Low Dose Versus Weight-based Intravenous Acyclovir for Herpes Simplex Virus Prophylaxis in the Neutropenic Patient
OBJECTIVES:
- To determine the difference in nephrotoxicity between low-dose and weight-based
intravenous acyclovir sodium as herpes simplex virus infection prophylaxis in patients
with neutropenia.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive weight-based IV acyclovir sodium every 8 or 12 hours.
- Arm II: Patients receive low-dose IV acyclovir sodium every 8 or 12 hours. Treatment
continues for approximately 2 weeks unless clinical herpes simplex virus infection is
confirmed or the patient is no longer neutropenic.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Incidence of nephrotoxicity, defined as a serum creatinine ≥ 2 times the patient's baseline
Yes
M. Jay Brown, PharmD
Principal Investigator
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
United States: Institutional Review Board
CDR0000633817
NCT00855309
November 2008
Name | Location |
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Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center | Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1096 |