A Safety & Effectiveness Study of Intravenous Anidulafungin With AmBisome® for Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis (IA).
Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Aspergillosis
In brief
The combination of Anidulafungin plus AmBisome® may offer an improved outcome for patients treated for Invasive Aspergillosis (IA). The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and the clinical and microbiological effectiveness of anidulafungin plus AmBisome® in treated patients located in the United States, Europe, and South Africa.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00037206
- Run by
- Pfizer
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2002-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2003-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-10-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosis of definite IA outside the pulmonary system or definite or probable pulmonary IA
- Life expectancy: greater than 72 hours
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnant female
- Hypersensitivity to anidulafungin or echinocandin therapy
- Hypersensitivity to Tween 80 (polysorbate 80) or tartaric acid
- Hypersensitivity to amphotericin B deoxycholate or any other constituents of AmBisome unless, in the opinion of the investigator, the benefit of therapy outweighs the risk.
- Aspergilloma-in the absence of invasive disease
- Abnormal blood chemistries:
- Bilirubin > 3 times the upper limit of normal; AST (aspartate aminotransferase) or ALT (alanine aminotransferase)> 5 times the upper limit of normal
- Greater than five days of therapeutic doses of systemic therapy for the current Aspergillus-associated condition or a cumulative dose of more than 5 mg/Kg of amphotericin, more than 25 mg/Kg of a lipid formulation of amphotericin, or more than 2g of itraconazole for the current condition. Prophylactic use of azoles or amphotericin is acceptable.
- Less than 4 weeks since prior participation in an investigational drug or device study, with the exception of cytotoxic, antiretroviral agents and therapies for AIDS-related opportunistic infections.
Where it is running
- Versicor, Inc. — King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States
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