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Clinical Trials/NCT00034645
NCT00034645
Completed
Phase 3

Prophylaxis Trial in High Risk Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients With Graft vs. Host Disease

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC0 sites600 target enrollmentStarted: January 1999Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Enrollment
600

Overview

Brief Summary

This trial is in high risk patients to determine the safety, tolerance and efficacy of posaconazole (POZ) vs. fluconazole in the prophylaxis against development of invasive fungal infections (IFI).

Detailed Description

This study is designed to determine the safety, tolerance and efficacy of POZ used as prophylaxis of IFI in high-risk subjects with Grade II-IV acute graft vs. host disease (GVHD) or extensive chronic GVHD. The primary objective is to assess the efficacy of SCH56592 vs fluconazole in preventing proven or probable IFI within the time period from randomization to 16 weeks after the start of treatment with study drug.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
Double

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
13 Years to 65 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant subjects with chronic or Grade II-IV acute GVHD being treated with high dose immunosuppressive therapy.
  • One of the following to the subject's prior immunosuppressive regimen:
  • at least 1mg per kg per day of methylprednisolone or equivalent,
  • Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) for the therapy of acute GVHD,
  • Tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, or other steroid-sparing immunosuppressive regimen.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

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