Treatment of Acyclovir-Resistant Mucocutaneous Herpes Simplex Disease in Patients With AIDS: Open Label Pilot Study of Topical Trifluridine - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Glaxo Wellcome
Information provided by:	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00000635

Purpose

To determine the safety, effectiveness, and toxicity of topical (local) trifluridine in treating mucocutaneous (at the nasal, oral, vaginal, and anal openings) Herpes simplex virus ( HSV ) disease that has shown resistance to acyclovir in HIV-infected patients. HSV infection in patients with AIDS is often associated with skin sores and frequent recurrences. Treatment with the drug acyclovir results in healing for most patients, but repeated treatment sometimes results in resistance of the virus to acyclovir. Thus, when this happens, other treatments need to be used. Trifluridine is an antiviral drug that is used for the treatment of Herpes infections that occur in the eye. This study attempts to determine if trifluridine is useful for treating HSV sores that have not healed after treatment with acyclovir.

Condition	Intervention
Herpes Simplex HIV Infections	Drug: Trifluridine Drug: Bacitracin zinc/Polymyxin B sulfate

MedlinePlus related topics: AIDS Herpes Simplex

Drug Information available for: Acyclovir Acyclovir sodium Bacitracin Bacitracin zinc Polymyxin B Polymyxin B Sulfate Trifluridine

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Open Label, Safety Study
Official Title:	Treatment of Acyclovir-Resistant Mucocutaneous Herpes Simplex Disease in Patients With AIDS: Open Label Pilot Study of Topical Trifluridine

Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):

Estimated Enrollment:

25

Detailed Description:

HSV infection in patients with AIDS is often associated with skin sores and frequent recurrences. Treatment with the drug acyclovir results in healing for most patients, but repeated treatment sometimes results in resistance of the virus to acyclovir. Thus, when this happens, other treatments need to be used. Trifluridine is an antiviral drug that is used for the treatment of Herpes infections that occur in the eye. This study attempts to determine if trifluridine is useful for treating HSV sores that have not healed after treatment with acyclovir.

Patients receive at least 10 days (and up to 42 days) of treatment with topical trifluridine. Trifluridine is applied in a thin fluid layer that overlaps the edges of the lesion. Polymyxin B sulfate/bacitracin zinc ointment is then applied over the trifluridine. Lesions are covered by a nonabsorbent dressing. Medication is applied every 8 hours.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	13 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication: Included:

All medications deemed essential for best patient care, including zidovudine (AZT), Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis, and acute or maintenance therapies for other opportunistic infections.

Patients must have the following:

HIV infection or diagnosis of AIDS.
Mucocutaneous Herpes simplex virus infection.
Ability to give informed consent.

Allowed:

Patients may be co-enrolled in other ACTG studies except for those in which treatments are expected to generate neutropenia. Subjects aged 13 - 17 may be enrolled with appropriate consent from parent or guardian.

Exclusion Criteria

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

Acyclovir, ganciclovir, foscarnet, vidarabine or other investigational drugs with potential anti-Herpes simplex virus activity.

Patients with the following are excluded:

Previous hypersensitivity reaction to trifluridine, polymyxin B or bacitracin.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

Immunomodulators, lymphocyte replacement therapy or biologic response modifiers within 14 days prior to study entry.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000635

Locations

United States, Alabama
Univ of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
United States, Colorado
Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
United States, Maryland
Johns Hopkins Hosp
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
United States, New York
SUNY - Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York, United States, 117948153
Bellevue Hosp / New York Univ Med Ctr
New York, New York, United States, 10016
Saint Luke's - Roosevelt Hosp Ctr
New York, New York, United States, 10025
United States, South Carolina
Julio Arroyo
West Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29169

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Glaxo Wellcome

Investigators

Study Chair:

Kessler H A

More Information

Publications:

Kessler H, Weaver D, Benson C, Pottage J, Safrin S, Nevin T, Davis R, Owens S, Korvick J. ACTG 172: treatment of acyclovir-resistant (ACV-R) mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in patients with AIDS: open label pilot study of topical trifluridine (TFT). Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24;8(1):We55 (abstract no WeB 1056)

Kessler HA, Hurwitz S, Farthing C, Benson CA, Feinberg J, Kuritzkes DR, Bailey TC, Safrin S, Steigbigel RT, Cheeseman SH, McKinley GF, Wettlaufer B, Owens S, Nevin T, Korvick JA. Pilot study of topical trifluridine for the treatment of acyclovir-resistant mucocutaneous herpes simplex disease in patients with AIDS (ACTG 172). AIDS Clinical Trials Group. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1996 Jun 1;12(2):147-52.

Study ID Numbers:	ACTG 172
Study First Received:	November 2, 1999
Last Updated:	June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00000635
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):

Bacitracin
Polymyxin B
Trifluridine
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Herpesviridae Infections

Drug Evaluation
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Antiviral Agents

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Herpes Simplex
Opportunistic Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Polymyxin B
Skin Diseases
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Bacitracin
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Trifluridine
Herpesviridae Infections

Virus Diseases
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Polymyxins
Acyclovir
HIV Infections
Zinc
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
DNA Virus Infections
Retroviridae Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Antimetabolites
Anti-Infective Agents
RNA Virus Infections
Slow Virus Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immune System Diseases
Infection

Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Skin Diseases, Viral
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Therapeutic Uses
Lentivirus Infections

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