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A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Synthetic Hypericin in HIV-Infected Patients With Less Than 300 CD4 Lymphocytes

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NIAID) · Aug 30, 2001

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Trial Information

Current as of December 03, 2023

Completed

Keywords

Drug Evaluation Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Aids Related Complex Antiviral Agents

Description

Hypericin is unlike other drugs presently being used to treat AIDS patients. Hypericin shows anti-HIV activity in test tube experiments. Each group of eight patients receives a given dose of hypericin by intravenous infusion. Doses are given three times per week for 8 weeks. When all eight patients at a dose level have been entered and four of the eight patients have completed 3 weeks of therapy without evidence of dose-limiting toxicity, additional patients may begin to receive drug at the next dose level. Concurrently, six patients wll participate in an oral-dosing bioavailability study....

Gender

All

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria
  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Allowed:
  • Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (required for patients with CD4+ < 200).
  • Symptomatic treatment with analgesics, antihistamines, antiemetics, antidiarrheal agents, or other supportive therapy.
  • Short courses (< 10 days) with ketoconazole or fluconazole for oral candidiasis or acyclovir for herpes lesions.
  • Topical medications such as clotrimazole troches or nystatin suspensions.
  • Concurrent Treatment:
  • Allowed:
  • Blood transfusions.
  • Patients must have HIV infection with CD+4 lymphocyte count of < 300 cells/mm3.
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Co-existing Condition:
  • Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded.
  • Kaposi's sarcoma requiring systemic therapy.
  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Excluded:
  • Continued use of opiates or drugs known to induce photosensitivity.
  • Patients with the following are excluded:
  • Active or chronic opportunistic infection at time of study entry that required curative or suppressive therapy.
  • Significant liver disease, orthostatic hypotension, cardiac disease, seizure disorder, lymphoma, hypotension.
  • Prior Medication:
  • Excluded:
  • Zidovudine (AZT), dideoxyinosine (ddI), dideoxycytidine (ddC), interferon, other antiretroviral agents or immunomodulating drugs within 1 month prior to study entry. Ribavirin within 3 months of study entry.
  • Ganciclovir (DHPG), antimycobacterial drugs, MAO inhibitors, hypertension-inducing, nephrotoxic, or hepatotoxic drugs within 14 days of entry.
  • Cytotoxic chemotherapy within 1 month prior to study entry.
  • Active substance abuse.

Attachments

readout_NCT00000645_2023-12-03.pdf

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NCT00000645_study_protocol.pdf

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About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

New York, New York, United States

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Timeline

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