Status:

COMPLETED

Central Nervous System Disease in HIV-infected Children on HAART

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

HIV Infections

Central Nervous System Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

This study will examine how HIV affects the brain and nervous system, learning, and behavior in children on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Although HAART has resulted in fewer HIV-infec...

Detailed Description

Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has altered the natural history of HIV disease in children. A significant minority of HIV-infected children has evidence of ongoing CNS disea...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • HIV disease acquired in the first decade of life.
  • Evidence of CNS disease (at least one of the following):
  • Classification of encephalopathy or CNS compromise.
  • Diagnosis of ADHD, bipolar disease, major depression, or psychosis
  • For children greater than 7 years, ability to give assent if developmentally appropriate.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent for subjects greater than 18 years, and inability or unwillingness of one parent / legal guardian to provide consent for subjects less than 18 years.
  • Clinically significant, unrelated systemic illness (serious infections or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction) which in the judgment of the Principal Investigator or Chairpersons would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate this study or is likely to interfere with the study procedures or results
  • Lumbar Puncture Exclusion Criteria:
  • Increased intracranial pressure (head imaging and neurologic examination to be performed prior to LP)
  • Spinal cord lesion (to be screened by neurologic examination; spine imaging if clinically indicated)
  • Platelet count less than 75,000/mm(3)
  • Abnormal PT/PTT
  • Focal suppuration at puncture site

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 3 2005

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 9 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    21 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00110331

    Start Date

    May 3 2005

    End Date

    September 9 2014

    Last Update

    December 12 2019

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    National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892