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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

A Comparison of Valganciclovir and Ganciclovir in the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) of the Eyes

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00002377

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Brief summary

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To investigate the efficacy and safety of RS-79070 when used as induction therapy in patients with newly diagnosed peripheral retinitis. To assess the effects of induction and maintenance level dosing of RS-79070 on CMV viral load, estimated by plasma CMV PCR. To assess the pharmacokinetics of ganciclovir following administration of RS-79070 in the target population.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00002377
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Industry
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
14 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jan 1997 (Actual)
Primary completion
Dec 2002 (Actual)
Completion
Dec 2002 (Actual)
Last update posted
May 17, 2017

1997 – 2002

United States locations

U.S. sites
15
U.S. states
8
U.S. cities
11
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Univ of California / Irvine Irvine California 92697 —
Univ of California / San Diego / Dept of Pediatrics La Jolla California 92093 —
Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr San Diego California 92103 —
Davies Med Ctr / Institute for HIV Research San Francisco California 94114 —
Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr San Francisco California 94115 —
QUEST Clinical Research San Francisco California 94115 —
Dr Alan Palestine Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20006 —
Univ of Miami School of Medicine Miami Florida 33136 —
Emory Eye Clinic Atlanta Georgia 30322 —
New England Med Ctr Boston Massachusetts 02111 —
New York Univ Med Ctr New York New York 10016 —
St Luke's - Roosevelt Hosp Ctr / Div of Infect Dis New York New York 10019 —
New York Hosp - Cornell Med Ctr New York New York 10021 —
Duke Univ Eye Ctr Durham North Carolina 27710 —
Austin Infectious Disease Consultants Austin Texas 78705 —

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Non-U.S. locations

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