A Study of Megestrol Acetate in HIV-Infected Children

June 23, 2005 updated by: Gamma Project - ACTU

Megestrol Acetate For Failure To Thrive In Pediatric HIV

The purpose of this study is to see if megestrol acetate is safe and effective in treating HIV-infected children with failure to thrive (FTT).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study design is randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled for 12 weeks with open-label drug offered after week 12.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • Puerto Rico
      • San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936
        • Univ of Puerto Rico / Med Science Campus

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

6 months to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

  • Documented HIV infection.
  • Failure to thrive as defined by:
  • crossing 2 percentile lines on standard weight for age curves over time or less than 5% percentile weight for age and falling from the curve or loss of 10% of baseline body weight.
  • Resistant to oral nutritional supplementation (i.e., FTT despite a minimum 1-month trial of high-calorie oral supplements).
  • Free of significant acute illness (mild upper respiratory tract infections allowed).
  • Patients with chronic diarrhea allowed provided malabsorption and gastrointestinal infection ruled out.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms are excluded:

  • Gastrointestinal infection or malabsorption.
  • Significant acute illness.
  • Any identified, untreated cause for failure to thrive other than underlying HIV infection.
  • Medical contraindications to megestrol acetate.

Patients with any of the following prior conditions or symptoms are excluded:

Medical contraindications to megestrol acetate including a history of poorly-controlled hypertension, deep venous thrombosis, or heart failure.

History of prior megestrol acetate therapy in the past six months.

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
  • Masking: Double

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Gamma Project - ACTU

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

July 1, 1998

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 266A
  • Gamma 005

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on HIV Infections

Clinical Trials on Megestrol acetate

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Estonia

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe