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HIV InfectionsNCT00002279

A Study of ddC in Patients With AIDS or Advanced AIDS-Related Complex (ARC) Who Have Not Had Success With Zidovudine (AZT)

A study testing Zalcitabine in people with HIV Infections, run by Hoffmann-La Roche at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

AMENDED: To provide ddC for patients with AIDS or advanced ARC who have failed treatment with, are intolerant to or are ineligible to receive zidovudine (AZT) and to demonstrate that ddC monotherapy is safe, and tolerable in this patient population. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 12 years and older
Conditions the study is for
HIV Infections
What is being tested?
Zalcitabine
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Start not givento not given
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 12 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Recommended:
  • Aerosolized Pentamidine or other prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
  • Allowed:
  • Drugs or treatments that could cause other serious additive toxicity when coadministered with study medication will be allowed for treatment of an acute intercurrent illness or opportunistic infection at the discretion of the investigator.
  • Isoniazid, if there is no evidence of peripheral neuropathy at entry and the patient is taking pyridoxine = or > 50 mg/day.
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  • Metronidazole, only with a study drug interruption; neurological exam should be performed before and after treatment with metronidazole and ddC restarted only if there are no signs, symptoms or neurological findings suggestive of peripheral neuropathy.
  • It is recommended that patients requiring amphotericin, pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, intravenous trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole, ganciclovir, intravenous pentamidine, intravenous acyclovir or acyclovir = or > 1000 mg/day orally or other bone marrow or renal toxic drugs have an interruption of ddC until they are stable for two weeks on a maintenance dose of the above medications and only then can ddC be restarted.
  • Patients on amphotericin, pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole, ganciclovir, intravenous acyclovir or acyclovir = or > 1000 mg/day orally or other bone marrow or renal toxic drugs may not tolerate concomitant ddC.
  • If these drugs are given concomitantly with ddC, patients should have frequent (weekly) laboratory assessments, as appropriate.
  • Drugs that are nephrotoxic or have the potential to cause peripheral neuropathy might be expected to cause increased toxicity when co-administered with ddC.
  • Concurrent Treatment:
  • Allowed:
  • Radiation therapy with dideoxycytidine (ddC) interruption until stable for 2 weeks on treatment.
  • AMENDED:
  • Treatment categories are now:
  • AZT treatment failure. AZT intolerance. AZT ineligibility
  • Original design:
  • Patients must have a diagnosis of AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC) and fall into one of the following 2 categories:
  • Zidovudine (AZT) treatment failure and dideoxyinosine (ddI) intolerance or AZT intolerance and ddI intolerance. Under 18 years of age must have the consent of a parent or guardian.

Who cannot join

  • Co-existing Condition:
  • Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
  • Any history of peripheral neuropathy due to any cause, even if peripheral neuropathy was not the reason for discontinuation of other anti-HIV therapy.
  • Any finding suggestive of peripheral neuropathy found at neurological exam. If patient has an isolated finding of an absent achilles reflex he may be entered if no signs or symptoms and no other findings are suggestive of peripheral neuropathy.
  • Neoplasms other than Kaposi's sarcoma or basal cell carcinoma.
  • Concurrent Medication:
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  • Excluded:
  • Other experimental drugs.
  • Other retroviral nucleoside analogs.
  • Immunomodulators Systemic corticosteroids.
  • Drugs with known nephrotoxic or hepatotoxic potential.
  • Drugs likely to cause peripheral neuropathy.
  • Avoid due to potential to cause peripheral neuropathy:
  • Chloramphenicol.
  • Iodoquinol.
  • Phenytoin.
  • Ethionamide.
  • Gold.
  • Ribavirin.
  • Vincristine.
  • Cisplatin.
  • Dapsone.
  • Disulfiram.
  • Glutethimide.
  • Hydralazine.
  • Nitrofurantoin.
  • Patients with the following are excluded:
  • Any history of peripheral neuropathy due to any cause.
  • Any finding suggestive of peripheral neuropathy found at baseline neurological exam.
  • Neoplasms other than Kaposi's sarcoma or basal cell carcinoma.
  • Unwillingness or deemed unable to sign informed consent.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Hoffmann - La Roche Inc

    Nutley, New Jersey, 071101199

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About this study

Official title: Dideoxycytidine (Ro 24-2027). An Open-Label, Safety Study of Dideoxycytidine (ddC) in Patients With AIDS or Advanced ARC Who Cannot Be Maintained on Zidovudine (AZT) Therapy

AMENDED: To provide ddC for patients with AIDS or advanced ARC who have failed treatment with, are intolerant to or are ineligible to receive zidovudine (AZT) and to demonstrate that ddC monotherapy is safe, and tolerable in this patient population.

Original design: To provide zalcitabine (dideoxycytidine; ddC) for patients with AIDS or advanced AIDS-related complex (ARC) who have failed treatment with or are intolerant to zidovudine (AZT) and who are also intolerant to dideoxyinosine (ddI); to demonstrate that ddC monotherapy is safe and tolerable in the treatment of patients who previously experienced either treatment failure, hematologic intolerance or myositis with AZT treatment and pancreatitis or other toxicities (except peripheral neuropathy with ddI).

Read the detailed description

The first 50 patients enrolled into the study will be with investigators having prior ddC experience, specifically AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), or non-ACTG investigators who are listed in ddC protocols NIAID ACTG 012, 112, 047, 050, 106 (N3447), 114 (N3300), 119 (N3492), N3226, or investigators at any ACTG center or ACTG satellite centers with knowledge of ddC therapy.

Once all 50 patients have been entered and 25 have completed four weeks of treatment the study will be dependent upon receipt of completed case forms up to week #4 of treatment for the 25 patients who have been reviewed and evaluated for safety.

Patients 51-200 may then be entered by any physician licensed in his or her state who has experience with AIDS patients and agrees to follow the patients as specified in the protocol. After all 200 have been entered and week #16 case report forms are returned to the ddC Coordinating Center and reviewed for safety for 100 of the 200 patients, the protocol would be open without limit on numbers of patients.

Conditions
HIV Infections
Being tested
Zalcitabine
Keywords
Zalcitabine, Didanosine, Drugs, Investigational, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS-Related Complex, Zidovudine
Medical subject headings
HIV Infections, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS-Related Complex

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ZalcitabineDrug

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Aug 2001 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (open label)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00002279
Sponsor's protocol ID
031B
Other IDs
N3544C
Status last verified
Oct 1991
First submitted
2 Nov 1999
Last updated
24 Jun 2005
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Abrams D, Goldman A, Launer C, Korvick J, Crane L, Deyton L. Results of a randomized open-label comparison trial of ddI and ddC in HIV infected patients who are intolerant of or have failed ZDV therapy; CPCRA 002. The Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS. Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):67 (abstract no WS-B24-4)

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Zalcitabine in people with HIV Infections, run by Hoffmann-La Roche at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 20 inclusion and 31 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Jun 2005. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00002279, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Jun 2005.

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