drugset / Trial / NCT00006441

Effectiveness of Adding Interleukin-2 to Anti-HIV Drugs in Patients Recently Infected With HIV

NCT00006441

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see whether taking interleukin-2 (IL-2) and other anti-HIV drugs affects the course of HIV disease in patients with primary HIV infection (the time period that immediately follows infection with HIV). After primary HIV infection, the actual infection is spread through an increasing amount of HIV virus in the body. Studies have shown that, by taking a combination of anti-HIV drugs, it is possible to reduce the amount of HIV in the body to almost undetectable levels. This study will find out if starting anti-HIV drugs during primary infection will interrupt or reduce the spread of HIV in patients' bodies.

Timeline

Start
2003-02
Primary completion
2008-10
Completion
2008-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject aldesleukin Protein / enzyme biologic 7.5 iu
Background Lamivudine Other / unclassified 300 mg
Background Nelfinavir Other / unclassified 1250 mg
Background Stavudine Other / unclassified 40 mg
Background Zidovudine Small molecule 150 mg