A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Clinical Outcomes With Six Months of Therapy With Oral Itraconazole Versus Oral Voriconazole for Management of Treatment naïve Subjects With Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Summary

The current initial therapy for CPA is with six months of oral itraconazole. However, the response with six months of therapy has a response rate of 65-70% and has a relapse rate after stopping treatment of up to 50%. Voriconazole is a third-generation azole and a theoretical advantage of lower MICs compared to itraconazole. Also, oral voriconazole has good availability (95%) in fasting state. This is likely to improve the response rate and reduce the chances of relapse of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis. There is no head to head comparison of oral itraconazole with oral voriconazole. In this study we intent to compare the clinical outcomes with six months of therapy with oral itraconazole versus oral voriconazole for management of treatment naïve subjects with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Timeline

Start

2021-03-01

Primary completion

2024-05-31

Completion

2024-05-31

Publications

• Sehgal IS, Agarwal R, Dhooria S, Prasad KT, Muthu V, Aggarwal AN, Rudramurthy SM, Garg M, Chakrabarti A. Oral itraconazole versus oral voriconazole for treatment-naive patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in India (VICTOR-CPA trial): a single-centre, open-label, randomised, controlled, superiority trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Mar;26(3):239-249. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00537-7. Epub 2025 Oct 29.

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