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An Open-Label, Staggered Rising Dose Cohort Study Assessing the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerance of BI-RG-587 in Combination With Zidovudine in Patients With HIV Infection (CD4+ Cell Count < 400/mm3)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000649
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : July 30, 2008
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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Brief Summary:

To assess the safety and tolerance of multiple oral doses of nevirapine in combination with zidovudine (AZT); to get information on the pharmacokinetics (blood levels) and dose proportionality of nevirapine/AZT with multiple dosing; to characterize the pattern of virological activity in vivo (in humans) of nevirapine in combination with AZT; to determine whether development of resistance to either drug is slowed by the use of the combination.

Drugs now used in treatment for patients with AIDS show some toxicity which limits their usefulness. In addition, with long-term treatment with AZT, there is evidence of virus resistance to the drug. Compounds that are more effective and less toxic than those in present use would be beneficial, especially if they are active against AZT-resistant viruses. Nevirapine has shown in vitro (test tube studies) activity in inhibiting HIV replication (reproduction). In vitro studies have shown that nevirapine and AZT work together to inhibit HIV replication.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
HIV Infections Drug: Nevirapine Drug: Zidovudine Phase 1

Detailed Description:

Drugs now used in treatment for patients with AIDS show some toxicity which limits their usefulness. In addition, with long-term treatment with AZT, there is evidence of virus resistance to the drug. Compounds that are more effective and less toxic than those in present use would be beneficial, especially if they are active against AZT-resistant viruses. Nevirapine has shown in vitro (test tube studies) activity in inhibiting HIV replication (reproduction). In vitro studies have shown that nevirapine and AZT work together to inhibit HIV replication.

Groups of 10 patients are studied at each of three dose levels. Five patients at each dose level have less than 3 months of prior AZT treatment; five patients at each dose level have at least 12 months of previous AZT treatment and tolerated an AZT regimen of 600 mg/day (200 mg every 8 hours). At least 24 patient-weeks of treatment with the combination treatment must be completed without requiring dose interruption before the next dosage level can be started. All 30 patients must be enrolled at a lower dosage level before a higher dosage level is started. Patients begin treatment with AZT. 14 days later, patients begin treatment with nevirapine in addition to the AZT. After 24 weeks, patients have the option to continue long-term treatment with either nevirapine or standard treatment.


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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Enrollment : 30 participants
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Open-Label, Staggered Rising Dose Cohort Study Assessing the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerance of BI-RG-587 in Combination With Zidovudine in Patients With HIV Infection (CD4+ Cell Count < 400/mm3)

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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: Included:

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis (other than sulfamethoxazole alone or in combination with other medications).

  • Antifungal prophylaxis with oral fluconazole or ketoconazole.
  • Antiviral prophylaxis with a maximum of 1 g/day oral acyclovir.

Patients must have the following:

  • HIV infection.
  • Ability to voluntarily provide written informed consent prior to treatment.
  • Willing and able to follow protocol requirements.
  • Patients with nonvisceral Kaposi's sarcoma or with visceral Kaposi's sarcoma not requiring chemotherapy and/or irradiation may be included.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:

  • Radiographic evidence of chronic pulmonary disease.
  • Cytomegalovirus disease.
  • Toxoplasmosis encephalitis requiring suppressive therapy.
  • Mycobacteriosis requiring maintenance chemotherapy.
  • Visceral Kaposi's sarcoma requiring chemotherapy and/or irradiation.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

  • Glucocorticoids and steroid hormones (including oral contraceptives).
  • Dicumarol, warfarin, and other anticoagulant medications.
  • Nitroglycerin.
  • Digitoxin.
  • Valproic acid.
  • Tolbutamide.
  • Doxycycline.
  • Chloramphenicol.
  • Isoniazid.
  • Antiepileptics (Phenobarbital and other barbiturates).
  • Sulfonamides.

Excluded for up to 4 hours before and 4 hours after administration of drug 2:

  • Antacids.
  • Cimetidine.
  • Carafate.
  • Cholestyramine resin.
  • Alcohol and alcohol-containing substances.
  • Benzodiazepines (diazepam, triazolam).

Patients with the following are excluded:

  • History of clinically important disease (defined as a disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the patient at risk because of participation in the study or a disease that may influence the results of the study or the patient's ability to participate in the study) other than HIV infection.
  • Malignancy other than Kaposi's sarcoma or limited cutaneous basal cell carcinoma.

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 4 weeks prior to administration of study drug 2:

  • Antiretroviral (other than zidovudine (AZT)), immunosuppressive, or cytotoxic drugs.
  • Glucocorticoids and steroid hormones (including oral contraceptives).
  • Dicumarol, warfarin, and other anticoagulant medications.
  • Nitroglycerin.
  • Digitoxin.
  • Valproic acid.
  • Tolbutamide.
  • Doxycycline.
  • Chloramphenicol Isoniazid.
  • Antiepileptics (Phenobarbital and other barbiturates).
  • Sulfonamides.
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Locations
United States, Alabama
Cooper Green Hosp
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
United States, California
Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr
San Diego, California, United States, 921036325
United States, Massachusetts
Univ of Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655
Sponsors and Collaborators
Boehringer Ingelheim
Investigators
Study Chair: Sarah Cheeseman
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Publications:
Cheeseman SH. Nevirapine (NVP) alone and in combination with zidovudine (ZDV): safety and activity. The ACTG 164/168 Study Team. Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24;8(1):Mo15 (abstract no MoB 0053)
Murphy RL, Montaner J. Nevirapine: A review of its development, pharmacological profile and potential for clinical use. Exp Opin Invest Drugs. 1996;5(9): 1183-1199
Havlir D. Antiviral activity of nevirapine at 400 mg in p24 antigen positive adults. ACTG 164 and 168 Study Teams. Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):69 (abstract no WS-B26-1)
Greenough TC. Quantitative virology: the experience during the nevirapine phase I/II trials. ACTG 164/168 Study Team. Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24;8(2):B192 (abstract no PoB 3610)
Cheeseman SH, Murphy RL, Saag MS, Havlir D. Safety of high dose nevirapine (NVP) after 200 mg/d lead-in. ACTG 164/168 Study Team. Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):487 (abstract no PO-B26-2109)
Hattox S. Pharmacokinetics of nevirapine alone and in combination with zidovudine. The ACTG 164/168 Study Team. Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24;8(2):B185 (abstract no PoB 3591)
Richman DD. Loss of nevirapine activity associated with the emergence of resistance in clinical trials. The ACTG 164/168 Study Team. Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24;8(2):B183 (abstract no PoB 3576)

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000649     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: ACTG 168
00834
First Posted: August 31, 2001    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: July 30, 2008
Last Verified: June 1993

Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Zidovudine
Nevirapine

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infection
Communicable Diseases
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
 Zidovudine
Nevirapine
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
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers