Stavudine in patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex: AIDS clinical trials group 089. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In a phase I trial of stavudine in AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC), antiviral effects and safety were assessed in 41 patients treated with dosages of 0.5-12.0 mg/kg/day. Among evaluable patients, 10% increases in CD4 lymphocyte counts were sustained in 24 (60%) of 40 during treatment; an NAUC response (normalized area under the CD4 cell count-versus-time curve > 1.0) was observed in 31 (91%) of 34 at 10 weeks and in 20 (80%) of 25 at 24 weeks; 15 (83%) of 18 had decreases in p24 antigenemia; and 24 (60%) of 40 gained > or = 2.5 kg body weight. Median CD4 lymphocyte levels remained above baseline for 6 months in patients receiving > 0.5 mg/kg/day. Median serum p24 antigen levels remained below baseline for > or = 1 year in patients with p24 antigen responses. The principal toxicity was peripheral neuropathy, which generally resolved after drug discontinuation but limited the dosage to < or = 2.0 mg/kg/day. Additional trials assessing the effect of stavudine on overall morbidity and mortality are ongoing.

authors

  • Murray, Henry W
  • Squires, K E
  • Weiss, Walter
  • Sledz, Sandi
  • Sacks, H S
  • Hassett, Joseph
  • Cross, Anne
  • Anderson, R E
  • Dunkle, L M

publication date

  • March 1, 1995

Research

keywords

  • AIDS-Related Complex
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Stavudine

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0028950136

PubMed ID

  • 7861017

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 171 Suppl 2