A Multi-Center Clinical Trial To Evaluate Azidothymidine (AZT) in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Patients With AIDS Post First Episode PCP - Full Text View

Purpose

To examine the dose of zidovudine (AZT) that was used in the first placebo-controlled study of AZT in AIDS patients as well as a lower dose of AZT in order to determine if the lower dose results in less harmful side effects while still being effective. Previous studies have shown the effectiveness of AZT in AIDS therapy. AZT has been effective in test tube studies at varying doses. There is a need to see if lower doses result in effective therapy with less harmful side effects.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
HIV Infections	Drug: Zidovudine	Phase 3


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	A Multi-Center Clinical Trial To Evaluate Azidothymidine (AZT) in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Patients With AIDS Post First Episode PCP

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS

Drug Information available for: Zidovudine

Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Pneumocystosis

U.S. FDA Resources

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


Estimated Enrollment:	482
Study Completion Date:	May 1990

Detailed Description:

Previous studies have shown the effectiveness of AZT in AIDS therapy. AZT has been effective in test tube studies at varying doses. There is a need to see if lower doses result in effective therapy with less harmful side effects.

Patients are assigned at random to one of two treatment programs: (1) 1 dose of AZT given orally (PO) for 6 doses per day; (2) 2 doses of AZT PO for 4 weeks followed by 1 dose PO for the remainder of the trial.

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:	12 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

All concomitant medication to minimum and record.
Any approved medications can be used to treat an opportunistic infection.
Dapsone may be used for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
Pyrimethamine - sulfadoxine may be used for toxoplasmosis.
Ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus may be used for maintenance only.
Prophylactic therapy for PCP.

Concurrent Treatment:

Allowed:

Local, limited radiation therapy to isolated Kaposi's sarcoma lesions provided total area is < 5 x 5 cm and a 6-MeV electron beam or 90 kV x-ray = or < 3000 rads total is used.

Patients must have:

HIV seropositivity as confirmed by any federally licensed ELISA test kit.
Allowed:
Malignancy in past which has been in complete remission for 1 year without therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with active opportunistic infections will be excluded.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

Aspirin on a regular basis or beyond 72 hours without contacting investigator.
Cimetidine.
Flurazepam.
Indomethacin.
Ranitidine.
Probenecid.

Patients with the following are excluded:

Status post-Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with symptomatic visceral Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) or progression of KS within the month prior to study entry.
Other concurrent neoplasms other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
Requiring blood transfusions > once per month. Last transfusion cannot have been given within 7 days of entry.
Active substance abuse. Unwilling to sign informed consent or to be followed at medical center where enrolled for duration of study and follow-up if necessary.

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry:

Treatment for acute Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
Other antiretroviral agents, immunomodulating agents, or corticosteroids.

Prior Treatment:

Excluded within 30 days of study entry:

Radiation therapy or cytotoxic chemotherapy for Kaposi's sarcoma.

Required:

Patients must be at least 2 weeks post- therapy status for acute Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00000700

Locations


United States, California
Los Angeles County - USC Med Ctr
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
UCLA CARE Ctr
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr
San Diego, California, United States, 921036325
San Francisco AIDS Clinic / San Francisco Gen Hosp
San Francisco, California, United States, 941102859
Stanford at Kaiser / Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
Stanford Univ School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States, 94305
United States, Florida
Univ of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States, 331361013
United States, Louisiana
Charity Hosp / Tulane Univ Med School
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
Louisiana State Univ Med Ctr / Tulane Med School
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
Tulane Univ School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
United States, Maryland
Johns Hopkins Hosp
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
United States, Massachusetts
Harvard (Massachusetts Gen Hosp)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Beth Israel Deaconess - West Campus
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
United States, Minnesota
Univ of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
United States, New York
Bronx Municipal Hosp Ctr/Jacobi Med Ctr
Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
Jack Weiler Hosp / Bronx Municipal Hosp
Bronx, New York, United States, 10465
Montefiore Med Ctr / Bronx Municipal Hosp
Bronx, New York, United States, 10467
Bronx Veterans Administration / Mount Sinai Hosp
Bronx, New York, United States, 10468
City Hosp Ctr at Elmhurst / Mount Sinai Hosp
Elmhurst, New York, United States, 11373
Beth Israel Med Ctr / Peter Krueger Clinic
New York, New York, United States, 10003
Mem Sloan - Kettering Cancer Ctr
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Mount Sinai Med Ctr
New York, New York, United States, 10029
Univ of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
SUNY / State Univ of New York
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
United States, North Carolina
Duke Univ Med Ctr
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
United States, Pennsylvania
Univ of Pittsburgh Med School
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
United States, Washington
Univ of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Investigators


Study Chair:	Fischl M

More Information

Publications:

Fischl M, Parker CB, Pettinelli C, Wulfsohn M, Rasheed S. The efficacy and safety of a lower dose of zidovudine in the treatment of patients with AIDS-associated PCP. Int Conf AIDS. 1990 Jun 20-23;6(1):138 (abstract no ThB20)

De Gruttola V, Wulfsohn M, Fischl MA, Tsiatis A. Modeling the relationship between survival and CD4 lymphocytes in patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1993 Apr;6(4):359-65.

McMahon DK, Winkelstein A, Armstrong JA, Pazin GJ, Hawk H, Ho M. Zidovudine therapy is associated with an increased capacity of phytohemagglutinin-stimulated cells to express interleukin-2 receptors. Pittsburgh AIDS Clinical Trial Unit. AIDS. 1991 May;5(5):491-6.

Richman DD, Grimes JM, Lagakos SW. Effect of stage of disease and drug dose on zidovudine susceptibilities of isolates of human immunodeficiency virus. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1990;3(8):743-6.

Wulfsohn M, Fischl M, Tsiatis A. Predictors of survival among patients with AIDS receiving zidovudine. Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24;8(2):C314 (abstract no PoC 4419)

Rinaldo C, Huang XL, Piazza P, Armstrong J, Rappocciolo G, Pazin G, McMahon D, Gupta P, Fan Z, Zhang Z, et al. Augmentation of cellular immune function during the early phase of zidovudine treatment of AIDS patients. J Infect Dis. 1991 Oct;164(4):638-45.

Fischl MA, Parker CB, Pettinelli C, Wulfsohn M, Hirsch MS, Collier AC, Antoniskis D, Ho M, Richman DD, Fuchs E, et al. A randomized controlled trial of a reduced daily dose of zidovudine in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The AIDS Clinical Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 1990 Oct 11;323(15):1009-14.

Unadkat JD, Collier AC, Crosby SS, Cummings D, Opheim KE, Corey L. Pharmacokinetics of oral zidovudine (azidothymidine) in patients with AIDS when administered with and without a high-fat meal. AIDS. 1990 Mar;4(3):229-32.

Coombs RW, Collier AC, Allain JP, Nikora B, Leuther M, Gjerset GF, Corey L. Plasma viremia in human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med. 1989 Dec 14;321(24):1626-31.

Winkelstein A, McMahon D, Hawk H, Armstrong JA, Pazin GJ, Ho M. AZT therapy is associated with an increased capacity of PHA-stimulated cells to express IL-2 receptors (IL-2R). Int Conf AIDS. 1989 Jun 4-9;5:281 (abstract no MBP355)


Responsible Party:	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00000700 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	ACTG 002 10978 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
First Submitted:	November 2, 1999
First Posted:	August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted:	March 17, 2014
Last Verified:	February 2012

Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):


United States AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Zidovudine

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Infection Communicable Diseases HIV Infections Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immune System Diseases	Slow Virus Diseases Zidovudine Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Anti-HIV Agents