drugset / Trial / NCT00002025

Open Label Ganciclovir Therapy for Sight- or Life-Threatening Cytomegalovirus Disease in the Immunocompromised Patient

NCT00002025

Completed Hoffmann-La Roche
Open-labelTreatment

Summary

To make intravenous (IV) ganciclovir available to immunocompromised patients with life-threatening or sight-threatening Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, where the symptoms of the disease are too severe to allow admission to a controlled clinical study of ganciclovir therapy. To determine the safety and tolerance of 2 - 3 weeks induction course of ganciclovir IV followed by a maintenance course of ganciclovir IV for an indefinite duration. To tabulate the patient's clinical response.

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Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Ganciclovir Small molecule Intravenous