A Phase II Study of WR 6026 for Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in People With HIV Infection

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.