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PEACE: Pediatric Antifungal Comparative Effectiveness

Completed
Conditions
Pediatric Invasive Candidiasis
Interventions
Drug: Observational antifungal therapy
Registration Number
NCT01869829
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
Brief Summary

The overarching objective is to develop new evidence-based treatment guidelines for invasive fungal diseases in children. To accomplish that, this protocol will focus on two specific aims: 1) Compare the effectiveness of echinocandin versus amphotericin B or triazole antifungal therapy for pediatric invasive candidiasis and for the subset of patients with invasive candidemia; 2) Characterize the incidence rate of inpatient pediatric invasive candidiasis per hospital admissions.

Detailed Description

This study is a multicenter, national and international, prospective observational comparative effectiveness study.

The primary aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of echinocandin versus amphotericin B or triazole antifungal therapy for pediatric invasive candidiasis and for invasive candidemia. The primary effectiveness endpoint for study aim 1 is the comparison of global response at 14 days of antifungal therapy between antifungal therapeutic classes. The secondary effectiveness endpoints for study aim 1 are comparative effectiveness of the 1) global response to antifungal therapy after 30 days and 2) all-cause mortality at 30 days.

The secondary aim is to characterize the frequency of pediatric candidiasis by describing the incidence of pediatric candidiasis relative to all pediatric admissions. For this aim, the investigators will use descriptive statistics to establish the frequency of hospital admissions involving an invasive candidiasis per total hospital admissions and total hospital days during the study period.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
750
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Males or females age > 120 days and <18 years
  2. Documented proven or probable case of invasive candidiasis
  3. Parental/guardian permission (informed consent, if required) and if appropriate, child assent (if required).
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. Any history of prior Candida infection within the previous 35 days (These patients will not be eligible for analysis in aim 1 but will be eligible for inclusion of aim 2)
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Pediatric Invasive CandidiasisObservational antifungal therapyPediatric patients (age \> 120 days and \< 18 years) with documented proven or probable invasive candidiasis
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Global response to antifungal therapy14 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Global response of antifungal therapy30 days
All-cause mortality30 days

Trial Locations

Locations (35)

Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital Colorado

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Children's Mercy

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Mott Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Dell Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Instuto Giannina Gaslini

🇮🇹

Genoa, Italy

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Hospital d'Universitari Vall d'Hebron

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Cleveland Clinic Children's

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Texas Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Seattle Children's

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Rady Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

Cincinnati Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Centro de Estudios en Infectologia Pediatricia

🇨🇴

Cali, Colombia

Children's National Medical Center

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Medical College of Wisconsin

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

The Hospital for Sick Children

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Centro Medico Imbanaco

🇨🇴

Cali, Colombia

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

🇸🇦

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

3rd Department Pediatrics Aristole University School of Medicine, Hippokration Hospital

🇬🇷

Thessaloniki, Greece

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Children's Hospital of Orange County

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

All Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States

Boston Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

New York Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

🇺🇸

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

🇮🇳

Chandigarh, India

Duke University

🇺🇸

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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