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A Collaborative Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intravenous Ribavirin As a Treatment for Presumed Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

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

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Trial Information

Current as of July 27, 2024

Completed

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Description

Patients are randomized to receive either ribavirin or a placebo for 7 days. At the completion of therapy, patients will be seen on follow-up visits on days 14, 28, and 84.

Gender

All

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • You may be eligible for this study if you:
  • Are 12 years of age or older.
  • Are not pregnant.
  • Agree to practice sexual abstinence or use accepted barrier methods of birth control/contraception.
  • Are not breast-feeding.
  • Have a positive blood test for hantavirus.
  • Have symptoms suggestive of hantavirus illness.
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • You will not be eligible for this study if you:
  • Have severe low blood count (anemia).
  • Have a diagnosis of other respiratory viruses (influenza, RSV, etc.).
  • Have group A Streptococcus with symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis, a positive culture from a normally sterile site, or symptoms of bacterial pneumonia.
  • Are HIV positive.
  • Have cancer.
  • Have had any period of irregular heartbeat.
  • Have had chemotherapy or other drugs that suppress the immune system within 30 days.
  • Have taken by mouth or injection any antiviral drug (other than acyclovir, famciclovir, amantadine or rimantadine.)
  • Have taken by mouth or injection corticosteroids equivalent to approximately 0.5 mg/kg prednisone.
  • Have taken any experimental drug within 30 days prior to enrollment.

Attachments

readout_NCT00001123_2024-07-27.pdf

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NCT00001123_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

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

People applied

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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