Effect of Raltegravir in Patients With Acute Tropical Spastic Paraparesis - Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 Infection

Summary

This is a pilot study of intervention in a group of patients with tropical spastic paraparesis/ myelopathy to evaluate virologic and clinical response of raltegravir plus zidovudine in this group of patients.

Timeline

Start

2017-07-01

Primary completion

2019-03-15

Completion

2019-03-15

Publications

• Results Verdonck K, Gonzalez E, Van Dooren S, Vandamme AM, Vanham G, Gotuzzo E. Human T-lymphotropic virus 1: recent knowledge about an ancient infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;7(4):266-81. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70081-6.
• Results Zurita S, Costa C, Watts D, Indacochea S, Campos P, Sanchez J, Gotuzzo E. Prevalence of human retroviral infection in Quillabamba and Cuzco, Peru: a new endemic area for human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1997 May;56(5):561-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.561.
• Results Primo J, Siqueira I, Nascimento MC, Oliveira MF, Farre L, Carvalho EM, Bittencourt AL. High HTLV-1 proviral load, a marker for HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, is also detected in patients with infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1. Braz J Med Biol Res. 2009 Aug;42(8):761-4. doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x2009005000008. Epub 2009 Jul 3.
• Results Izumo S. Neuropathology of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP): The 50th Anniversary of Japanese Society of Neuropathology. Neuropathology. 2010 Oct;30(5):480-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01135.x.
• Results Varrin-Doyer M, Nicolle A, Marignier R, Cavagna S, Benetollo C, Wattel E, Giraudon P. Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 increases T lymphocyte migration by recruiting the cytoskeleton organizer CRMP2. J Immunol. 2012 Feb 1;188(3):1222-33. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101562. Epub 2012 Jan 6.
• Results Gill PS, Harrington W Jr, Kaplan MH, Ribeiro RC, Bennett JM, Liebman HA, Bernstein-Singer M, Espina BM, Cabral L, Allen S, et al. Treatment of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma with a combination of interferon alfa and zidovudine. N Engl J Med. 1995 Jun 29;332(26):1744-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199506293322603.
• Results Hermine O, Allard I, Levy V, Arnulf B, Gessain A, Bazarbachi A; French ATL therapy group. A prospective phase II clinical trial with the use of zidovudine and interferon-alpha in the acute and lymphoma forms of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Hematol J. 2002;3(6):276-82. doi: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200195.
• Results Seegulam ME, Ratner L. Integrase inhibitors effective against human T-cell leukemia virus type 1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 May;55(5):2011-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01413-10. Epub 2011 Feb 22.
• Results Trevino A, Parra P, Bar-Magen T, Garrido C, de Mendoza C, Soriano V. Antiviral effect of raltegravir on HTLV-1 carriers. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Jan;67(1):218-21. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr404. Epub 2011 Sep 29.
• Results Gotuzzo E, Cabrera J, Deza L, Verdonck K, Vandamme AM, Cairampoma R, Vizcarra D, Cabada M, Narvarte G, De las Casas C. Clinical characteristics of patients in Peru with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1-associated tropical spastic paraparesis. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;39(7):939-44. doi: 10.1086/423957. Epub 2004 Sep 1.

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