Treatment and Suppression of Hairy Leukoplakia in ARC Patients With Oral Acyclovir (ACV)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002026 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted
: June 24, 2005
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Leukoplakia, Hairy HIV Infections | Drug: Acyclovir | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Treatment and Suppression of Hairy Leukoplakia in ARC Patients With Oral Acyclovir (ACV) |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
Allowed:
- Topical antifungal therapy.
Patient must have:
- Newly diagnosed clinical and histological hairy leukoplakia.
- Positive HIV antibody by licensed ELISA or Western blot.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with AIDS or a history of intolerance or allergy to acyclovir are excluded.
Concurrent Medication:
Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry:
- Systemic antifungal treatment.
- Excluded within 6 weeks of study entry:
- Immunomodulators.
- Systemic antiviral treatment.
Patients with AIDS or a history of intolerance or allergy to acyclovir are excluded.
Prior Medication:
Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry:
- Systemic antifungal.
- Excluded within 6 weeks of study entry:
- Immunomodulators.
- Systemic antiviral treatment.
- Excluded within 8 weeks of study entry:
- Zidovudine (AZT) or other antiretroviral therapy.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002026
United States, California | |
Univ of Southern California / LA County USC Med Ctr | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 900331079 |
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002026 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
033A 179 |
First Posted: | August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 24, 2005 |
Last Verified: | May 1990 |
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Leukoplakia, Oral Herpesvirus 4, Human Acyclovir AIDS-Related Complex |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Leukoplakia Leukoplakia, Hairy Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Precancerous Conditions Neoplasms |
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Epstein-Barr Virus Infections Herpesviridae Infections DNA Virus Infections Leukoplakia, Oral Mouth Neoplasms Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Mouth Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases Acyclovir Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents |