Isavuconazole (BAL8557) for Primary Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of isavuconazole versus voriconazole in the treatment of patients with invasive aspergillosis.

Timeline

Start

2007-03-07

Primary completion

2013-03-28

Completion

2013-03-28

Publications

• Hamed K, Engelhardt M, Kovanda LL, Huang JJ, Yan J, Aram JA. Post-hoc analysis of the safety and efficacy of isavuconazole in older patients with invasive fungal disease from the VITAL and SECURE studies. Sci Rep. 2023 Apr 25;13(1):6730. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31788-1.
• Kovanda LL, Kolamunnage-Dona R, Neely M, Maertens J, Lee M, Hope WW. Pharmacodynamics of Isavuconazole for Invasive Mold Disease: Role of Galactomannan for Real-Time Monitoring of Therapeutic Response. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 1;64(11):1557-1563. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix198.
• Maertens JA, Raad II, Marr KA, Patterson TF, Kontoyiannis DP, Cornely OA, Bow EJ, Rahav G, Neofytos D, Aoun M, Baddley JW, Giladi M, Heinz WJ, Herbrecht R, Hope W, Karthaus M, Lee DG, Lortholary O, Morrison VA, Oren I, Selleslag D, Shoham S, Thompson GR 3rd, Lee M, Maher RM, Schmitt-Hoffmann AH, Zeiher B, Ullmann AJ. Isavuconazole versus voriconazole for primary treatment of invasive mould disease caused by Aspergillus and other filamentous fungi (SECURE): a phase 3, randomised-controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2016 Feb 20;387(10020):760-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01159-9. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

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