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Environmental prevention and pharmacological prophylaxis for invasive fungal disease in pediatric high-risk cancer patients: experience from a large European cancer center.

Environmental prevention and pharmacological prophylaxis for invasive fungal disease in pediatric high-risk cancer patients: experience from a large European cancer center.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00040775
Enrollment
200
Registered
2026-06-25
Start date
2026-06-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patients matching the codes for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, C91.0), acute myeloid leukemia (AML, C92.0), immunodeficiency (D84.9), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, D46), severe aplastic anemia (SAA, D61.9), HSCT (Z94.84) and prophylactic antifungal use (Z29.9).

Interventions

Group 1: Eligible patients from the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology will be identified using the department’s ICD-10 diagnosis registry and the department’s ICD-10 based database of pr

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Kinder- und Jugendklinik
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
No minimum to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Presence of (= 1) high-risk criteria for IFD according to ECIL-8 recommendations (Groll, Pana et al. 2021): ? AML and relapsed / refractory AML ? high-risk ALL and relapsed / refractory ALL ? chronic granulomatous disease and other immunodeficiencies requiring HSCT ? myelodysplastic syndrome requiring HSCT ? refractory cytopenia of childhood (RCC) requiring immunosuppressive therapy or HSCT ? SAA requiring immunosuppressive therapy or HSCT ? any other disease requiring an allogenic HSCT ? persistent severe neutropenia (absolute neutrophile count (ANC) 10 days) • HSCT performed and / or intensive chemotherapy started between 01 January 2016 and 30 August 2020, and between 01 October 2024 and 30 September 2025. • Informed consent to Hilda Biobank

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Absence of high-risk criteria for IFD • Patients not treated within the above-mentioned time period • Absence of informed consent to Hilda Biobank

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of IFD according to EORTC/MSG criteria in the two cohorts

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Use of prophylactic systemic antifungal agents, the management of proven, probable, and possible IFD, and patient’s outcome.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAlexander Puzik

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

alexander.puzik@uniklinik-freiburg.de+4976127043000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026