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临床试验/NCT00002030
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An Open Label Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Aerosol Pentamidine in the Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in AIDS Patients

Fisons2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家开始时间: 2001年8月31日最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
发起方
Fisons
试验地点
2

研究概览

简要总结

To evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of long term, bi-weekly administration of aerosol pentamidine when used as a prophylactic agent in patients who have had at least two or more episodes of AIDS-associated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Zidovudine (AZT).
  • Standard or experimental treatments for an opportunistic infection or neoplasm (including aerosolized or intravenous pentamidine) that develops during the study.
  • Concurrent Treatment:
  • Any standard or experimental treatment for an opportunistic infection or neoplasm that develops during the study.
  • Patients must have AIDS with at least one cytologically or histologically proven episode of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
  • Patients must be free of acute medical problems.
  • Prior Medication:
  • Zidovudine (AZT).

排除标准

  • Co-existing Condition:
  • Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
  • Requiring ongoing active therapy for an opportunistic infection at the time of study entry.
  • Toxoplasmosis.
  • Cryptococcus.
  • Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma (KS).
  • Asthma poorly controlled by medication.
  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Pentamidine by any route other than aerosolized or intravenous or any other experimental agent for chemoprophylaxis of PCP while on the study (e.g.:
  • Septra, Fansidar, Dapsone, or eflornithine).
  • Concurrent Treatment:
  • Transfusion dependency defined as > 1 blood transfusion per month.
  • Patients with the following are excluded:
  • Requiring ongoing active therapy for an opportunistic infection (O.I.) at the time of entry or having either Toxoplasmosis or cryptococcosis at entry.
  • Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma (KS).
  • Active substance abuse by patients who cannot comply with study procedures.
  • Unwilling to sign informed consent.
  • In the opinion of the investigator cannot cooperate with study procedure.
  • Asthma poorly controlled by medication.
  • Patients may not receive pentamidine by any other route than aerosolized or intravenous or any other experimental agent for chemoprophylaxis of PCP while on the study (e.g.:
  • Septra, Fansidar, Dapsone, or eflornithine).
  • Prior Medication:
  • Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
  • Antiretroviral agents, excluding zidovudine (AZT).
  • Immunomodulating agents.
  • Corticosteroids.
  • Prior Treatment:
  • Excluded within 7 days of study entry:
  • Blood transfusion.
  • Excluded:
  • Requiring ongoing active treatments for an opportunistic infection at time of study entry.
  • Active substance abuse by patients who cannot comply with study procedures.

研究者

发起方
Fisons
申办方类型
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