Status:

WITHDRAWN

Paradoxical Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (TB-IRIS) Treatment Trial

Lead Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Collaborating Sponsors:

Pfizer

Minnesota Medical Foundation

Conditions:

Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Immune Reconstitution Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection (OI) in HIV-infected persons worldwide, including in South East Asia. Significant numbers of patients experience tuberculosis-related paradoxica...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • HIV-1 infection documented by any locally licensed ELISA or rapid HIV test kit.
  • Age \>18 years
  • Paradoxical TB-IRIS diagnosed by case definition (see section 5.2)
  • Ability and willingness of the participant or legal guardian/representative to give informed consent. Receiving appropriate ART and anti-TB therapy, as judged by the site investigator

Exclusion

  • Inability to take oral medication;
  • Receiving chemotherapy, immunosuppressant, corticosteroid, NSAID, or statin medications; (ASA is acceptable)
  • Cannot or unlikely to attend regular clinic visits;
  • Known allergy to NSAIDs, statins or corticosteroids;
  • Liver transaminase \> 2 times the upper limit of normal within 60 days of enrollment;
  • History of myositis/myopathy;
  • High Investigator Suspicion of anti-TB treatment failure due to TB-resistance or medication non-adherence;
  • Receiving ongoing azole anti-fungal for treatment or secondary prophylaxis of cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis or penicilliosis;
  • Serious co-morbidities, co-infections, or laboratory values who should not receive NSAIDs, steroid or statins, as judged by the site investigator;
  • Minimal IRIS reaction which is unlikely to require treatment, as judged by the site investigator;
  • Pregnancy (a negative urine pregnancy test at screening is required for women of childbearing potential) or breast feeding;
  • Receiving a HIV treatment regimen containing a protease inhibitor at study entry.
  • Exclusion for Randomization A Only
  • Life threatening TB-IRIS, as defined by:
  • Acute respiratory failure; PaO2 \< 60 on room air or;
  • Altered mental status or;
  • New focal neurological deficit or;
  • Compression of the vital organs.
  • Persons with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus;
  • Impair kidney function, glomerular filtration rate \<60 ml/min; within 72 hours of consent
  • Uncontrolled congestive heart failure
  • History of bleeding disorder;
  • Platelet count \<100,000/µL;
  • History of significant gastrointestinal bleeding or ulceration;
  • Prior adjunctive corticosteroid therapy for this TB episode for \> 48 hr;
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01442428

Start Date

January 1 2014

End Date

June 1 2016

Last Update

November 25 2013

Active Locations (3)

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Ramathibodi Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand

2

Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai, Thailand

3

Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute

Nonthaburi, Thailand