Antibiotic Therapy With or Without G-CSF in Treating Children With Neutropenia and Fever Caused by Chemotherapy

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Fever, Sweats, and Hot Flashes, Neutropenia, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: Antibiotics may decrease the side effects of neutropenia and fever caused by chemotherapy. Colony-stimulating factors such as G-CSF may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether antibiotic therapy plus G-CSF is more effective than antibiotic therapy alone for treating side effects caused by chemotherapy. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy with or without G-CSF in treating children who have neutropenia and fever that are caused by chemotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00003739
Run by
Children's Oncology Group
People needed
67
Starts
1999-03-01
Expected to finish
2006-09-01
Last updated by the study team
2014-02-14

Who can join

Age: any, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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