- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00002068
A Multicenter Comparison of Fluconazole (UK-49,858) and Amphotericin B as Treatment for Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Saint Michael's Hosp
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California
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San Francisco, California, United States, 94114
- Davies Med Ctr
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Delaware
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19899
- Christiana Hosp / Med Ctr of Delaware
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Florida
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Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
- Univ of South Florida
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Maryland
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 212011192
- Univ of Maryland / Inst of Human Virology
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Michigan
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Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
- Henry Ford Hosp
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10037
- Harlem AIDS Treatment Group / Harlem Hosp Ctr
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Tennessee
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38163
- Univ of Tennessee
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
Allowed:
- Immunosuppressant therapy.
- Antiviral therapy such as zidovudine.
- Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Concurrent Treatment:
Allowed:
- Radiation therapy for mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.
Written informed consent must be obtained for each patient, either from the patient himself or from the patient's legal guardian.
- No prior systemic antifungal therapy for cryptococcosis.
- Relapse after prior therapy.
- Success of prior therapy must have been documented by negative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture at the end of therapy. Following prior therapy, such patients may not have received more than 1 mg/kg/wk amphotericin B in the 4 weeks before entry into study.
Prior Medication:
Allowed:
- Immunosuppressant therapy.
- Antiviral therapy such as zidovudine.
- Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following are excluded:
- Evidence of acute or chronic meningitis based upon any etiology other than cryptococcosis.
- History of allergy to or intolerance of imidazoles, azoles, or amphotericin B.
- Moderate or severe liver disease.
- Comatose.
- Unlikely to survive more than 2 weeks.
Concurrent Medication:
Excluded within 4 weeks of study entry:
- Greater than 1 mg/kg/wk amphotericin B.
- Coumadin-type anticoagulants.
- Oral hypoglycemics.
- Barbiturates.
- Phenytoin.
- Immunostimulants.
- Investigational drugs or approved (licensed) drugs for investigational indications.
Concurrent Treatment:
Excluded:
- Lymphocyte replacement.
Patients with the following are excluded:
- Evidence of acute or chronic meningitis based upon any etiology other than cryptococcosis.
- History of allergy to or intolerance of imidazoles, azoles, or amphotericin B.
- Moderate or severe liver disease.
- Comatose.
- Unlikely to survive more than 2 weeks.
Prior Medication:
Excluded within 4 weeks of study entry:
- Greater than 1 mg/kg/wk amphotericin B.
- Coumadin-type anticoagulants.
- Oral hypoglycemics.
- Barbiturates.
- Phenytoin.
- Immunostimulants.
- Investigational drugs or approved (licensed) drugs for investigational indications.
Prior Treatment:
Excluded:
- Lymphocyte replacement.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Nervous System Diseases
- Infections
- Central Nervous System Infections
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
- Mycoses
- Meningitis, Fungal
- Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
- Cryptococcosis
- Meningitis
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
- Hormone Antagonists
- Antifungal Agents
- Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors
- Antiprotozoal Agents
- Antiparasitic Agents
- Amebicides
- 14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
- Fluconazole
- Amphotericin B
- Liposomal amphotericin B
Other Study ID Numbers
- 012H
- 056-159B
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