Ganciclovir: Compassionate Use in Patients With Serious or Life-Threatening Cytomegalovirus Infections
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Brief Summary
To provide ganciclovir on a compassionate use basis to immunocompromised patients with serious cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections and to study safety and efficacy in this patient population.
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Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 2, 1999
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 31, 2001
CompletedJune 24, 2005
September 1, 1989
November 2, 1999
June 23, 2005
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Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Concurrent Medication:
- Allowed:
- Topical acyclovir.
You may not qualify if:
- Co-existing Condition:
- Patients with the following are excluded:
- Mild to moderate cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections that fail to satisfy the clinical severity criteria.
- Transplant where a trial reduction of immunosuppressive drug treatment is not feasible.
- Congenital or neonatal CMV infections where there is not documented congenital or acquired immunodeficiency.
- Neutropenia unless it is pre-existing.
- Thrombocytopenia unless it is pre-existing.
- Concurrent Medication:
- Excluded:
- Other myelosuppressive drugs such as cancer chemotherapy agents, interferon, foscarnet, or nucleoside analogs.
- Patients with the following are excluded:
- Mild to moderate cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections that fail to satisfy the clinical severity criteria.
- Transplant where a trial reduction of immunosuppressive drug treatment is not feasible.
- Congenital or neonatal CMV infections where there is not documented congenital or acquired immunodeficiency.
- Neutropenia unless it is pre-existing.
- +2 more criteria
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Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Roche Global Development - Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California, 94303, United States
Related Publications (1)
Spector SA, McKinley GF, Lalezari JP, Samo T, Andruczk R, Follansbee S, Sparti PD, Havlir DV, Simpson G, Buhles W, Wong R, Stempien M. Oral ganciclovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in persons with AIDS. Roche Cooperative Oral Ganciclovir Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1996 Jun 6;334(23):1491-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199606063342302.
PMID: 8618603BACKGROUND
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Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 2, 1999
First Posted
August 31, 2001
Last Updated
June 24, 2005
Record last verified: 1989-09