A Phase I Study of Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Nevirapine in HIV-1 Infected Pregnant Women and Neonates Born to HIV-1 Infected Mothers

Summary

To determine the bioavailability, pharmacokinetics, and short-term safety and tolerance of nevirapine in HIV-1 infected pregnant women and their newborns when nevirapine is given to the mother during active labor, and when their neonates are dosed during the first week of life. To determine the short-term safety profile of mothers receiving zidovudine (AZT) who received nevirapine during active labor, and their neonates who received no dose, a single dose, or multiple doses of nevirapine and who are receiving AZT during the first 6 weeks of life. Treatment of HIV-1 infected pregnant women during active labor may result in therapeutic levels of nevirapine in the neonate at the time of exposure to HIV-1 during parturition, decreasing the neonate's risk of infection.

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1998-09

Publications

• Background Vazquez E. Two bucks a baby. Posit Aware. 1997 Mar-Apr;8(2):15.
• Background Benson M, Shannon M. Nevirapine: ethical dilemmas and care for HIV-infected mothers. Focus. 1995 Jun;10(7):5-6.
• 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 Mirochnick M, Sullivan J, Cort S, Mcnamara J, Fenton T, Sperling R. Safety and pharmacokinetics (pk) of nevirapine (NVP) in HIV-I infected pregnant women and their newborns. ACTG Protocol 250 Team. American Pediatric Association and Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting; 1996 May 6-10; Washington, D.C. Pediatr AIDS HIV Infect. 1996 Aug;7(4):280 (unnumbered abstract)
• Background Mirochnick M, Fenton T, Gagnier P, Pav J, Gwynne M, Siminski S, Sperling RS, Beckerman K, Jimenez E, Yogev R, Spector SA, Sullivan JL. Pharmacokinetics of nevirapine in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected pregnant women and their neonates. Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 250 Team. J Infect Dis. 1998 Aug;178(2):368-74. doi: 10.1086/515641.

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