A Study of Valacyclovir Hydrochloride in the Prevention of Life-Threatening Cytomegalovirus Disease in HIV-Infected Patients
A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Valacyclovir Hydrochloride (BW 256U87) Prophylaxis for Opportunistic Cytomegalovirus End-Organ Disease in Patients With Advanced HIV Infection (< 100 CD4+ Lymphocytes)
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Brief Summary
PRIMARY: To evaluate the efficacy of valacyclovir hydrochloride (BW 256U87) in the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) end-organ disease in HIV/CMV co-infected patients with CD4+ lymphocytes \< 100 cells/mm3. To assess the impact of BW 256U87, high-dose oral acyclovir and low-dose oral acyclovir on survival. SECONDARY: To evaluate the effect of BW 256U87 on quality of life, the safety of the drug administered concurrently with standard antiretroviral agents and other essential therapies for the treatment and prevention of opportunistic diseases, and the efficacy of BW 256U87 in suppressing activation of other herpesviruses. To evaluate serologic and virologic risk factors for the development of CMV disease, including assessment of HIV activation, and the risk of developing drug-resistant CMV, HSV, and VZV. Gastrointestinal absorption of acyclovir is not high enough to prevent CMV disease in patients with advanced HIV disease, although there is evidence that high doses of the drug may extend survival. Valacyclovir, a prodrug that is rapidly converted to acyclovir after oral administration, has a higher absorption rate and may therefore provide inhibitory activity against CMV.
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Key milestones and dates
Primary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 1996
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 2, 1999
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 31, 2001
CompletedMarch 1, 2011
February 1, 2011
November 2, 1999
February 28, 2011
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Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Concurrent Medication:
- Recommended:
- PCP prophylaxis.
- Allowed:
- Any antiretroviral therapies available by prescription or through expanded access or Treatment IND programs, including combination or sequential use.
- Chemotherapy for Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, or other malignancies IF patient is hematologically stable for at least 30 days prior to study entry.
- Discrete courses of oral or parenteral acyclovir for VZV or HSV infection, not to exceed 21 days per episode (may co-enroll on ACTG 169). For recurrent episodes, open-label acyclovir for a total of 60 days over a 12-month period is allowed. Study drug is interrupted.
- Supportive therapies available by prescription, expanded access, or Treatment IND programs, such as G-CSF, GM-CSF, and erythropoietin.
- Other medications necessary for the patient's welfare, at the discretion of the investigator.
- Patients must have:
- HIV infection or AIDS-defining conditions.
- CD4+ count \< 100 cells/mm3.
- IgG antibodies to CMV.
- No active CMV disease or history of CMV end-organ disease.
- Consent of parent or guardian if less than 18 years of age.
- +10 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Co-existing Condition:
- Patients with the following symptoms and conditions are excluded:
- Nausea or vomiting that precludes oral dosing.
- Ocular media opacities that preclude adequate visualization of fundi.
- Pregnancy.
- Known hypersensitivity to acyclovir.
- Known lactose intolerance.
- Concurrent Medication:
- Excluded:
- Systemic interferons and immunomodulators (including CMV hyperimmune serum/globulin and chronic corticosteroids at doses in excess of physiologic replacement).
- Probenecid.
- Investigational or marketed agents with potential activity against CMV, herpes simplex, and/or Varicella zoster, EXCEPT as specifically allowed.
- Patients with the following prior condition are excluded:
- Pre-existing necrotizing retinopathy that may interfere with a subsequent diagnosis of CMV retinitis.
