A Phase I/II Trial to Assess the Safety and Tolerance of Escalating Doses of a Human Anti-Cytomegalovirus Monoclonal Antibody (SDZ MSL-109) in Patients With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and CMV Retinitis

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Brief Summary:

To determine the safety and tolerance of 3 dosage levels of human anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) monoclonal antibody (SDZ MSL-109) when administered once every 2 weeks for a total of 8 doses during the maintenance phase of ganciclovir (DHPG) therapy to patients with AIDS and documented evidence of CMV retinitis. In addition for those patients with positive CMV cultures upon entry into this trial a preliminary attempt will be made to assess the potential in vivo antiviral effects of the concomitant administration of DHPG and SDZ MSL-109.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis; HIV Infections	Drug: Sevirumab	Phase 1

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Study Type :	Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Primary Purpose:	Treatment
Official Title:	A Phase I/II Trial to Assess the Safety and Tolerance of Escalating Doses of a Human Anti-Cytomegalovirus Monoclonal Antibody (SDZ MSL-109) in Patients With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and CMV Retinitis

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Outcome Measures

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

• Zidovudine (AZT) < 600 mg/day.
• Experimental maintenance or prophylactic therapy with an approved therapeutic agent for a non-viral opportunistic infection.
• Trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole (TMP / SMX).
• Pyrimethamine / sulfadoxine.
• Aerosolized pentamidine.
• Ketoconazole.
• Flucytosine (5-FC).
• Antituberculosis therapy.

Concurrent Treatment:

Allowed:

• Maintenance phase of ganciclovir (DHPG) therapy.

Patients must have:

• AIDS with documented ophthalmologic findings consistent with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis whose retinal lesions are less than 750 microns from the fovea and who have visual symptoms of CMV retinitis.
• Completed the treatment induction phase with ganciclovir (DHPG) and be about to participate in the maintenance phase DHPG therapy.
• Expected survival of = or > 6 months.
• Willingness and ability to give written informed consent. A copy of the signed and witnessed consent form must be maintained with the investigator's study files.
• Seropositive for the presence of circulating anti-CMV immunoglobulin.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:

• Significant pulmonary dysfunction.
• Uncontrolled or unstable diabetes.
• Significant cardiovascular disease including uncontrolled hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, angina pectoris, or a history of myocardial infarction within one year of entry into the study.
• Coagulation or hemorrhagic disorders.
• Any active severe opportunistic infection.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

• Therapy with amphotericin B or fluconazole.
• Any other investigational drug.
• Biologicals including immunoglobulin therapy, granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating-factor (GM-CSF), erythropoietin alpha, or any interleukin.

Patients with the following are excluded:

• Any significant organ system dysfunction as described in Exclusion Co-existing Conditions.
• Any other severe concomitant clinical condition.

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry:

• Therapy with amphotericin B or fluconazole.
• Any other investigational drug.
• Biologicals including immunoglobulin therapy, granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), erythropoietin alpha, or any interleukin.
• Excluded:
• Prior treatment with monoclonal antibodies derived from any animal species.

Prior Treatment:

Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry:

• Major surgery.

Contacts and Locations

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Locations

United States, Massachusetts
Harvard (Massachusetts Gen Hosp)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
United States, Texas
Univ TX Galveston Med Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States, 77550

Sponsors and Collaborators

Sandoz

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Publications:

Tolpin M, Pollard R, Tierney M, Nokta M, Wood D, Hirsch M. Combination therapy of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis with a human monoclonal anti-CMV antibody (SDZ MSL 109) and either ganciclovir (DHPG) or foscarnet (PFA). Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):54 (abstract no WS-B11-2)

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00002016 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	071B; Study No B103
First Posted:	August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted:	June 24, 2005
Last Verified:	April 1993

Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:

Retinitis; Ganciclovir; Cytomegalovirus	Cytomegalovirus Infections; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Antibodies, Monoclonal

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

HIV Infections; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Retinitis; Cytomegalovirus Retinitis; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Slow Virus Diseases	Retinal Diseases; Eye Diseases; Cytomegalovirus Infections; Herpesviridae Infections; DNA Virus Infections; Eye Infections, Viral; Eye Infections; Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Immunologic Factors; Physiological Effects of Drugs