 1 day.

Subjects will be evaluated by an endocrinologist and will have the following procedures performed: a complete physical examination, a single blood sample collected, an x-ray of the left wrist.


Condition
Cytomegalovirus Infections

Study Type: Observational
Official Title: A Follow-up Assessment of Subjects Who Received Ganciclovir (Dihydroxypropoxymethyl Guanine [DHPG]) During the Phase I/II Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ganciclovir Treatment for Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections

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Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):

Estimated Enrollment: 8
Study Start Date: September 2001
Estimated Study Completion Date: November 2005
Detailed Description:

Ganciclovir has been shown to be carcinogenic, teratogenic, and gonadal toxic in animal models. Mice treated with ganciclovir experienced an increase in the incidence of tumors of the preputial gland (males), harderian gland (males), forestomach (males and females), ovaries (females), uterus (females), mammary gland (females), clitoral gland (females), vagina (females), and liver (females). While the preputial and clitoral glands, forestomach, and harderian glands of mice do not have human counterparts, ganciclovir is considered a potential carcinogen in humans. Animal data indicate that administration of ganciclovir causes inhibition of spermatogenesis and subsequent infertility, possibly due to inhibition of rapidly dividing cell populations including spermatogonia. In the animal models, these effects were reversible at lower doses and irreversible at higher doses. In both male and female mice, ganciclovir has been shown to cause decreased fertility. Gonadal toxicity in rats, mice, and dogs included testicular atrophy in males and, more variable, ovarian atrophy in females. There are no data in humans that demonstrate these effects following treatment with ganciclovir. This study seeks to formally establish the overall sexual development, cancer incidence, and pubertal status of those study subjects who previously received six weeks of ganciclovir as they now approach puberty. The original study was performed from 1986 to 1991, and therefore subjects who were enrolled are now nine to fourteen years of age.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   9 Years to 14 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Children who received ganciclovir during the earlier study ("Evaluation of Ganciclovir (DHPG) for the Treatment of Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections), and if the parent or legal guardian signs an informed consent and the child signs an assent (where appropriate).

Exclusion Criteria:

Any individuals not previously enrolled in the CASG protocol titled "Evaluation of Ganciclovir (DHPG) for the Treatment of Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections"

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00031421

Locations
United States, Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
Sponsors and Collaborators
  More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: 01-489, CASG 108
Study First Received: March 6, 2002
Last Updated: July 24, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00031421     History of Changes
Health Authority: Unspecified

Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
CMV, cytomegalovirus, children, ganciclovir

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Virus Diseases
Congenital Cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Ganciclovir
DNA Virus Infections
Antiviral Agents
Cytomegalovirus
Herpesviridae Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Virus Diseases
Anti-Infective Agents
Communicable Diseases
Therapeutic Uses
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Ganciclovir
DNA Virus Infections
Infection
Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Herpesviridae Infections

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