A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Chronically Administered MDL 28,574A in the Treatment of HIV-Infected Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To characterize the safety and efficacy of fixed doses of MDL 28,574A administered alone and in combination with zidovudine ( AZT ) in patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic HIV infection. To examine the demographic effects on population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of MDL 28,574A alone and in combination with AZT.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

• HIV infection.

• Asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.

• CD4 count 100 - 300 cells/mm3.

Prior Medication:

Allowed:

• Prior antiretroviral agents for up to 6 months per agent.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following condition are excluded:

Unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

• Chemoprophylactic therapy for mycobacterial infection.

• Any nonstudy prescription medications without approval of investigator.

Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:

• History of grade 3 or 4 toxicity to <= 600 mg/day AZT.

• History of intolerance to lactose.

• Chronic diarrhea within 6 months prior to study entry.

• Unexplained intermittent or chronic fever, defined as temperature >= 38.5 C for any 7 days within the 30 days prior to study entry.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

• Antiretroviral therapy within 2 weeks prior to study entry.

• Prior HIV vaccines.

• Biological response modifiers within 30 days prior to study entry.

• Prior foscarnet.

• Any investigational drug with a washout < 5 half-lives prior to study entry.

• Any medications known to alter renal, hepatic, or hematologic / immunologic function (such as barbiturates, phenothiazines, cimetidine, immunomodulators, etc.) within 14 days prior to study entry.

Recent history of alcohol and/or drug abuse.