Completed
Bovine Anti-Cryptosporidium Immunoglobulin (BACI) for Cryptosporidium Enteritis in AIDS Patients
What is being tested
Cryptosporidium Immune Whey Protein Concentrate (Bovine)
Drug
Who is being recruted
Blood-Borne Infections+28
+ Urogenital Diseases
+ Genital Diseases
Over 18 Years
+15 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 1
Interventional
Summary
Principal SponsorUnivax Biologics Inc
Last updated: June 24, 2005
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Forty patients are randomized to receive either BACI or placebo (bovine colostrum from non-immunized cattle) for 1 week. The double-blind portion of the study will be followed by an open-label phase in which all 40 patients receive BACI for 1 week.
Principal SponsorUnivax Biologics Inc
Last updated: June 24, 2005
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
40 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.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 18 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 DiseasesAnimal DiseasesCoccidiosisCommunicable DiseasesDigestive System DiseasesGastrointestinal DiseasesImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesImmune System DiseasesInfectionsIntestinal DiseasesIntestinal Diseases, ParasiticParasitic DiseasesParasitic Diseases, AnimalProtozoan InfectionsProtozoan Infections, AnimalRetroviridae InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSigns and SymptomsSigns and Symptoms, DigestiveSlow Virus DiseasesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsVirus DiseasesSexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralLentivirus InfectionsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeCryptosporidiosisDiarrheaHIV Infections
Criteria
10 inclusion criteria required to participate
AIDS
Ability to take the histamine H2-receptor antagonist famotidine (Pepcid)
Ability to tolerate food by mouth
Antidiarrheal compounds (if dose remains stable)
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5 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Concurrent unresolved clinical infections with enteric pathogens other than C. parvum (e.g., rotavirus, Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Giardia, C. difficile toxin, Yersinia, amebiasis, MAI, CMV, Microsporida) as determined by history or routine microbiology screening
Grossly bloody diarrhea
Known allergy to milk or milk products (other than lactose intolerance)
Other acute infections or concurrent immediately life-threatening medical crisis other than cryptosporidiosis
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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 6 locations
UCSF - San Francisco Gen Hosp
San Francisco, United StatesAIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta
Atlanta, United StatesNew England Med Ctr
Boston, United StatesCompleted6 Study Centers