The Safety and Effectiveness of Ganciclovir Plus Interferon Beta in Preventing the Return of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) of the Eyes in Patients With AIDS
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Official title
Combination Therapy With 9-(1,3-Dihydroxy-2-Propoxymethyl) Guanine (DHPG) and Interferon Beta for the Prevention of Relapse of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Patients With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Brief summary
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The use of ganciclovir (DHPG) in combination with interferon beta to prevent relapse of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS. While early clinical trials have shown that 30 mg/kg/week of DHPG is usually sufficient to delay or prevent relapse, neutropenia is a common dose-limiting problem in about 50 percent of patients. Since in vitro data have suggested that there is synergism between DHPG and interferon beta against cytomegalovirus, a reduced dose of DHPG in combination with a low dose of interferon beta may prevent relapse without causing neutropenia. If remission can be maintained with low-dose DHPG and interferon beta, maintenance therapy with a moderate dose of interferon beta alone will be evaluated in a subsequent protocol.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00002299
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 60 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
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Jun 23, 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 6
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 6
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| UCI Med Ctr | Orange | California | 92668 | — |
| Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr | San Diego | California | 921036325 | — |
| Stanford at Kaiser / Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Stanford Univ School of Medicine | Stanford | California | 94305 | — |
| Univ TX Galveston Med Branch | Galveston | Texas | 77550 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 23, 2005 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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