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| Pfizer | INDUSTRY |
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All patients with pulmonary blastomycosis requiring mechanical ventilation will have their blood concentrations measured for the antifungal drugs, amphotericin-B and voriconazole; as well as an analysis of the susceptibility of their infecting species of blastomyces. This information will then be analyzed relative to their rate of clinical recovery from this serious fungal infection.
To evaluate six intensively studied patients admitted to medical intensive care with pulmonary blastomycosis requiring mechanical ventilation. Interventionally, all patients will receive continuously infused amphotericin-B (1 mg/kg/d); and then stepped down to oral or i.v. voriconazole once clinically responding. Blood will be sampled for amphotericin-B concentrations for the 3 first days (i.e. one blood sample per day); and when eventually changed over to voriconazole (i.e. generally after a total dose of 1 g has been reached of Amphotericin-B; as per usual practice). Once switched to oral or intravenous voriconazole, at the treating physicians discretion, then blood would once again be sampled for the next 3 days for voriconazole concentrations. MIC's of the infecting blastomyces would also be analyzed. The fungal isolate would be sent off to the Fungus Testing Laboratory at the University of Texas in San Antonio for susceptibility testing.
Clinical response to therapy relative to their initial pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic indices for amphotericin-B (i.e. daily free maximal concentration divided by the MIC) would be assessed in these 6 intensively studied patients. Clinical parameters assessed would be 1). time to fever defervescence; 2). time to white cell count resolution, and 3). improvements in respiratory gas exchange (i.e. specifically the rate of rise of the pressure of arterial oxygen (Pa02) divided by the fraction of inspired oxygen (Fi02) delivered through the ventilator (or PF ratio).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Amphotericin-B and Voriconazole | Other | Treatment with a 24 hour continuous infusion of amphotericin B deoxycholate at 1.0 mg/kg/day for a total dose of at least 1 g (i.e. ~ 14 days); and then the patient is stepped down to voriconazole 6 mg/kg i.v. q12h for 2 doses, then 4 mg/kg q12h either i.v. or orally as appropriate. The oral dose will be rounded for convenience to either the 200 mg or 400 mg tablet twice daily. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| amphotericin-B | Drug | continuously infused |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The concentration-time profile of antifungals during treatment relative to the level of susceptibility of the infecting organism | within the first month of therapy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Clinical recovery - as assessed by time to fever defervescence; and white blood cell (WBC) count resolution | Temperature would be assessed at least 4 times daily; and once there was a sustained temp < 38 degrees Celsius the timing would stop. WBC would be assessed at least twice daily and once the count fell less than 12,000 the timing would stop. | 2 to 3 days |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Robert E. Ariano, Pharm.D. | St. Boniface Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| St. Boniface General Hospital | Winnipeg | Manitoba | R2H 2A6 | Canada |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 18462107 | Background | Chapman SW, Dismukes WE, Proia LA, Bradsher RW, Pappas PG, Threlkeld MG, Kauffman CA; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of blastomycosis: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 15;46(12):1801-12. doi: 10.1086/588300. | |
| 10880319 | Background |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001759 | Blastomycosis |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003881 | Dermatomycoses |
| D009181 | Mycoses |
| D001423 | Bacterial Infections and Mycoses |
| D007239 | Infections |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000666 | Amphotericin B |
| D065819 | Voriconazole |
| ID | Term |
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| D018942 | Macrolides |
| D061065 | Polyketides |
| D007783 | Lactones |
| D009930 | Organic Chemicals |
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| voriconazole | Drug | intravenously or orally administered |
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| Clinical recovery - time to discontinuation of mechanical ventilation | Defined as the interval between initiation of amphotericin-B infusion and when the patient was considered ready for extubation. A patient was considered ready for extubation if awake or arousable, neurologically intact, cooperative and comfortable, fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) < or = 0.4, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) < or = 5 cm water (H2O); and at the attending physicians discretion. Patient status will be assessed for extubation at least once daily. | less than 7 days |
| Clinical recovery - time to respiratory dysfunction resolution | The daily assessment of the lowest pressure of arterial oxygen divided by the fraction of inspired oxygen (PF ratio = Pa02/Fi02) to detect the time until the PF ratio exceeds 200 | less than 4 days |
| Chowfin A, Tight R, Mitchell S. Recurrent blastomycosis of the central nervous system: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jun;30(6):969-71. doi: 10.1086/313828. |
| 23673538 | Background | Ariano RE, Mitchelmore BR, Lagace-Wiens PR, Zelenitsky SA. Successful treatment of pulmonary blastomycosis with continuously infused amphotericin B deoxycholate after failure with liposomal amphotericin B. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Jun;47(6):e26. doi: 10.1345/aph.1R703. Epub 2013 May 14. |
| 11238151 | Background | Eriksson U, Seifert B, Schaffner A. Comparison of effects of amphotericin B deoxycholate infused over 4 or 24 hours: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2001 Mar 10;322(7286):579-82. doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.579. |
| D008172 |
| Lung Diseases, Fungal |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D012874 | Skin Diseases, Infectious |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D014230 |
| Triazoles |
| D001393 | Azoles |
| D006573 | Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring |
| D006571 | Heterocyclic Compounds |