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Study NCT ID: NCT00008359
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2013-01-18
First Post: 2001-01-06

Brief Title: Caspofungin Acetate Compared With Amphotericin B Liposomal in Treating Patients With Persistent Fever and Neutropenia Following Cancer Treatment
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Organization: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Overview

Official Title: A Multicenter Double-Blind Randomized Comparative Study To Evaluate The Safety Tolerability And Efficacy Of MK-0991 Versus Amphotericin B Liposome For Injection As Empirical Therapy In Patients With Persistent Fever And Neutropenia
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2013-01
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Caspofungin acetate or amphotericin B liposomal may be effective in preventing or controlling fever and neutropenia caused by chemotherapy bone marrow transplantation or peripheral stem cell transplantation It is not yet known whether caspofungin acetate or amphotericin B liposomal is more effective for treating these side effects

PURPOSE Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of caspofungin acetate with that of amphotericin B liposomal in treating patients who have persistent fever and neutropenia after receiving anticancer therapy
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES

Compare the number of successful treatment outcomes among patients treated with caspofungin acetate vs amphotericin B liposomal for persistent fever and neutropenia following cancer therapy in terms of survival for 7 days after study drug resolution of fever treatment of any baseline fungal infection absence of breakthrough fungal infection during and for 7 days after study drug and absence of study drug discontinuation due to toxicity or lack of efficacy
Compare the incidence of nephrotoxicity in patients treated with these regimens
Compare the incidence of infusion-related adverse events within 1 hour of the infusion in patients treated with these regimens
Compare the incidence of treatment discontinuation due to drug-related adverse events frequency of drug-related events number of breakthrough fungal infections and number of successfully treated baseline fungal infections in patients treated with these regimens
Compare incidence of required dose increase due to inadequate clinical response in patients treated with these regimens
Compare the time to resolution of fever in patients treated with these regimens

OUTLINE This is a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter study Patients are stratified according to high-risk prior allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or prior chemotherapy for relapse of acute leukemia vs low-risk and prior prophylactic antifungal therapy during chemotherapy yes vs no Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms

Arm I Patients receive caspofungin acetate IV over 1 hour followed by placebo IV over 2 hours
Arm II Patients receive placebo IV over 1 hour followed by amphotericin B liposomal IV over 2 hours

Treatment repeats daily for up to 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity

Patients are followed at 7 and 14 days after study drug discontinuation

PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 1060 patients 530 per arm will be accrued for this study

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
NCI-G00-1898 None None None
MSKCC-00085 None None None
MERCK-026-01 None None None