Molecular and Clinical Assessment in the Treatment of AIDS Kaposi Sarcoma with Valproic Acid
Author(s) -
MaryJo Lechowicz,
Dirk P. Dittmer,
Jeannette Lee,
Susan E. Krown,
William Wachsman,
David M. Aboulafia,
Bruce J. Dezube,
Lee Ratner,
Jonathan Said,
Richard F. Ambinder
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/648447
Subject(s) - medicine , valproic acid , sarcoma , malignancy , clinical trial , toxicity , dermatology , sida , immunopathology , oncology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , virology , epilepsy , pathology , psychiatry
The AIDS Malignancy Consortium undertook a pilot trial of valproic acid among patients with AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma (KS). Treatment was associated with low toxicity, but the KS clinical response and KS herpesvirus lytic induction rates were not sufficiently high to meet predefined criteria for efficacy.
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