Status:

COMPLETED

BIOPIC: Fungal Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Response to Therapy for Pediatric Candidemia

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Conditions:

Invasive Candidiasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

120-18 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to 1) define the operating characteristics of fungal biomarker assays in pediatric patients at high-risk for developing invasive candidiasis, 2) determine the change in fun...

Detailed Description

This study will create an international multi-center cohort of children with new clinical concern for infection while in the hospital. Sites used are part of the International Pediatric Fungal Network...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males or females age \> 120 days and \<18 years
  • Have at least one of the following conditions:
  • admitted to a non-neonatal ICU with any underlying disease
  • being transferred imminently to a non-neonatal ICU with any underlying disease
  • have gastro-intestinal insufficiency (eg. chronic short-gut syndrome) and admitted to anywhere in the hospital
  • have a hematological malignancy (limited to AML, ALL, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and myelodysplastic syndrome) and admitted to anywhere to the hospital
  • have a solid tumor malignancy and admitted to anywhere in the hospital
  • have a solid organ transplant and be admitted to anywhere in the hospital
  • have a hemopoietic stem cell or bone marrow transplant and be admitted to anywhere in the hospital
  • have aplastic anemia and be admitted to anywhere in the hospital
  • Have ≥ 1 central catheter (arterial or venous)
  • Have ≥ 1 blood culture drawn for clinical concern of infection at time of enrollment
  • Clinician initiates and/or changes any systemic antimicrobial therapy at time of enrollment
  • Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and, if appropriate, child assent.
  • For Aim 2: Each of the above AND a positive blood culture or sterile site culture for Candida spp. that turns positive between day 0 and day +14.

Exclusion

  • Diagnosis of an invasive fungal disease within the 30 days prior to the blood culture drawn of clinical concern of infection.
  • Previous inclusion in this study
  • Weight \< 4 kg (Due to constraints of no more than 3 ml/kg of blood to be drawn over an 8 week period). Subjects that fall below 4 kg during the study period that blood draws are occurring will not have more than 0.75 ml/kg of blood drawn each time.
  • Patient receiving empiric anti-fungal therapy for prolonged neutropenia or fever that was started prior to the time of blood culture
  • If blood cultures obtained and anti-infectives are added/changed only as part of a local protocol and not dictated by clinical concern of infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2015

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 8 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

515 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02220790

Start Date

January 1 2015

End Date

October 8 2020

Last Update

February 28 2022

Active Locations (22)

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Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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Children's Hospital of Orange County

Orange, California, United States

3

Rady Children's Hospital

San Diego, California, United States

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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

San Francisco, California, United States