NLM Metadata
Title:
Findings of the Foscarnet-Ganciclovir Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Trial
Subjects--MeSH:
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis -- drug therapy
Foscarnet -- therapeutic use
Ganciclovir -- therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents -- therapeutic use
Clinical Trials
Subjects--Other:
National Eye Institute
Classification:
WC 500
Published:
U.S. National Library of Medicine, 29 October 1991
Last updated:
25 March 1997
Related names:
National Eye Institute
Category:
Clinical Alerts
Abstract:
The trial's independent Policy and Data Monitoring Board recommended suspending the protocol because the data indicated that patients treated with foscarnet lived on average four months longer than those treated with ganciclovir.
Area covered:
United States
Permanence level:
Permanent: Unchanging Content
Permanence guarantor:
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Language:
English
Rights:
Public Domain
Contact:
mmsweb@mail.nlm.nih.gov
URL:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/foscarnet.html
Catalog ID:
101246400
