Intravenous Voriconazole in Patients With Renal Compromise

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Transplant

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00332410

IRB#0605055

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with compromised renal function (CrCl < 50mL/min) receiving intravenous voriconazole experienced any adverse effects related to serum chemistries or other imaging studies of the kidney due to the potential accumulation of the vehicle cyclodextran.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with compromised renal function (CrCl < 50mL/min) receiving intravenous voriconazole experienced any adverse effects related to serum chemistries or other imaging studies of the kidney due to the potential accumulation of the vehicle cyclodextran. t has been previously shown by a large multi-centered, prospective, randomized study that voriconazole is superior to the then gold standard amphotericin B in the treatment of patients with invasive aspergillosis - a disease with significant morbidity and mortality. In patients with these infections who have severe renal insufficiency may be denied the best therapy due to the accumulation of a diluent with unknown clinical consequences. Qualifying and or quantifying these consequences are important to these patients so that potentially life-threatening therapy should not be unduly denied.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients > 18 years old receiving voriconazole with a serum creatinine of > 2mg/dl (a proxy marker for Creatinine clearance < 50ml/min). Control group in this study will have serum creatinine < 1.5mg/dl. Solid organ transplant patient. Patient that received at least 2 doses of voriconazole.

Exclusion criteria

• None