A Multi-Center Clinical Trial To Evaluate Azidothymidine (AZT) in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Patients With AIDS Post First Episode PCP
HIV Infections
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for HIV Infections focused on measuring United States, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Zidovudine
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria Concurrent Medication: Allowed: All concomitant medication to minimum and record. Any approved medications can be used to treat an opportunistic infection. Dapsone may be used for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Pyrimethamine - sulfadoxine may be used for toxoplasmosis. Ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus may be used for maintenance only. Prophylactic therapy for PCP. Concurrent Treatment: Allowed: Local, limited radiation therapy to isolated Kaposi's sarcoma lesions provided total area is < 5 x 5 cm and a 6-MeV electron beam or 90 kV x-ray = or < 3000 rads total is used. Patients must have: HIV seropositivity as confirmed by any federally licensed ELISA test kit. Allowed: Malignancy in past which has been in complete remission for 1 year without therapy. Exclusion Criteria Co-existing Condition: Patients with active opportunistic infections will be excluded. Concurrent Medication: Excluded: Aspirin on a regular basis or beyond 72 hours without contacting investigator. Cimetidine. Flurazepam. Indomethacin. Ranitidine. Probenecid. Patients with the following are excluded: Status post-Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with symptomatic visceral Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) or progression of KS within the month prior to study entry. Other concurrent neoplasms other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Requiring blood transfusions > once per month. Last transfusion cannot have been given within 7 days of entry. Active substance abuse. Unwilling to sign informed consent or to be followed at medical center where enrolled for duration of study and follow-up if necessary. Prior Medication: Excluded within 2 weeks of study entry: Treatment for acute Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Excluded within 30 days of study entry: Other antiretroviral agents, immunomodulating agents, or corticosteroids. Prior Treatment: Excluded within 30 days of study entry: Radiation therapy or cytotoxic chemotherapy for Kaposi's sarcoma. Required: Patients must be at least 2 weeks post- therapy status for acute Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
Sites / Locations
- Los Angeles County - USC Med Ctr
- UCLA CARE Ctr
- Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr
- San Francisco AIDS Clinic / San Francisco Gen Hosp
- Stanford at Kaiser / Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr
- Stanford Univ School of Medicine
- Univ of Miami School of Medicine
- Charity Hosp / Tulane Univ Med School
- Louisiana State Univ Med Ctr / Tulane Med School
- Tulane Univ School of Medicine
- Johns Hopkins Hosp
- Harvard (Massachusetts Gen Hosp)
- Beth Israel Deaconess - West Campus
- Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
- Univ of Minnesota
- Bronx Municipal Hosp Ctr/Jacobi Med Ctr
- Jack Weiler Hosp / Bronx Municipal Hosp
- Montefiore Med Ctr / Bronx Municipal Hosp
- Bronx Veterans Administration / Mount Sinai Hosp
- City Hosp Ctr at Elmhurst / Mount Sinai Hosp
- Beth Israel Med Ctr / Peter Krueger Clinic
- Mem Sloan - Kettering Cancer Ctr
- Mount Sinai Med Ctr
- Univ of Rochester Medical Center
- SUNY / State Univ of New York
- Duke Univ Med Ctr
- Univ of Pittsburgh Med School
- Univ of Washington