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A Study to Compare Efficacy and Safety of Mycamine® and Itraconazole for Preventing Fungal Infections

A Multi-center, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Study to Evaluate and Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Mycamine® vs Itraconazole Oral Solution for Prophylaxis of Fungal Infections in Patients Undergoing a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00794703
Enrollment
288
Registered
2008-11-20
Start date
2008-11-30
Completion date
2009-11-30
Last updated
2016-03-28

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

Conditions

Fungal Infections, Fungemia

Keywords

Antifungal, micafungin, itraconazole

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety between Mycamine and Itraconazole oral solution in preventing invasive fungal infections on autologous(malignant blood diseases) or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

Detailed description

Dosing of Mycamine or Itraconazole will start at the beginning of the transplant conditioning regimen or within 48 hours after the transplant conditioning regimen, and administration time should be no longer than 42 days

Interventions

Intravenous

DRUGitraconazole

oral

Sponsors

Astellas Pharma Inc
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients at risk of systemic fungal infections due to their immunocompromised state due to one of the following: * Patient with a hematologic malignancy undergoing an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant * Any patient undergoing an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with moderate or severe liver disease, as defined by: * AST or ALT greater than 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN), OR; * Total bilirubin greater than 2.5 times ULN * Patients with evidence of a deeply invasive or disseminated fungal infection at time of enrollment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Treatment success rate (fungal breakthrough rate)At the end of the study

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of proven or probable invasive fungal infectionThroughout the study period
The usage rate of systemic antifungal agentsDuring 4 weeks after the administration
Time to treatment failureDuring the study period
Assessment of Adverse events, Laboratory examinations and vital signs evaluationThroughout the study period

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026