A Phase III Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study of the Use of Anti-HIV Immune Serum Globulin (HIVIG) for the Prevention of Maternal-Fetal HIV Transmission in Pregnant Women and Newborns Receiving Zidovudine (AZT)

Summary

To evaluate the effect of anti-HIV immune serum globulin (HIVIG) versus immune globulin (IVIG) administered during pregnancy and to the newborn, in combination with zidovudine (AZT) administered intrapartum and to the newborn, on incidence of HIV infection in infants born to HIV-infected women who received AZT during pregnancy for medical indications. Vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child may occur before, during, or after parturition (via breast-feeding). It is believed that therapy administered both during pregnancy and intrapartum may help prevent vertical transmission. Additionally, adjunctive short-term antiretroviral therapy for the newborn, following the intensive viral exposure presumed to occur at birth, may be necessary.

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2007-08

Publications

• Background Mofenson LM. Interventions to reduce perinatal transmission. Natl Conf Women HIV. 1997 May 4-7:125 (abstract no 2011)
• Background McKinney RE Jr. Ongoing and future trials of antiretroviral therapy in the pediatric AIDS clinical trials group (PACTG). Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1996 Jan 28-Feb 1;3rd:173
• Background Lambert J, Fletcher C, Mofenson L, Stiehm ER, Moye J, Meyer W, Nemo G, Mathieson B, Hirsch G. Pharmacokinetics (PK) of hyperimmune HIV immunoglobulin (HIVIG) in HIV+ pregnant females & newborns. Natl Conf Hum Retroviruses Relat Infect (2nd). 1995 Jan 29-Feb 2:148
• Background Lambert JS, Watts DH, Mofenson L, Stiehm ER, Harris DR, Bethel J, Whitehouse J, Jimenez E, Gandia J, Scott G, O'Sullivan MJ, Kovacs A, Stek A, Shearer WT, Hammill H, van Dyke R, Maupin R, Silio M, Fowler MG. Risk factors for preterm birth, low birth weight, and intrauterine growth retardation in infants born to HIV-infected pregnant women receiving zidovudine. Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group 185 Team. AIDS. 2000 Jul 7;14(10):1389-99. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200007070-00012.
• Background Mofenson LM, Lambert JS, Stiehm ER, Bethel J, Meyer WA 3rd, Whitehouse J, Moye J Jr, Reichelderfer P, Harris DR, Fowler MG, Mathieson BJ, Nemo GJ. Risk factors for perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in women treated with zidovudine. Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study 185 Team. N Engl J Med. 1999 Aug 5;341(6):385-93. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199908053410601.
• Background Lambert JS, Mofenson LM, Fletcher CV, Moye J Jr, Stiehm ER, Meyer WA 3rd, Nemo GJ, Mathieson BJ, Hirsch G, Sapan CV, Cummins LM, Jimenez E, O'Neill E, Kovacs A, Stek A. Safety and pharmacokinetics of hyperimmune anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunoglobulin administered to HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns. Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 185 Pharmacokinetic Study Group. J Infect Dis. 1997 Feb;175(2):283-91. doi: 10.1093/infdis/175.2.283.
• Background Lambert JS, Moye J, Sapan C, Mofenson L, Fletcher C, Whitehouse J, Fowler MG, Nemo G, Stiehm ER. Demonstration of feasibility and preliminary safety and pharmaco-kinetics in a phase III study of hyperimmune HIV intravenous immunoglobulin (HIV-IG) to prevent maternal-fetal HIV transmission. Int Conf AIDS. 1996 Jul 7-12;11(2):84 (abstract no WeB3163)
• Background Frenkel LM. Therapeutic issues pertaining to HIV-1 infected pregnant women in developed countries. 39th Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Sept 26-29
• Background Watts DH, Lambert J, Stiehm ER, Harris DR, Bethel J, Mofenson L, Meyer WA 3rd, Mathieson B, Fowler MG, Nemo G; PACTG 185 Study Team. Progression of HIV disease among women following delivery. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Aug 15;33(5):585-93. doi: 10.1097/00126334-200308150-00006.
• Results Lambert JS. HIV vaccines in infants and children. Paediatr Drugs. 2005;7(5):267-76. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200507050-00001.

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