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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 16 March 2015
Main ID:  NCT02372357
Date of registration: 06/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
Public title: A New Dosing Regimen for Posaconazole Prophylaxis in Children Based on Body Surface Area
Scientific title: A New Dosing Regimen for Posaconazole Prophylaxis in Children Based in Body Surface Area
Date of first enrolment: February 2012
Target sample size: 14
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02372357
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Romania
Contacts
Name:     Kim Vanstraelen, PharmD
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Affiliation:  Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Name:     Anca Colita, MD
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Affiliation:  Institutul Clinic Fundeni, Bucarest, Romania
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 2-13 years of age

- hematological malignancy

- need for antifungal prophylaxis because of neutropenia caused by chemotherapy and/or
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Exclusion Criteria:

- <2 years of age

- > 13 years of age



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 13 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hematological Malignancy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Posaconazole prophylaxis 120 mg/m² tid
Procedure: Blood sampling
Primary Outcome(s)
pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [Time Frame: One day at steady state posaconazole treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Efficacy: patients are monitored for breakthrough infections according the the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer- Mycoses Study Group (EORTC-MSG) criteria. [Time Frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 3-4 weeks]
Safety of posaconazole, focussing on nausea, vomiting and liver function abnormalities (according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE classification). [Time Frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 3-4 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2841/20 Feb 2012
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Institutul Clinic Fundeni Bucharest
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Results
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