Preventing Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Organ Damage With Valganciclovir in People With HIV

Summary

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common opportunistic infection (OI) in HIV patients. The purpose of this study is to find out whether valganciclovir, an antiviral approved by the FDA for the treatment of CMV in the eye, is safe and effective in preventing CMV organ damage in people with HIV.

Timeline

Start

2000-08

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-02

Publications

• Background Cocohoba JM, McNicholl IR. Valganciclovir: an advance in cytomegalovirus therapeutics. Ann Pharmacother. 2002 Jun;36(6):1075-9. doi: 10.1345/aph.1A393.
• Background De Clercq E. Antiviral drugs in current clinical use. J Clin Virol. 2004 Jun;30(2):115-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.02.009.
• Background Erice A, Tierney C, Hirsch M, Caliendo AM, Weinberg A, Kendall MA, Polsky B; AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 360 Study Team. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden, CMV end-organ disease, and survival in subjects with advanced HIV infection (AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 360). Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Aug 15;37(4):567-78. doi: 10.1086/375843. Epub 2003 Jul 29.
• Background Reusser P. Oral valganciclovir: a new option for treatment of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in immunocompromised hosts. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2001 Sep;10(9):1745-53. doi: 10.1517/13543784.10.9.1745.
• Results Wohl DA, Kendall MA, Andersen J, Crumpacker C, Spector SA, Feinberg J, Alston-Smith B, Owens S, Chafey S, Marco M, Maxwell S, Lurain N, Jabs D, Benson C, Keiser P, Jacobson MA; A5030 Study Team. Low rate of CMV end-organ disease in HIV-infected patients despite low CD4+ cell counts and CMV viremia: results of ACTG protocol A5030. HIV Clin Trials. 2009 May-Jun;10(3):143-52. doi: 10.1310/hct1003-143.

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