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Multicenter Comparison of Fluconazole (UK-49,858) and Amphotericin B as Maintenance Treatment for the Prevention of Relapse of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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Pfizer

Status

Completed

Conditions

Meningitis, Cryptococcal
HIV Infections

Treatments

Drug: Amphotericin B
Drug: Fluconazole

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00002074
056-157
012D

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the safety and effectiveness of fluconazole and amphotericin B as maintenance treatment for preventing the relapse of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Allowed:

  • Antivirals such as zidovudine.
  • Prophylaxis (including aerosolized pentamidine) for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
  • Pfizer must be notified if the patient is receiving ganciclovir (DHPG) at entry.

Concurrent Treatment:

Allowed:

  • Radiation therapy for mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.

Patients must be oriented to person, place, and time, and able to give written informed consent.

  • Patients must have had an acute episode of cryptococcal meningitis that was documented by recovery and identification of Cryptococcus neoformans from lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture within 6 months prior to entry.
  • Minimum total dose of 15 mg/kg of amphotericin B must have been given (either alone or in combination with flucytosine) during primary therapy.
  • Patients need not be receiving amphotericin B at the time of randomization but must begin study maintenance therapy within 6 weeks of completion of primary amphotericin B therapy. Patients may receive maintenance amphotericin B during the period between completion of primary therapy and study entry.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

  • Antivirals such as zidovudine (AZT).
  • Prophylaxis (including aerosolized pentamidine) for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following are excluded:

  • Clinical evidence of acute or chronic meningitis based upon any etiology other than cryptococcosis.
  • History of allergy or intolerance of imidazoles, azoles, or amphotericin B.
  • Moderate or severe liver disease.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

  • Ketoconazole.
  • Fluconazole.
  • Itraconazole.
  • Miconazole.
  • Any systemic imidazole or azole for more than 7 days after initiation of primary therapy for cryptococcosis.
  • Intrathecal amphotericin B.
  • Coumarin-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:

  • Clinical evidence of acute or chronic meningitis based upon any etiology other than cryptococcosis.
  • History of allergy or intolerance of imidazoles, azoles, or amphotericin B.
  • Moderate or severe liver disease.
  • Inability to take oral medications reliably.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

  • Ketoconazole.
  • Fluconazole.
  • Itraconazole.
  • Miconazole.
  • Any systemic imidazole or azole for more than 7 days after initiation of primary therapy for cryptococcosis.
  • Intrathecal amphotericin B.
  • Coumarin-type anticoagulants.
  • Oral hypoglycemics.
  • Barbiturates.
  • Phenytoin.
  • Immunostimulants.
  • Investigational drugs or approved (licensed) drugs for investigational indications.
  • Any exceptions to these prohibitions of concomitant medications must be approved by Pfizer Central Research.

Prior Treatment:

Excluded:

  • Lymphocyte replacement.

Trial contacts and locations

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