Phase I safety study of a vaginal microbicide: Polystyren
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Study Details
To assess the safety, tolerance and acceptability of repeated intravaginal doses of Polystyrene Sulfonate gel in HIV-infected women.
Phase I trial (need for control arm to be determined) in HIV infected women, administering product twice daily for two weeks.
Women between the ages of 18 and 45 who are are HIV-1 infected, with a normal Pap smear and no clinically detectable genital abnormality
N=20. This allows for >90% power to detect toxicity rates of >20% where toxicity is defined as 2 or more women in the study having grade 3 adverse experiences judged by the investigator to be possibly, probably, or definitely related to study drug.
Enrollment will be open for 4 months and all women followed for 21 days (14 days of product use, plus a 7 day safety follow-up check and focus group discussions).
Women will be asked to administer the product twice daily for two weeks.
To assess local toxic effects of Polystyrene Sulfonate gel for vaginal use on vulvar and cervicovaginal mucosa in HIV infected women.
To access the acceptability of and adherence to, a short-term regimen of Polystyrene Sulfonate gel for vaginal use in HIV infected women.
To evaluate aspects of product acceptability and adherence.
To determine effects of PSS gel on genital viral load
To allow new HPTN sites to gain experience in microbicide safety evaluations and with the specific study product.