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HIV InfectionsNCT00000732

Evaluation of the Interaction Between Low Dose Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Zidovudine

A study testing Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Zidovudine in people with HIV Infections, run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

To determine if the pharmacokinetics of low doses of zidovudine (AZT) (that is, how fast AZT reaches the blood, what concentration of AZT is attained in the blood, and how long AZT remains in the blood) changes from day-to-day in the same patient. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 50 years
Conditions the study is for
HIV Infections
What is being tested?
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Zidovudine
How many people
10 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Start not givento May 1990
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 50 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Prior Medication:
  • Allowed:
  • Zidovudine (AZT) for patients with AIDS.
  • AIDS related complex (ARC). The presence of any one of the following findings within 12 months prior to entry and the absence of a concurrent illness or conditions other than HIV infection to explain the findings:
  • Fever of > 38.5 C degrees persisting for longer than 3 weeks.
  • Involuntary weight loss of > 15 lbs. or > 10 percent of baseline noted in a 120-day period prior to evaluation.
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  • Diarrhea (> 2 liquid stools per day) persisting for longer than 1 month.
  • History of clinical diagnosis of oral candidiasis or hairy leukoplakia.
  • Patients who have AIDS-defining opportunistic infections or tumors.
  • Patients eligible for AZT under the labeling.
  • A positive HIV antibody test. Exceptions will be made for patients with a previously positive HIV antibody test with progressive disease and patients where virus isolation has been made.
  • A life expectancy of at least 3 months.
  • Patient with stable Kaposi's sarcoma, mild herpes infection, mild or stable depression, asymptomatic or mild cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus infection, or a hepatitis B virus carrier state will be acceptable for study.

Who cannot join

  • Concurrent Medication:
  • Excluded:
  • Phenytoin.
  • Prior Medication:
  • Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
  • Other antiretroviral agents.
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  • Patient has any severe ongoing opportunistic infections including Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), cryptococcal or toxoplasmosis meningoencephalitis, disseminated herpes simplex or herpes zoster.
  • Patient has significant diarrhea at entry ( > 1 watery stool per day).
  • Patient has demonstrated prior sensitivity or has experienced significant adverse effects during prior therapy with the drugs to be used in the study.
  • Cannot abstain from alcohol or any other drugs during the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Univ of Pittsburgh Med School

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of the Interaction Between Low Dose Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole and Zidovudine

To determine if the pharmacokinetics of low doses of zidovudine (AZT) (that is, how fast AZT reaches the blood, what concentration of AZT is attained in the blood, and how long AZT remains in the blood) changes from day-to-day in the same patient. Also to determine whether the pharmacokinetics of AZT is changed by sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (SMX/TMP) given at the same time or whether the pharmacokinetics of SMX/TMP is altered by AZT therapy. AZT has been effective in treating some patients with AIDS, and SMX/TMP is an antibiotic combination which is useful in preventing or treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), which is an important cause of disease and death in patients with AIDS. It is important to know how drugs interact in patients because addition of a second drug may change the speed at which a drug is eliminated from the body, and cause increased toxic effects or decreased therapeutic effects.

Read the detailed description

AZT has been effective in treating some patients with AIDS, and SMX/TMP is an antibiotic combination which is useful in preventing or treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), which is an important cause of disease and death in patients with AIDS. It is important to know how drugs interact in patients because addition of a second drug may change the speed at which a drug is eliminated from the body, and cause increased toxic effects or decreased therapeutic effects.

Patients take AZT every 4 hours and/or SMX/TMP every 12 hours by mouth for 4 days as outpatients and then come into the clinical research center for 2 days of studies. On day 5 the final dose of medicine is given orally (SMX/TMP) or by intravenous infusion (AZT). Blood samples are drawn 10-20 times over a period of 12 hours and urine is collected for 36 hours. Concentrations of the drugs in the blood and urine samples are determined. This sequence is repeated twice, so that each patient takes AZT alone, SMX/TMP alone, and the combination of AZT and SMX/TMP over a period of about 3 weeks. Patients may be included in the study if they are asymptomatic, or have been diagnosed with ARC or AIDS, but not if they have PCP or any other severe opportunistic infection.

Conditions
HIV Infections
Being tested
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim, Zidovudine
Keywords
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii, Drug Interactions, Drug Therapy, Combination, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS-Related Complex, Zidovudine, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
Medical subject headings
HIV Infections, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS-Related Complex

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Aug 2001 (estimated)
  2. Study completionMay 1990

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
10 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00000732
Sponsor's protocol ID
ACTG 033
Other IDs
11009
Status last verified
Oct 2021
First submitted
2 Nov 1999
Last updated
3 Nov 2021
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Berson A, Happy K, Rousseau F, Grateau G, Farinotti R, Sereni D. Effect of zidovudine (AZT) on cotrimoxazole (TMP-SMX) kinetics: preliminary results. Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):501 (abstract no PO-B30-2193)

  • Canas E, Pachon J, Garcia-Pesquera F, Castillo JR, Viciana P, Cisneros JM, Jimenez-Mejias ME. Absence of effect of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole on pharmacokinetics of zidovudine in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Jan;40(1):230-3. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.1.230.

    PubMed 8787912

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Zidovudine in people with HIV Infections, run by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Nov 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00000732, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Nov 2021.

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