Dexamethasone in Cryptococcal Meningitis
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Brief summary
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To evaluate the effect of corticosteroids on reducing elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis. To evaluate the safety of corticosteroids in patients with cryptococcal meningitis and intracranial hypertension. In AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis, a correlation has been found between early death and elevated intracranial pressure. Since dexamethasone has been found to reduce intracranial pressure resulting from other forms of meningitis, it may be of benefit in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00000776
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 36 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 13 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Not listed
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Aug 31, 1996
- Last update posted
- Oct 27, 2021
Ends 1996
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 13
- U.S. states
- 6
- U.S. cities
- 9
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univ of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | — |
| Georgetown Univ Med Ctr | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20007 | — |
| Univ of Miami School of Medicine | Miami | Florida | 331361013 | — |
| Northwestern Univ Med School | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Cook County Hosp | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| SUNY / Health Sciences Ctr at Brooklyn | Brooklyn | New York | 112032098 | — |
| SUNY / Erie County Med Ctr at Buffalo | Buffalo | New York | 14215 | — |
| Beth Israel Med Ctr | New York | New York | 10003 | — |
| Mount Sinai Med Ctr | New York | New York | 10029 | — |
| Bronx Municipal Hosp Ctr/Jacobi Med Ctr | The Bronx | New York | 10461 | — |
| Jack Weiler Hosp / Bronx Municipal Hosp | The Bronx | New York | 10465 | — |
| Bronx Veterans Administration / Mount Sinai Hosp | The Bronx | New York | 10468 | — |
| Ohio State Univ Hosp Clinic | Columbus | Ohio | 432101228 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Oct 27, 2021 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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