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Efficacy and Safety of Oral Famciclovir in Patients With Active Recurrent Genital Herpes

NCT00171990

Phase 3 Completed 1461 enrolled Novartis
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

This is a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study to compare the efficacy and safety of a two-day treatment with famciclovir (500 mg loading dose followed by 250 mg 12-hourly) to standard five-day treatment with famciclovir (125 mg 12-hourly) in patients with active recurrent genital herpes. This study is not recruiting patients in the United States.

Timeline

Start
2003-01
Primary completion
Completion
2006-02

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Famciclovir Small molecule 125 mg Oral
Subject Famciclovir Small molecule 250 mg Oral

Indications