Official Title
A Study of DTC in Patients With AIDS and AIDS Related Complex
Phase
N/ALead Sponsor
Merieux InstituteStudy Type
InterventionalStatus
Completed No Results PostedIndication/Condition
HIV InfectionsIntervention/Treatment
thiocarb ...Study Participants
NoneTo determine if ditiocarb sodium (sodium diethyldithiocarbamate; DTC) restores immune and host defense function; if DTC ameliorates the AIDS related complex (ARC) symptoms in patients with AIDS and ARC; if DTC prevents progression from ARC to AIDS or progression of AIDS; and if DTC prolongs survival in AIDS.
Inclusion Criteria Concurrent Medication: Allowed: Zidovudine (AZT). Exclusion Criteria Co-existing Condition: Patients with the following are excluded: Active opportunistic infection or progressive Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Dementia. Lymphoma. Concurrent Medication: Excluded within 3 weeks of study entry: Other experimental AIDS therapy. Patients with the following are excluded: Active opportunistic infection or progressive Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Patients must be either HIV seropositive or have AIDS or AIDS related complex (ARC) and have life expectancy of at least 6 months.