PEACE: Pediatric Antifungal Comparative Effectiveness

NCT01869829 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 750

Last updated 2022-01-28

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Summary

The overarching objective is to develop new evidence-based treatment guidelines for invasive fungal diseases in children. To accomplish that, this protocol will focus on two specific aims: 1) Compare the effectiveness of echinocandin versus amphotericin B or triazole antifungal therapy for pediatric invasive candidiasis and for the subset of patients with invasive candidemia; 2) Characterize the incidence rate of inpatient pediatric invasive candidiasis per hospital admissions.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Invasive Candidiasis

Interventions

DRUG

Observational antifungal therapy

Observational study of primary antifungal therapy utilized and outcomes, including: fluconazole, voriconazole, amphotericin B, caspofungin, and micafungin All agents are given as standard of care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • William J Steinbach, MD · Duke University

  • Theoklis E Zaoutis, MD MSCE · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility

Min Age
120 Days
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Greece
  • India
  • Italy
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Spain

Study Locations

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