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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00024453
Date of registration: 13/09/2001
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Public title: Teicoplanin in Treating Septicemia in Patients Who Are Receiving Chemotherapy Through a Central Venous Catheter
Scientific title: The Use of Teicoplanin in the Treatment of Septicaemia Caused by Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci - A Randomized Study Comparing Bolus Injection With Infused and/or Line-Locked Teicoplanin
Date of first enrolment: February 1999
Target sample size: 1360
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00024453
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Ireland United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Barry Pizer, MD
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Suspected septicemia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci

- Single or double lumen (no triple lumen) central venous catheter (CVC) (including
subcutaneous ports) that can be flushed and aspirated

- Expected to remain in situ for at least 8 weeks

- No coagulase-negative septicemia associated with existing CVC within the past 12
weeks

- Receiving chemotherapy for neoplastic condition, aplastic anemia, Fanconi's anemia,
Langerhans' cell histiocytosis, or myelodysplasia

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

- 2 months and over

Performance status:

- Not specified

Life expectancy:

- Not specified

Hematopoietic:

- Not specified

Hepatic:

- Not specified

Renal:

- Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy

- Not specified

Radiotherapy

- Not specified

Surgery

- Not specified



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Infection
Intervention(s)
Biological: teicoplanin
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
EU-20124
CCLG-SC-1999-01
CDR0000068944
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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