Status:

UNKNOWN

Ambisome® Preemptive Treatment of Multiple Candida Colonization in Sepsis Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Fovea

Collaborating Sponsors:

Gilead Sciences

Conditions:

Sepsis

Candida

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

To assess the safety of Ambisome 10 mg/kg/week in patients as a preemptive treatment in intensive care patients with a sepsis and rising candida colonisation. Preemptive treatment (i.e., prophylactic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Supportive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 h
  • LOD \> 5 with with ailing body systems
  • Candida colonisation of at least one site in addition to the digestive tract
  • Suspected nosocomial infection with antibiotic treatment
  • Informed consent

Exclusion

  • Patients treated with oral or systemic antifungal agents within 15 days prior to inclusion
  • Patients requiring treatment with an antifungal agent or with a documented (proven or probable) fungal infection according to the EORTC criteria
  • Patients with a SAPS score \> 65
  • Patients with neutropenia of that underwent a bone marrow tar organ transplant or with cancer chemotherapy
  • Blood creatinine \> 220 µmol/L
  • Hemodyalysis
  • Pregnant women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00697944

Start Date

March 1 2008

End Date

March 1 2009

Last Update

June 16 2008

Active Locations (2)

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1

Chu Michallon

Grenoble, France, 38000

2

Hopital Saint Louis

Paris, France, 75010