Safety and Efficacy of Interferon-Gamma 1b in Patients With Candidemia

NCT ID: NCT04979052

Last Updated: 2024-12-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-31

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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A multi-center open label adaptive randomized interventional phase 2 study to evaluate safety and efficacy of rIFN-y treatment in patiens with candidemia.

Detailed Description

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A multi-center open label adaptive randomized interventional phase 2 study to evaluate safety and efficacy of rIFN-y treatment in patiens with candidemia. Patients will be randomized 1:1 between intervention (rIFN-y immunotherapy, subcutaneous dose of 100miicrogram thrice weekly for two weeks or until hospital discharge) in addition to standard of care versus controls (standard of care). Standard of care antifungal therapy is according to ESCMID/EFISG (Europe) or IDSA (US) guidelines. We will assess the effect on clinical outcome and investigate relevant biomarkers that can guide this immunotherapeutic approach.

Conditions

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Candidemia

Keywords

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Interferon Gamma 1b

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Open label adaptive randomized interventional study
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Interferon-Gamma

Recombinant Interferon-Gamma 1b combined with standard therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Interferon Gamma-1B

Intervention Type DRUG

100 microgram per day, three times a week, subcutaneous. The duration of the treatment is twelve days or until hospital discharge.

Standard of care

Standard of care antifungal therapy according tot ESCMID/EFISG (Europe) or ISDA (US) guidelines.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Interferon Gamma-1B

100 microgram per day, three times a week, subcutaneous. The duration of the treatment is twelve days or until hospital discharge.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Immukin

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males or non-pregnant females (who must agree to use barrier methods of contraception during the study therapy period, women of childbearing age must have a negative urine pregnancy or serum test at baseline).
* Subjects who are 18 years of age or older.
* Subjects with at least one positive blood culture isolation of Candida species from a specimen drawn within 120 hours prior to study entry.
* Subjects who have clinical evidence of infection sometime within 120 hours prior to enrolment, including at least one of the following:

* Temperature \>37.8 ˚C on two occasions at least four hours apart or one measurement \> 38.2 ˚C
* Systolic blood pressure \<90 or a \>30 mmHg decrease in systolic blood pressure from the subject's normal baseline or the need for vassopressive therapy.
* Signs of inflammation (swelling, heat, erythema, purulent drainage) from a site infected with Candida (e.g. joint, skin, eye, bone, oesophagus).
* Radiologic findings of invasive candidiasis.
* Subject or their legal representative must sign a written informed consent form.
* In case a patient eligible to participate in this study is incapacitated and as such unable to personally provide informed consent, a written consent form must be signed by their legal representative.

* Only incapacitated patients that can be expected to regain the capability to consent will be included in this study. In this case, informed consent will be discussed personally with the study participant after recovery.
* The inclusion of incapacitated subjects will only be performed under the above conditions in a country in which such an approach is legal and deemed ethically acceptable.

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects with a history of allergy or intolerance to rIFN-γ,or any other IMP ingredient or with a history of immediate type hypersensitivity to latex/rubber.
* Subjects with a history of documented epileptic seizures.
* Subjects with severe liver failure ((\>5x upper limit AST or ALT or impaired synthesis of proteins such as coagulation factors manifested by increased prothrombin time).
* Treatment with heterologous serum proteins, or immunological preparations such as vaccines, toxins, serums and allergens within three days before trial enrolment.
* Women who are pregnant or lactating.
* Subjects who are unlikely to survive more than 24 hours.
* Subjects who have failed previous systemic antifungal therapy for the Candida spp.

infection which is being studied.

* Subjects who have received more than 120 hours of systemic antifungal therapy for the current episode, within 120 hours prior to study entry.
* With respect to incapacitated subjects:
* Any patient that is deemed incapable of personally providing informed consent due to a neurodegenerative disease, genetic syndrome, and/or perinatal asphyxia, will not be eligible for inclusion in this trial.
* Any incapacitated subject that is not expected to recover to a point where they will personally be able to provide informed consent will not be eligible for inclusion in this trial. Patients with renal failure or dialysis do not have a contraindication for treatment with rIFN-y and can be included in this study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Horizon 2020 - European Commission

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Frank vd Veerdonk, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Radboud University Medical Center

Locations

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Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Klinikum Der Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Universitaet

Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis (HISS)

Athens, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Radboudumc

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie luliu Hatieganu

Cluj-Napoca, , Romania

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Germany Greece Netherlands Romania Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Frank vd Veerdonk, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 0031243618819

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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John R. Perfect, Dr.

Role: primary

Maria Vehreschild, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

Frank vd Veerdonk, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

Mihaela Sorina Lupse, Dr.

Role: primary

Thierry Calandra, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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HDM-FUN-Candidemia

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id