Long-term Versus Short-term Sequential Therapy (Intravenous Itraconazole Followed by Oral Solution) of Itraconazole as Primary Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Summary

* The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of itraconazole as in primary prophylaxis * The second objective of this study is to find the difference between long-term versus short-term sequential therapy of Itraconazole (intravenous followed by oral itraconazole) as primary prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections (IFI) in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) * also to explore the relationship between the incidence of IFI with plasma concentrations of itraconazole and hydroxy-itraconazole

Timeline

Start

2009-05

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2011-03

Publications

• Background Marr KA, Crippa F, Leisenring W, Hoyle M, Boeckh M, Balajee SA, Nichols WG, Musher B, Corey L. Itraconazole versus fluconazole for prevention of fungal infections in patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplants. Blood. 2004 Feb 15;103(4):1527-33. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-08-2644. Epub 2003 Oct 2.
• Background Winston DJ, Maziarz RT, Chandrasekar PH, Lazarus HM, Goldman M, Blumer JL, Leitz GJ, Territo MC. Intravenous and oral itraconazole versus intravenous and oral fluconazole for long-term antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients. A multicenter, randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2003 May 6;138(9):705-13. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-9-200305060-00006.
• Background Chinese guideline for the diagnosis and management of IFI in patients with hematologic/maliglant tumor (revised). Chinese journal of internal medicine 2007，46(7):607-610.
• Lin R, Xu X, Li Y, Sun J, Fan Z, Jiang Q, Huang F, Zhou H, Nie D, Guo Z, Mao Y, Xiao Y, Liu Q. Comparison of long-term and short-term administration of itraconazole for primary antifungal prophylaxis in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a multicenter, randomized, open-label trial. Transpl Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;16(2):286-94. doi: 10.1111/tid.12192. Epub 2014 Mar 5.

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