An Open-Label, Non-Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Tolerability and Safety of Viramune (Nevirapine) in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Progressive HIV Disease

June 23, 2005 updated by: Boehringer Ingelheim
To provide access to Viramune and to evaluate the tolerance and safety of Viramune in patients with progressive, symptomatic HIV disease who failed or are intolerant to currently approved treatment for HIV-1 infection and who are unable to participate in another Viramune controlled clinical trial and have a compelling need for anti-HIV treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Eligible adult patients (>= 13 years of age) will receive treatment with Viramune once daily for 2 weeks and then twice daily. Eligible pediatric patients (< 13 years of age) will receive a lower dose of Viramune once daily for 2 weeks and then twice daily. All patients will receive Viramune with or without concomitant antiretroviral therapy. Patients will be evaluated at weeks 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 and every 8 weeks thereafter.

PER AMENDMENT 01/31/97: Enrollment closed to adult patients. As of 1/31/97 only enrolling pediatric patients.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Connecticut
      • Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States, 06877
        • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

1 day and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

  • Patients > 18 months of age with history of positive serology for HIV-1 infection or patients <= 18 months of age with history of positive viral culture, detectable p24 antigen, or positive peripheral blood mononuclear cell macro culture.
  • Patients >= 13 years of age with a CD4+ cell count <= 200 cells/mm3. Patients < 13 years of age with a CD4% <= 14% or a 50% decrease in CD4% in the past 6 months if the previous CD4% was >=20%.
  • Patient has failed or is intolerant to currently approved treatments for HIV-1 infection and is unable to participate in a controlled viramune clinical trial.
  • Written and informed consent from a parent or guardian for patients < 18 years of age.
  • Patient or guardian is willing and able to follow protocol requirements. (PER AMENDMENT 1/29/97:
  • Enrollment is closed to adults, as of Jan. 29th only pediatric patients will be enrolled.)

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms and conditions are excluded:

Patient qualifies for participation in an actively accruing Viramune controlled clinical trial.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

  • Dicumarol, Warfarin, and other anticoagulant medications.
  • Tolbutamide.
  • Investigational drugs, all protease inhibitors, and all other non-nucleoside transcriptase inhibitors.
  • Neurotoxic drugs.
  • Cimetidine.
  • Erythromycin.

Required:

Patient has failed or is intolerant to currently approved treatments for HIV-1 infection.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Boehringer Ingelheim

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 2, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 30, 2001

First Posted (Estimate)

August 31, 2001

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 24, 2005

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 23, 2005

Last Verified

August 1, 2002

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 200D
  • 1100.859

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