Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Zidovudine in Preventing CD4+ Lymphocyte Decline in Patients With Primary HIV Infection. (One Treatment Arm Receives Placebo)

Summary

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of early treatment with zidovudine for preventing a decline in CD4+ lymphocyte counts in patients with primary HIV infection. To determine the natural history of virologic and immunologic changes in primary HIV infection. Previous studies indicate that intervention with zidovudine during primary HIV infection could reduce the initial viral burden and subsequent decline in immune functions, and could prolong not only the time to development of AIDS but also the time to initiation of chronic antiretroviral therapy.

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2002-06

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• Background Holodniy M, Niu M, Bethel J, Standiford H, Schnittman S. A pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of zidovudine (ZDV) versus placebo in primary HIV infection (DATRI 002): a preliminary analysis. Int Conf AIDS. 1996 Jul 7-12;11(Program Supplement):26 (abstract no LBB6022)

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