Completed
Viracept Safety and Effectiveness in AIDS Patients with MAC
What is being tested
Nelfinavir mesylate
Drug
Who is being recruted
Blood-Borne Infections+22
+ Urogenital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases
Over 13 Years
+3 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 2
Interventional
Summary
Principal SponsorAgouron Pharmaceuticals
Last updated: June 24, 2005
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This study focuses on AIDS patients who are undergoing treatment for a specific type of infection called Mycobacterium Avium Complex Disease (MAC). The main goal is to explore if a drug named Viracept can safely and effectively improve the treatment outcomes for these patients. This research is important as it aims to find new ways to manage this opportunistic infection, which often affects individuals with AIDS.
Principal SponsorAgouron Pharmaceuticals
Last updated: June 24, 2005
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Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Over 13 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Blood-Borne InfectionsUrogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesActinomycetales InfectionsBacterial Infections and MycosesBacterial InfectionsCommunicable DiseasesImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesImmune System DiseasesInfectionsMycobacterium InfectionsMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousOpportunistic InfectionsRetroviridae InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSlow Virus DiseasesVirus DiseasesSexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralLentivirus InfectionsGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeMycobacterium avium-intracellulare InfectionHIV InfectionsAIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Criteria
2 inclusion criteria required to participate
HIV infection
New diagnosis of MAC bacteremia and < 7 days of therapy
1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Prior therapy (or less than 2 weeks) with protease inhibitors other than saquinavir
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 5 locations
Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr
San Diego, United StatesOpen Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr in Google MapsHarbor UCLA Med Ctr
Torrance, United StatesRush Presbyterian - Saint Luke's Med Ctr
Chicago, United StatesBoston VA Med Ctr / 151
Boston, United StatesCompleted5 Study Centers