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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Comparison of Foscarnet Versus Vidarabine in the Treatment of Herpes Infection in Patients With AIDS Who Have Not Had Success With Acyclovir

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00000985

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Official title

Treatment of Acyclovir-Resistant Mucocutaneous Herpes Simplex Infection in Patients With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: A Randomized Multicenter Study of Foscarnet Versus Vidarabine

Brief summary

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To compare the safety and effectiveness of foscarnet and vidarabine treatments for AIDS patients who have herpes simplex virus infections that are resistant to standard treatment with acyclovir. Foscarnet is a drug that inhibits viruses and has been shown to be effective against infection with Cytomegalovirus and also against infection with the Herpes simplex virus in several patients with AIDS. Vidarabine has been shown to have activity against the Herpes simplex virus in patients who do not have AIDS, but it has not been studied in patients who do have AIDS. This study compares foscarnet and vidarabine treatments for AIDS patients who have herpes simplex infection that has not responded to therapy with acyclovir in the hope that one of these two drugs will help to stop further progression of the herpes simplex infection and may have fewer side effects.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00000985
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
26 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
13 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Not listed
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Sep 30, 1990
Last update posted
Nov 3, 2021

Ends 1990

United States locations

U.S. sites
4
U.S. states
4
U.S. cities
4
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Rush Univ. Med. Ctr. ACTG CRS Chicago Illinois 60612
Beth Israel Deaconess - East Campus A0102 CRS Boston Massachusetts 02215
Univ. of Rochester ACTG CRS Rochester New York
University of Washington AIDS CRS Seattle Washington 98105

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