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A Study of Different Doses of Megestrol Acetate in Patients With AIDS Who Have Anorexia and Malnutrition

Launched by BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB · Aug 30, 2001

Trial Information

Current as of January 03, 2025

Completed

Keywords

T Lymphocytes Megestrol Dose Response Relationship, Drug Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Anorexia Cachexia

ClinConnect Summary

No description provided

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient must have:
  • Confirmed diagnosis of AIDS (CDC definition).
  • Documented weight loss or anorexia.
  • Life expectancy = or \> 20 weeks.
  • The perception that the weight loss is a detriment to their well-being.
  • Ability to provide informed consent, read and write English.
  • Prior Medication:
  • Allowed:
  • Ganciclovir.
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Co-existing Condition:
  • Patients with the following are excluded:
  • Dementia or evidence of mental incompetence which would preclude compliance with the protocol.
  • Diarrhea defined as 5 or more watery stools per day for at least 7 days.
  • Active uncontrolled systemic infections at the start of treatment.
  • (Patients may not be entered for at least 2 weeks after acute infection.) Clinical or radiologic evidence of ascites or pleural effusions.
  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Excluded:
  • Therapy designed to treat the underlying HIV infection or which may have a major impact on appetite and/or weight gain.
  • Patients who have been started on zidovudine (AZT) within eight weeks. (Patients may have been previously treated with AZT and failed or may currently be receiving AZT for at least 8 weeks.)
  • Patients with the following are excluded:
  • Obstruction to food intake or impaired digestive/absorptive functions.
  • Contraindications to high-dose megestrol acetate (poorly controlled hypertension or heart failure or deep vein thrombosis).
  • Inability to consent or be available for close follow-up.
  • Active systemic infections at the start of treatment.
  • Patients may not be started on any therapy designed to treat the underlying HIV infection or which may have a major impact on appetite and/or weight gain.
  • Clinical or radiologic evidence of ascites or pleural effusions.
  • Patients may not be started on any therapy designed to treat the underlying HIV infection or which may have a major impact on appetite and/or weight gain.
  • Patients who have been hospitalized or have suffered an exacerbation of their illness associated with weight loss within the past 2 weeks are excluded.
  • Menstruating female patients are excluded.
  • Prior Medication:
  • Excluded:
  • Corticosteroids.
  • Anabolic steroids.
  • Marijuana.
  • Megestrol acetate.
  • Patients who have been started on zidovudine (AZT) within 8 weeks. (Patients may have been previously treated with AZT and failed or may currently be receiving AZT for at least 8 weeks.) History of substance abuse and questionable current and future abstinence.

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Locations

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Miami, Florida, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Albany, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Long Beach, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

People applied

Timeline

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Trial launched

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Estimated completion

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