The Deferasirox-AmBisome Therapy for Mucormycosis (DEFEAT Mucor) Study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of the medication, deferasirox, to standard antifungal therapy for the infection, mucormycosis, is safe and effective

Timeline

Start

2007-10

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Background Spellberg B, Edwards J Jr, Ibrahim A. Novel perspectives on mucormycosis: pathophysiology, presentation, and management. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005 Jul;18(3):556-69. doi: 10.1128/CMR.18.3.556-569.2005.
• Background Ibrahim AS, Edwards JE Jr, Fu Y, Spellberg B. Deferiprone iron chelation as a novel therapy for experimental mucormycosis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Nov;58(5):1070-3. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkl350. Epub 2006 Aug 23.
• Background Reed C, Ibrahim A, Edwards JE Jr, Walot I, Spellberg B. Deferasirox, an iron-chelating agent, as salvage therapy for rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov;50(11):3968-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01065-06. Epub 2006 Sep 25. No abstract available.
• Background Boelaert JR, Van Cutsem J, de Locht M, Schneider YJ, Crichton RR. Deferoxamine augments growth and pathogenicity of Rhizopus, while hydroxypyridinone chelators have no effect. Kidney Int. 1994 Mar;45(3):667-71. doi: 10.1038/ki.1994.89.
• Spellberg B, Ibrahim AS, Chin-Hong PV, Kontoyiannis DP, Morris MI, Perfect JR, Fredricks D, Brass EP. The Deferasirox-AmBisome Therapy for Mucormycosis (DEFEAT Mucor) study: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Mar;67(3):715-22. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr375. Epub 2011 Sep 20.

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