Clinical trial NCT02053142: Acyclovir Therapy for Genital Herpes Ulcers in HIV Negative African Women
Official title: Prospective Study of Pharmacokinetics, Clinical and Virologic Response to Acyclovir Episodic Therapy for Genital Herpes Ulcers in HIV Negative African Women
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Ulcers of Female Genital Organs
Keywords: Pharmacokinetics
Herpes simplex virus
Genital herpes ulcers
Lead sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
First posted: 2014-02-03
Enrollment: 74
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is a prospective study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, clinical and virologic response to acyclovir episodic therapy for genital herpes ulcers in HIV negative African women.

Detailed description: This is a two-part study designed to measure the Area Under the Curve (AUC) from a single dose of acyclovir 400mg in 60 African HIV-negative heterosexual women who have a history of genital ulcer disease (GUD), are HSV-2 seropositive and HIV-1 seronegative. The study will also examine the time to healing of genital lesion and duration of HSV shedding from GUD among 90 HIV negative African women who have a history of GUD and are Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-2 seropositive and HIV-1 seronegative randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive episodic acyclovir or matching placebo.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* HIV negative as determined by concordant rapid testing
* HSV-2 seropositive (Focus HerpeSelect EIA \>3.4)
* At least one prior occurrence of GUD
* 18 to 50 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current use, or use within the past 7 days, of acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famciclovir
* Prior hypersensitivity and/or allergic reaction to acyclovir
* Use of probenecid, which prolongs renal excretion of acyclovir
* Current use, or use within the past 28 days, of an investigational agent
* Currently pregnant or nursing
* Currently plan to become pregnant during the next 3 months
* Currently consume, on average, more than 7 drinks of alcohol per week (for Part I)
* Current use of more than 20 cigarettes daily (for Part I)
* Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator will interfere with successful completion of all study procedures.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Area under the Curve (AUC)
timeFrame: 0, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 hours post acyclovir administration
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Time to re-epithelization and time to cessation of HSV shedding
timeFrame: days 1-5, 7, 9, 11 and 13
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lusaka
country: Zambia
facility: Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Study officials:
affiliation: Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
name: Stewart Reid, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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