The Effect of Teaching HIV-Infected Patients About HIV and Treatment

NCT ID: NCT00002409

Last Updated: 2005-06-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to see if an HIV-education course can help under-represented, HIV-infected patients. This study examines the areas of faithfulness to drug regimen, level of HIV in the blood, and health status.

Detailed Description

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Following initial screening, eligible patients are treated with open-label Combivir plus abacavir for 24 weeks. Patients are randomized to undergo the education intervention, Tools for Health and Empowerment (T.H.E.) course plus counseling, or routine counseling only (control group). Measurements and evaluations for assessment of immunologic effects, adherence, and health outcomes are performed at entry (Day 1) and at Weeks 2, 5, 8, 12, 16, and 24.

Conditions

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HIV Infections

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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Lamivudine/Zidovudine

Intervention Type DRUG

Abacavir sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

* Documented and confirmed HIV infection.
* Limited or no experience with antiretrovirals.
* CD4+ lymphocyte cell count of 50 cells/mm3 or more 14 days prior to study drug administration.
* HIV-1 plasma RNA above 40 copies/ml and less than 100,000 copies/ml within 14 days prior to study drug administration.
* Ability to read, comprehend, and record information in fifth-grade English.
* Ability to attend the 4 sessions of T.H.E. course on Weeks 1-4.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

* Patients suffering from a serious medical condition such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, or other cardiac dysfunction which would compromise the safety of the patient.
* Malabsorption syndrome or other gastrointestinal dysfunction which may interfere with drug absorption or render the patient unable to take oral medication.
* Acute or chronic active hepatitis.

Concurrent Treatment:

Excluded:

Treatment with foscarnet or other agents with required documented activity against HIV-1 in vitro.

Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:

* A clinical diagnosis of AIDS, according to the 1993 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) AIDS surveillance definition. (CD4 cell counts below 200 cells/mm3 will not be considered AIDS-defining.)
* History of allergy to any study drug.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

* History of antiretroviral use. Patients with a history of sequential nucleoside monotherapy will be excluded, as will patients with a total antiretroviral history exceeding 6 months.
* Required treatment with immunomodulating agents, such as systemic corticosteroids, interleukins, vaccines, or interferons, within 4 weeks prior to study entry, or an HIV immunotherapeutic vaccine within 3 months prior to entry. Asthmatic patients using inhaled corticosteroids are eligible for enrollment.

Prior Treatment:

Excluded:

Radiation therapy or cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents received within 4 weeks prior to entry.

Risk Behavior:

Excluded:

Current alcohol or illicit drug use which may interfere with the ability to comply with dosing schedule and protocol evaluation and assessment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Glaxo Wellcome

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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K Rawlings

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Locations

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Oasis Clinic / King Drew Med Ctr

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Robert Scott MD

Oakland, California, United States

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Georgetown Univ Med Ctr

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Whitman Walker Clinic/Elizabeth Taylor Med Ctr

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Univ of Miami School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, United States

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Specialty Med Care Ctrs of South Florida Inc

Miami, Florida, United States

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Saint Josephs Comprehensive Research Institute

Tampa, Florida, United States

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AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Rush Med College / Dept of Infectious Diseases

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Encounter Med Group

Oak Park, Illinois, United States

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New England Med Ctr / Div of Geo Med & Infect Disease

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Jeffrey Bomser Clinic / NJCR

Newark, New Jersey, United States

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UMDNJ / Dept of Ob/Gyn

Newark, New Jersey, United States

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Newark Community Health Ctr

Newark, New Jersey, United States

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Addiction Research and Treatment Corp

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Bentley-Salick Med Practice

New York, New York, United States

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Holmes Hosp / Univ of Cincinnati Med Ctr

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Allegheny Univ of the Hlth Sciences / Div of Infect Diseases

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Carolina Family Care/Denmark Med Ctr / P O Box 278

Denmark, South Carolina, United States

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Univ of Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Univ of Tennessee / Div of Infect Dis / Dept of Med

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Southeast Dallas Health Ctr

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Therapeutic Concepts

Houston, Texas, United States

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Santa Rosa Med Ctr / Baptist Med Ctr

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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NZTA 4006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

280B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id