ClinicalTrials.Veeva

Menu

Suppression of Oral HHV8 Shedding With Valganciclovir

University of Washington logo

University of Washington

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 2

Conditions

Human Herpesvirus 8

Treatments

Drug: placebo
Drug: valganciclovir

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
Industry

Identifiers

NCT00194467
02-1500-B
VAL041

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to use valganciclovir to define the role of antiviral therapy in suppression of HHV-8 shedding in HHV-8 seropositive men. Our hypothesis is that valganciclovir will substantially reduce the frequency of detection and amount of HHV-8 in the mouth.

Full description

The purpose of the study is to use valganciclovir to define the role of antiviral therapy in suppression of HHV-8 shedding in HHV-8 seropositive men. Our hypothesis is that valganciclovir will substantially reduce the frequency of detection and amount of HHV-8 in the mouth. Such reduction will serve to confirm that the mouth is the site of active HHV-8 replication. If valganciclovir is found to be effective, the findings from this proposal would serve as the basis for a clinical trial with valganciclovir for prevention of Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) in high-risk HHV-8 seropositive persons.

After informed consent, all subjects will undergo medical history, physical examination and screening laboratory examination. Eligible patients will return to clinic for randomization to receiver either valganciclovir 900 mg qd or placebo. Participants will receive a diary for noting adverse events and concurrent medications. The clinician will instruct the participants on collection of mouth swabs and provide Dacron swabs, vials with PCR media and pre-printed labels. Subjects will be asked to obtain a swab of oral mucosa every morning. Clinic visits every other week will serve to review interim medical history and diaries for adverse events, collect PCR swabs, dispense additional medication and draw safety labs. The study uses a double-blind, randomized placebo design. Therefore, participants will not know whether they will be taking a placebo or active medication at any time during the study. Due to the crossover study design, however, all participants will receive the same amount of placebo and study drug over the duration.

Enrollment

32 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years or older
  • HHV-8 seropositive or previous evidence of HHV-8 shedding
  • a frequent shedder of HHV-8
  • not receiving any drugs with known anti-HHV-8 activity for study duration
  • able to comply with the study protocol
  • agree to HIV testing

Exclusion criteria

  • history of evidence of CMV disease
  • hypersensitivity to ganciclovir or valganciclovir
  • use of high-dose acyclovir, valacyclovir, famciclovir, ganciclovir, foscarnet, or cidofovir
  • neutropenia
  • renal insufficiency with serum creatinine greater than 1.5mg.ml or CrCl less than 60
  • AST or ALT greater than 5 times upper limit of normal
  • concurrent administration of medications which are often associated with severe neutropenia or thrombocytopenia
  • concurrent administration of probenecid or didanosine

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

32 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

1
Experimental group
Treatment:
Drug: valganciclovir
2
Placebo Comparator group
Treatment:
Drug: placebo

Trial contacts and locations

1

Loading...

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

Clinical trials

Find clinical trialsTrials by location
© Copyright 2025 Veeva Systems