A Randomized, Controlled Study of the Safety and Preventive Efficacy of Oral Ganciclovir When Used in Conjunction With An Intravitreal Ganciclovir Implant in the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
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Brief summary
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To demonstrate the efficacy of oral ganciclovir in preventing new cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in AIDS patients with unilateral CMV retinitis treated with an intravitreal ganciclovir implant. To compare safety and tolerance, time to progression, quality of life, and survival among patients treated with an intravitreal ganciclovir implant, with and without oral ganciclovir, versus standard intravenous (IV) ganciclovir therapy.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00002134
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 450 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 13 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
- Jun 24, 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 23
- U.S. states
- 10
- U.S. cities
- 19
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Neil Brourman | Beverly Hills | California | 90211 | — |
| UCI College of Medicine | Irvine | California | 92715 | — |
| Estelle Doheny Eye Clinic | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| Dr Robert T Wendel | Sacramento | California | 95819 | — |
| Kaiser Hosp | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Pacific Horizons Med Group | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr | San Jose | California | 95128 | — |
| Dr Robert Avery | Santa Barbara | California | 93103 | — |
| Harbor - UCLA Med Ctr | Torrance | California | 90509 | — |
| Dr Alan Palestine | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20036 | — |
| Dr Michael Stewart | Jacksonville | Florida | 32204 | — |
| Bascom Palmer | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| Emory Eye Clinic | Atlanta | Georgia | 30322 | — |
| Dr David Weinberg | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Univ of Kentucky Med Ctr | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | — |
| New England Med Ctr / Tufts Univ | Boston | Massachusetts | 02111 | — |
| Dr Dorothy Friedberg | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
| Saint Clare's Prof Office | New York | New York | 10019 | — |
| New York Hosp | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Vitreo - Retinal Consultants | New York | New York | 10028 | — |
| Univ of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr of Dallas | Dallas | Texas | 75235 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Univ of Washington Med Ctr | Seattle | Washington | 98195 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 24, 2005 · Synced Nov 3, 2026
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