A Pilot Study of Fluconazole Plus Flucytosine for the Treatment of AIDS Patients With Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis. - Full Text View

Purpose

To evaluate and estimate the safety and efficacy of the combination of fluconazole and flucytosine as treatment for acute cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS.

Fluconazole and flucytosine have different mechanisms of action. Since fluconazole has not been associated with hematologic suppression and does not produce renal impairment that can result in higher serum flucytosine levels, this combination may be better tolerated than is amphotericin B plus flucytosine.

Condition	Intervention
Meningitis, Cryptococcal HIV Infections	Drug: Flucytosine Drug: Fluconazole


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	A Pilot Study of Fluconazole Plus Flucytosine for the Treatment of AIDS Patients With Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis.

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS Meningitis

Drug Information available for: Flucytosine Fluconazole

Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Cryptococcosis

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:


Estimated Enrollment:	64

Detailed Description:

Fluconazole and flucytosine have different mechanisms of action. Since fluconazole has not been associated with hematologic suppression and does not produce renal impairment that can result in higher serum flucytosine levels, this combination may be better tolerated than is amphotericin B plus flucytosine.

Patients in each cohort receive a lower dose of fluconazole alone or in combination with flucytosine, or a higher dose of fluconazole alone. Doses in subsequent cohorts are escalated if safety data in the previous cohort is satisfactory. Patients are evaluated weekly for the first 4 weeks and every 2 weeks thereafter. Therapy continues until 8 weeks after the CSF becomes culture negative, up to a maximum of 26 weeks.

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

Antiviral therapy (AZT, DHPG).
Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Treatment for intercurrent opportunistic infection.

Concurrent Treatment:

Allowed:

Radiation therapy for mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.

Patients must have:

AIDS.
Evidence of Cryptococcal neoformans in culture or lumbar CSF OR clinical and CSF findings compatible with cryptococcal meningitis.
No evidence of acute or chronic meningitis of any etiology other than cryptococcosis.
Life expectancy of at least 2 weeks.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

Prior antiviral therapy (AZT, DHPG).
Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

Relapsing on maintenance triazole therapy for cryptococcal meningitis.
Unable to take oral medication.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

Concomitant use of any antifungal agent other than study drug.

Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:

History of allergy to or intolerance of imidazoles, azoles, or flucytosine.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

More than 1 mg/kg amphotericin B.
Systemic antifungal agents within 7 days prior to study entry.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002113

Locations


United States, California
Los Angeles County - USC Med Ctr
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
UCI Med Ctr
Orange, California, United States, 92668
UCSD Med Ctr - Owen Clinic
San Diego, California, United States, 921038681

Sponsors and Collaborators

Pfizer

More Information

Publications:

Larsen RA, Bozzette SA, Jones BE, Haghighat D, Leal MA, Forthal D, Bauer M, Tilles JG, McCutchan JA, Leedom JM. Fluconazole combined with flucytosine for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Oct;19(4):741-5.


ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00002113 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	213A R-0202
Study First Received:	November 2, 1999
Last Updated:	June 23, 2005

Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:


Meningitis Cryptococcosis Drug Therapy, Combination	Fluconazole Flucytosine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


HIV Infections Meningitis Meningitis, Cryptococcal Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Meningitis, Fungal Central Nervous System Fungal Infections	Mycoses Cryptococcosis Central Nervous System Infections Fluconazole Flucytosine Antifungal Agents Anti-Infective Agents 14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors Hormone Antagonists Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs

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