A Study Comparing Megestrol Acetate at 800 mg/Day, and Placebo in AIDS Patients With Anorexia and Cachexia
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Official title
Phase III Randomized Double-Blind Study Comparing Megestrol Acetate at 800 mg/Day, and Placebo in AIDS Patients With Anorexia and Cachexia
Brief summary
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To compare the effects of megestrol acetate and placebo on body weight, anorexia, cachexia, calorie intake, and nutritional parameters of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of AIDS. To determine whether megestrol acetate relative to placebo improves the perception of well-being among AIDS patients with cachexia. To evaluate megestrol acetate's effect on immune function via skin test reactivity, T4/T8 ratio, and total lymphocytes.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00002067
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Oct 2, 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 14
- U.S. states
- 6
- U.S. cities
- 13
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Mark Goldstein | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | — |
| Summitt Med Ctr / San Francisco Gen Hosp | Oakland | California | 94609 | — |
| Palo Alto Veterans Adm Med Ctr / Stanford Univ | Palo Alto | California | 94304 | — |
| Eisenhower Med Ctr | Rancho Mirage | California | 92270 | — |
| UCD Med Ctr | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| San Francisco AIDS Clinic / San Francisco Gen Hosp | San Francisco | California | 941102859 | — |
| San Francisco Veterans Administration Med Ctr | San Francisco | California | 94121 | — |
| Denver Public Health Dept | Denver | Colorado | 80204 | — |
| Miami Veterans Administration Med Ctr | Miami | Florida | 33125 | — |
| Univ of South Florida | Tampa | Florida | 33612 | — |
| Northwestern Univ Med School | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Mem Sloan - Kettering Cancer Ctr | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| SUNY / Health Sciences Ctr at Syracuse | Syracuse | New York | 13210 | — |
| Northwest Family Ctr at the Harbor View Med Ctr | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 2, 2007 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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