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Lead
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
All patients will receive an initial loading dose of WR 6026, followed the next morning and each morning thereafter by 1 of 2 lower doses of WR 6026 taken in a fasting state for 3 weeks.
Age
13–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Concurrent Medication:
Allowed:
Any medications not listed as excluded will be permitted on study.
\[ AS PER AMENDMENT 4/11/97:PCP prophylaxis is permitted if initiated after the Day 21 evaluation has been completed.\]
Patients must have:
Documented HIV infection.
Documented PCP.
On a room air ABG, the PO2 value greater than or equal to 70 mm Hg and the (A-a) DO2 less than 35 mm Hg.
Signed informed consent from parent or legal guardian for those patients less than 18 years of age.
You may not be if
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
Known hypersensitivity to quinolines.
If patient is unwilling or unable to discontinue other medications with anti-PCP activity during the treatment period of this study.
Concurrent Medication:
Excluded:
Any patient unwilling or unable to discontinue other medications with anti-PCP activity during the treatment period of this study (e.g., TMP/SMX, sulfonamides, dapsone, pentamidine, trimetrexate, atovaquone, clindamycin, azithromycin, pyrimethamine, primaquine).
Methemoglobinemia-producing agents (dapsone, primaquine, sulfonamides, chloroquine, nitrofurantoin, nitrates and nitrites).
Patients with the following prior conditions or symptoms are excluded:
History of G6PD deficiency, hemoglobin M abnormality, or NAD methemoglobin reductase deficiency.
Prior Medication:
Excluded:
More than 24 hours receipt of anti-PCP treatment for the current episode of PCP. Receipt of prior PCP prophylaxis is permitted, as long as it is discontinued at study entry.
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