Clinical Trial: Safety and Effectiveness of Nitazoxanide for the Treatment of Cryptosporidiosis in AIDS Patients

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Open Label, Multi-Center Evaluation of Nitazoxanide for the Treatment of Cryptosporidiosis in Subjects With AIDS in the United States

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to see if it is safe and effective to treat cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients with nitazoxanide.

Detailed Summary: Patients take nitazoxanide daily for 8 weeks with a dose escalation after the first 4 weeks. Patients return to the hospital for examinations every 2 weeks during the 8-week treatment period and 6-week follow-up. Nitazoxanide therapy is discontinued in patients showing a complete clinical and parasitologic response (therapeutic cure) after 8 weeks of treatment and in patients showing a therapeutic cure at two consecutive visits (Weeks 2 and 4 or Weeks 4 and 6). These patients undergo a physical examination including stool analysis for Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and routine laboratory tests at Weeks 2, 4, and 6 after completion of nitazoxanide therapy. Patients who do not show a complete clinical and parasitologic response (therapeutic failure) after 8 weeks of treatment are allowed to remain on nitazoxanide therapy through the Open Label Compassionate Use of Nitazoxanide in Treatment of Cryptosporidiosis in AIDS Patients (UMD-95-009) protocol.
Sponsor: Romark Laboratories L.C.

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Information By: NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service

Dates:
Date Received: March 16, 2000
Date Started: February 2000
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Last Updated: June 23, 2005
Last Verified: August 2000