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Voriconazole With or Without Interferon Gamma in Treating Patients With Aspergillosis or Other Fungal Infections

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Infection
Registration Number
NCT00059878
Lead Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Antifungals such as voriconazole may be effective in controlling fungal infections. Combining voriconazole with interferon gamma may be more effective than voriconazole alone in treating fungal infections.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of voriconazole with or without interferon gamma in treating patients who have aspergillosis or other fungal infections.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the safety profile of voriconazole and interferon gamma in patients with invasive aspergillosis or other filamentous fungal infections.

* Compare the efficacy and possible heterogeneity in efficacy of voriconazole with or without interferon gamma across different patient sub-populations, in terms of designing a larger phase II or pivotal phase III study.

* Determine the time to partial or complete response and rate of response (at weeks 6 and 12 or at end of treatment and follow-up) in patients receiving interferon gamma.

* Compare the proportion of patients with at least a two-fold reduction in the galactomannan antigenemia titer at 6 and 12 weeks or at end of treatment with these regimens.

* Determine surrogate immunologic markers for response to interferon gamma, functional integrity and anti-fungal activity of phagocytic cells (neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages), and nonphagocytic effector cells (natural killer and T cells) in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, pilot study. Patients are stratified according to age (under 18 vs 18 and over) and absolute neutrophil count (less than 500/mm\^3 vs at least 500/mm\^3). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive voriconazole (IV over 80-120 minutes for the first 3 doses and orally every 12 hours for subsequent doses) 3 times per week and interferon gamma subcutaneously (SC) 3 times per week.

* Arm II: Patients receive voriconazole as in arm I and placebo SC 3 times per week.

In both arms, treatment continues for 12 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed at 4 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 88 patients (44 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Shands Cancer Center at the University of Florida Health Science Center

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Gainesville, Florida, United States

Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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