Micafungin Salvage Mono-therapy in Invasive Aspergillosis
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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of micafungin in patients with proven invasive aspergillosis and who are refractory or intolerant to previous systemic antifungal therapy. To compare the efficacy and safety of the micafungin therapy with the active control arm
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This is a phase II, multicentre, prospective, active-controlled, open-label, 2:1 randomised and parallel group clinical study.
Patients will be stratified according to the baseline infection status and the baseline neutropenic status:
- Intolerant to previous antifungal therapy
- Refractory to previous antifungal therapy; progression of infection
- Refractory to previous antifungal therapy; failure to improve In case, criteria for both intolerant and refractory are fulfilled at the same time the patient will be considered as refractory.
- Neutropenic (absolute neutrophil count (ANC < 500 cells/mm3)
- Non neutropenic (ANC >= 500 cells/mm3)
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Inclusion criteria
- Adult patients with HSCT, acute leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome, with proven (probable only in case of pulmonary aspergillosis) invasive aspergillosis and refractory or intolerant to amphotericin B or voriconazole products
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma, sinus aspergillosis or external otitis; patient with previous salvage therapy for the current episode of fungal infection
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Interventional model
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17 participants in 2 patient groups
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