To compare the safety and efficacy of two doses of clarithromycin in combination with ethambutol and either rifabutin or clofazimine for the treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) disease in AIDS patients. Recommendations have been issued for AIDS patients with disseminated MAC to be treated with at least two antimycobacterial agents and for every regimen to include a macrolide (clarithromycin or azithromycin). However, the optimal treatment for disseminated MAC remains unknown.
Recommendations have been issued for AIDS patients with disseminated MAC to be treated with at least two antimycobacterial agents and for every regimen to include a macrolide (clarithromycin or azithromycin). However, the optimal treatment for disseminated MAC remains unknown. Patients are randomized to receive clarithromycin at one of two doses plus ethambutol and either rifabutin or clofazimine. Patients are followed at 1, 2, and 4 months and every 4 months thereafter for a minimum of 1.5 years to a common closing date.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
400
Community Consortium of San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Denver CPCRA / Denver Public Hlth
Denver, Colorado, United States
Veterans Administration Med Ctr / Regional AIDS Program
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
AIDS Research Alliance - Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Louisiana Comm AIDS Rsch Prog / Tulane Univ Med
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Baltimore Trials
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Comprehensive AIDS Alliance of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Henry Ford Hosp
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Southern New Jersey AIDS Cln Trials / Dept of Med
Camden, New Jersey, United States
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