Summary: This randomized, open-label, parallel group, two-arm, multi-center assessment will compare IV BCV with IV CDV in adult and pediatric allogeneic HCT recipients with AdV viremia. A virologic response-driven approach to duration of treatment will be evaluated, in which randomized subjects are treated with either BCV or CDV until AdV viremia is confirmed as undetectable or until a maximum of 12 weeks ...

Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the JC virus. The JC virus is common. More than half of adults have been exposed to it. Most people do not get sick from the JC virus, but in people with weakened immune systems, it can cause PML. Brincidofovir (BCV) is an antiviral drug approved to treat smallpox. Researchers want to know if it ca...