A Study of WR 6026 in the Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-Infected Patients

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

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ClinConnect Summary

All patients will receive an initial loading dose of WR 6026, followed the next morning and each morning thereafter by 1 of 2 lower doses of WR 6026 taken in a fasting state for 3 weeks.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria
• Concurrent Medication:
• Allowed:
• • Any medications not listed as excluded will be permitted on study.
• • \[ AS PER AMENDMENT 4/11/97:PCP prophylaxis is permitted if initiated after the Day 21 evaluation has been completed.\]
• Patients must have:
• • Documented HIV infection.
• • Documented PCP.
• • On a room air ABG, the PO2 value greater than or equal to 70 mm Hg and the (A-a) DO2 less than 35 mm Hg.
• • Signed informed consent from parent or legal guardian for those patients less than 18 years of age.
• • Exclusion Criteria
• Co-existing Condition:
• Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
• • Known hypersensitivity to quinolines.
• • If patient is unwilling or unable to discontinue other medications with anti-PCP activity during the treatment period of this study.
• Concurrent Medication:
• Excluded:
• • Any patient unwilling or unable to discontinue other medications with anti-PCP activity during the treatment period of this study (e.g., TMP/SMX, sulfonamides, dapsone, pentamidine, trimetrexate, atovaquone, clindamycin, azithromycin, pyrimethamine, primaquine).
• • Methemoglobinemia-producing agents (dapsone, primaquine, sulfonamides, chloroquine, nitrofurantoin, nitrates and nitrites).
• Patients with the following prior conditions or symptoms are excluded:
• • History of G6PD deficiency, hemoglobin M abnormality, or NAD methemoglobin reductase deficiency.
• Prior Medication:
• Excluded:
• • More than 24 hours receipt of anti-PCP treatment for the current episode of PCP. Receipt of prior PCP prophylaxis is permitted, as long as it is discontinued at study entry.