The Safety and Efficacy of Anidulafungin Versus Comparator in Patients With Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis - Full Text View

The Safety and Efficacy of Anidulafungin Versus Comparator in Patients With Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Pfizer Vicuron Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by:	Pfizer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00056368

Purpose

Anidulafungin is a medicine being developed for treatment of patients with certain kinds of fungal infections. These infections due to yeast (a type of fungus) in the mouth/esophagus, in the blood or in other areas within the body.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Candidiasis	Drug: Anidulafungin Drug: Fluconazole	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics:

Yeast Infections

Drug Information available for:

Anidulafungin Fluconazole

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Official Title:	A Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomized, Multi-Center, Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Anidulafungin vs. Fluconazole in the Treatment of Patients With Candidemia and Other Forms of Invasive Candidiasis and Prevention of Complications.

Further study details as provided by Pfizer:

Enrollment:	256
Study Start Date:	March 2003
Study Completion Date:	October 2004

Detailed Description:

Anidulafungin is an investigational drug being developed as an intravenous treatment for esophageal candidiasis, candidemia and other invasive fungal infections. Anidulafungin is an antifungal agent of the echinocandin class, which targets the fungal cell wall of yeast and other filamentous fungi.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	16 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Diagnosis of candidemia and/or other forms of invasive candidiasis.
Should not have received greater than 48 hours of systemic antifungal therapy.
Life expectancy should be greater than 72 hours.
Should not have received greater than one week of prophylactic azole therapy 30 days prior to enrollment

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00056368

Locations


United States, Pennsylvania
	Versicor, Inc.
	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19406

Sponsors and Collaborators

Pfizer

Vicuron Pharmaceuticals

More Information

Link to ClinicalStudyResults.org Posting This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications indexed to this study:

Reboli AC, Rotstein C, Pappas PG, Chapman SW, Kett DH, Kumar D, Betts R, Wible M, Goldstein BP, Schranz J, Krause DS, Walsh TJ; Anidulafungin Study Group. Anidulafungin versus fluconazole for invasive candidiasis. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 14;356(24):2472-82.

Responsible Party:	Pfizer, Inc. ( Director, Clinical Trial Disclosure Group )
Study ID Numbers:	VER002-9, A8851002
First Received:	March 11, 2003
Last Updated:	October 17, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00056368
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Pfizer:

Candida blood stream infections

Candida infections

Candidemia

Invasive Candidiasis

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Fluconazole

Mycoses

Candidiasis

Clotrimazole

Miconazole

Tioconazole

Torulopsis

Anidulafungin

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Anti-Infective Agents

Therapeutic Uses

Antifungal Agents

Antibiotics, Antifungal

Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 20, 2008