Primary Prophylaxis of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in HIV-Infected Patients
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is one of the most frequently encountered opportunistic infections in
the course of AIDS. The mortality (death) rate is estimated to be greater than 50 percent.
Pyrimethamine is a drug that appears promising for the primary prevention of cerebral
toxoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients.
AMENDED: 04-04-91 On the first day of therapy, a loading dose is given. After the first day,
patients take pyrimethamine or placebo 3 times a week. Patients also take leucovorin calcium
orally three times weekly. Enrollment occurs over approximately 12 months. All patients are
followed on study until a common study close-out date and final analysis of the study. It
is anticipated that this common close-out will occur when the mean duration of time on study
therapy will be 3 years (approximately in January, 1994).
ORIGINAL design: On the first day of treatment, patients receive a loading dose of
pyrimethamine or placebo, plus of leucovorin calcium. After the first day, patients take
pyrimethamine or placebo three times a week. Patients also take folinic acid orally three
times weekly. The mean duration of study participation is 3 years.
Interventional
Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention
BJ Luft
Study Chair
United States: Federal Government
ACTG 154
NCT00000643
May 1994
Name | Location |
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Stanford CRS | Palo Alto, California 94305 |
Harbor-UCLA Med. Ctr. CRS | Torrance, California 90502 |
Univ. of Miami AIDS CRS | Miami, Florida 33136 |
Northwestern University CRS | Chicago, Illinois 60611 |
Rush Univ. Med. Ctr. ACTG CRS | Chicago, Illinois 60612 |
Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Clinic | Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 |
Tulane Med. Ctr. - Charity Hosp. of New Orleans, ACTU | New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 |
Johns Hopkins Adult AIDS CRS | Baltimore, Maryland 21287 |
Bmc Actg Crs | Boston, Massachusetts 02118 |
University of Minnesota, ACTU | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
St. Louis ConnectCare, Infectious Diseases Clinic | St Louis, Missouri 63112 |
Washington U CRS | St. Louis, Missouri |
NJ Med. School CRS | Newark, New Jersey |
SUNY - Buffalo, Erie County Medical Ctr. | Buffalo, New York 14215 |
NY Univ. HIV/AIDS CRS | New York, New York 10016 |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr. | New York, New York 10021 |
Cornell University A2201 | New York, New York 10021 |
Beth Israel Med. Ctr. (Mt. Sinai) | New York, New York 10003 |
Univ. of Rochester ACTG CRS | Rochester, New York 14642 |
Unc Aids Crs | Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 |
Duke Univ. Med. Ctr. Adult CRS | Durham, North Carolina 27710 |
Univ. of Cincinnati CRS | Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 |
Case CRS | Cleveland, Ohio 44106 |
Pitt CRS | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 |