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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2020/01/022997
CTRI/2020/01/022997
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Safety of Procalcitonin Guided Discontinuation of Antibiotic Therapy among Children Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy and Having Low Risk Febrile Neutropenia â?? A Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial - ProFenC Study

AIIMS0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
Sponsor
AIIMS
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
AIIMS

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children aged \<\=18 years diagnosed with cancer receiving cancer chemotherapy (received at least one cycle of chemotherapy)
  • 1\.Being treated for febrile neutropenia with empirical antibiotics
  • 2\.With afebrile period for at least 24 hours
  • 3\.With sterile blood culture at 48 hours
  • 4\.With negative or normalization of procalcitonin at 48 hours
  • 5\.Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion Criteria during screening
  • 1\.Children receiving intensive phases of chemotherapy
  • 2\.Clinically documented infections which require prolonged duration of antibiotics viz., osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, meningitis, endocarditis, pneumonia, neutropenic enterocolitis etc.
  • 3\.Children whose malignancy is not in remission
  • 4\.Children with grade\-3 and grade\-4 mucositis
  • 5\.Children with profound neutropenia ANC \<100/mm3
  • 6\.Severe organ dysfunction defined by Oxygen requirement \>50% FiO2, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic compromise requiring inotropes/vasoactives, serum creatinine \>\= 2 x ULN for age or 2\-fold increase from baseline, SGOT/SGPT 2 X ULN for age, total bilirubin \>\= 4 mg/dL, GCS \<\= 11 or acute deterioration of GCS \>\= 3 points from baseline
  • 7\.Patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
  • Exclusion criteria during randomization at 72\-hours
  • 1\.Non availability of reliable and compliant caretaker

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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