Emtricitabine Given Once A Day With Other Anti-HIV Drugs in Children With HIV
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00017992 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified March 2003 by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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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HIV Infections | Drug: Lopinavir/Ritonavir Drug: Emtricitabine Drug: Stavudine | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Open-Label Study of a Once Daily Dose of Emtricitabine in Combination With Other Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Pediatric Patients |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Months to 17 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
Children may be eligible for this study if they:
- Are at least 3 months old and no older than 17 years of age. This is the age the child needs to be at the time they begin the study.
- Are HIV positive.
- Weigh more than 5.5 pounds. A newborn child must have reached at least 38 weeks of gestation.
- Have or have not taken anti-HIV drugs. Those that have not must have a viral load between 5,000 and 500,000 copies/ml at screening. Those that have must have been taking anti-HIV drugs, including lamivudine, for at least 3 months and have a viral load of no more than 400 copies/ml at screening.
- Have a CD4 count of more than 200 cells/mm3.
- Have written consent from parent or guardian.
- Are willing to use effective birth control during the study and for 1 month after the last dose of emtricitabine, if sexually active.
Exclusion Criteria
Children will not be eligible for this study if they:
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Cannot follow the visit or dosing schedule or are not available for 1 year.
- Have taken experimental drugs or vaccines (except for emivirine and experimental forms of approved drugs) within 30 days of study start.
- Have nerve damage in their arms or legs.
- Have trouble eating or taking drugs.
- Have serious diarrhea within 30 days before study entry.
- Have had any serious illness within 30 days of study screening. Any treatment must have been finished 14 days before study entry.
- Have had an AIDS-related (opportunistic) disease within 12 months of screening.
- Are being treated for tuberculosis.
- Have had pancreatitis.
- Require certain drugs.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00017992
United States, California | |
USC School of Medicine / LA County Med Ctr | Active, not recruiting |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033 | |
United States, Florida | |
Univ of Florida Health Science Ctr / Pediatrics | Active, not recruiting |
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209 | |
Univ of Miami | Active, not recruiting |
Miami, Florida, United States, 331016960 | |
United States, New York | |
Bronx Municipal Hosp Ctr/Jacobi Med Ctr | Active, not recruiting |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10461 | |
New York Hosp / Cornell Med Ctr | Active, not recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 | |
St Luke's - Roosevelt Hosp Ctr | Active, not recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10025 | |
State Univ of New York at Stony Brook | Active, not recruiting |
Stony Brook, New York, United States, 117948111 | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Saint Jude Children's Research Hosp of Memphis | Active, not recruiting |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 381052794 | |
Argentina | |
Fundacion HUES | Active, not recruiting |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Mexico | |
Instituto Mexicano de Investigacion Clinica | Active, not recruiting |
Col Roma, Mexico | |
Panama | |
Hospital del Nino | Active, not recruiting |
Panama City, Panama | |
Puerto Rico | |
Univ of Puerto Rico / Med Science Campus | Active, not recruiting |
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936 | |
South Africa | |
Perinatal HIV Research UNIT | Recruiting |
Diepkloof, South Africa | |
Contact: Dr. Avy Violari 011+27 11 989 9700 violari@mweb.co.za | |
Infectious Diseases Clinincal Trial Unit | Recruiting |
Gaunteng, South Africa | |
Contact: Pauline Francesca Conradie 011+ 27 11 717 2810 francesca_conradie@witshealth.co.za |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00017992 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
298D FTC-203 |
First Posted: | August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 24, 2005 |
Last Verified: | March 2003 |
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
HIV-1 Drug Administration Schedule Stavudine HIV Protease Inhibitors Ritonavir |
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Anti-HIV Agents Pharmacokinetics ABT 378 emtricitabine |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Ritonavir Lopinavir Emtricitabine Stavudine |
Anti-Retroviral Agents HIV Protease Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-HIV Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Antimetabolites |