- Prior Medication:
- +3 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (35)
Birmingham Veterans Administration Med Ctr
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
Los Angeles County - USC Med Ctr
Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
CARE Ctr / UCLA Med Ctr
Los Angeles, California, 900951793, United States
Highland Gen Hosp / San Francisco Gen Hosp
Oakland, California, 946021018, United States
Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr
San Diego, California, 921036325, United States
Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr
Denver, Colorado, 80262, United States
Yale Univ
New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States
Northwestern Univ Med School
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
Indiana Univ Hosp
Indianapolis, Indiana, 462025250, United States
Johns Hopkins Hosp
Baltimore, Maryland, 212052196, United States
Harvard (Massachusetts Gen Hosp)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
Boston Med Ctr
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
Washington Univ
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
Mount Sinai Med Ctr
New York, New York, 10029, United States
North Central Bronx Hosp / Bronx Municipal Hosp
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
Univ of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 275997215, United States
Ohio State Univ Hosp Clinic
Columbus, Ohio, 432101228, United States
Girard Med Ctr
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 191046073, United States
Univ TX Galveston Med Branch
Galveston, Texas, 775550882, United States
Univ of Washington / Madison Clinic
Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States
Saint Vincent's Hosp Med Centre
Sydney, Australia
Southern Alberta HIV Clinic / Foothills Hosp
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sunnybrook Health Science Ctr
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Hosp
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Montreal Chest Institute
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal Gen Hosp
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hvidovre Univ Hosp
Hvidore, Denmark
Services des Maladies Infectieuses
Paris, France
Universitatsklinikum Rudolf Virchow
Berlin, Germany
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
South Hosp
Stockholm, Sweden
Medizinische Universibatspoliklinik Infekbiologie
Bern, Switzerland
Royal Free Hosp
London, United Kingdom
Westminster Hosp
London, United Kingdom
Related Publications (11)
Feinberg JE, Hurwitz S, Cooper D, Sattler FR, MacGregor RR, Powderly W, Holland GN, Griffiths PD, Pollard RB, Youle M, Gill MJ, Holland FJ, Power ME, Owens S, Coakley D, Fry J, Jacobson MA. A randomized, double-blind trial of valaciclovir prophylaxis for cytomegalovirus disease in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 204/Glaxo Wellcome 123-014 International CMV Prophylaxis Study Group. J Infect Dis. 1998 Jan;177(1):48-56. doi: 10.1086/513804.
PMID: 9419169BACKGROUNDFry J, Coakley D, Power M, Feinberg J. International collaborative clinical trials: the ACTG 204 experience. Int Conf AIDS. 1996 Jul 7-12;11(2):276 (abstract no ThB4146)
BACKGROUNDGriffiths PD, Feinberg J. Detection of cytomegalovirus in samples from patients enrolled in ACTG 204 / Glaxo Wellcome 123-014. Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1996 Jan 28-Feb 1;3rd:54
BACKGROUNDBrosgart C, Fisher E, Pulling C, Chaloner K, Cohn D, Elsadr W, Verheggen R, Schmetter B, Alston B. Prevalence of asymptomatic CMV retinitis (CMVR) in AIDS patients. Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1999 Jan 31-Feb 4;6th:152 (abstract no 453)
BACKGROUNDFisher E, Brosgart C, Cohn D, Chaloner K, Pulling C, Alston B, Schmetter B, El-Sadr W. Placebo (PLC)-controlled, multicenter trial of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) in patients (pt) with HIV disease. . Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1999 Jan 31-Feb 4;6th:160 (abstract no 491)
BACKGROUNDFeinberg JE, Bell WR, Chulay JD. A thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA)-like syndrome in patients with advanced HIV disease in a cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis trial (ACTG 204). Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1997 Jan 22-26;4th:196 (abstract no 715)
BACKGROUNDSprenger HG, Law G, Pastoor G, Postma S, Schirm J, Weits J, The TH. Cytomegalovirus antigenemia (CMVAg) compared with other CMV tests during phase III study of valaciclovir (VACV) for CMV prophylaxis in advanced HIV disease (ACTG 204 study). Int Conf AIDS. 1996 Jul 7-12;11(2):285 (abstract no ThB4200)
BACKGROUNDBell WR, Chulay JD, Feinberg JE. Manifestations resembling thrombotic microangiopathy in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease in a cytomegalovirus prophylaxis trial (ACTG 204). Medicine (Baltimore). 1997 Sep;76(5):369-80. doi: 10.1097/00005792-199709000-00004. No abstract available.
PMID: 9352739BACKGROUNDEmery V, Sabin C, Feinberg J, Grywacz M, Knight S, Griffiths P. Quantitative effects of valaciclovir on the replication of cytomegalovirus in patients with advanced HIV disease. Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1999 Jan 31-Feb 4;6th:153 (abstract no 459)
BACKGROUNDWeinberg A, Schneider SA, Clark JC. Acyclovir (ACV) and valacyclovir (VAL) prophylaxis of AIDS patients does not alter cytomegalovirus (CMV) susceptibility to ganciclovir (GCV) or foscarnet (FOS). Program Abstr Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Sep 15-18:202 (abstract no I87)
BACKGROUNDNokta MA, Holland F, De Gruttola V, Emery VC, Jacobson MA, Griffiths P, Pollard RB, Feinberg JE; AIDS Clinical Trials Group, Protocol 204/GlaxoWellcome 123-014, International CMV Prophylaxis Study Group. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) polymerase chain reaction profiles in individuals with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection: relationship to CMV disease. J Infect Dis. 2002 Jun 15;185(12):1717-22. doi: 10.1086/340651. Epub 2002 May 31.
PMID: 12085316BACKGROUND
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