antimicrobial solution or saline solution in maintaining catheter patency and preventing catheter-related blood infections in patients with malignancies

Conditions: Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders; Infection; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Lymphoproliferative Disorder; Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Summary: rationale: antimicrobial solution comprising trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, edetate calcium disodium, and ethanol may help prevent blockages and infections from forming in patients with central venous access catheters or peripheral venous catheters. purpose: this randomized trial is studying an antimicrobial solution or saline solution in maintaining catheter patency and preventing catheter-related blood infections in patients with malignancies.

objectives: * to evaluate the safety of antimicrobial catheter lock solution comprising trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, edetate calcium disodium (edta), and ethanol versus saline solution in patients with malignancies. * to compare the efficacy of this lock solution versus saline solution in maintaining catheter patency in these patients. * to demonstrate the superiority of this lock solution in preventing or reducing the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with long-term indwelling catheters. outline: this is a multicenter study. patients are stratified according to clinical site and randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms. * arm i: patients receive antimicrobial solution into the central or peripheral venous catheter (cvc or pvc) once daily for 90 days. catheter dwell time is 1-24 hours. the catheter is then flushed through before any drug infusion or blood aspiration. * arm ii: patients receive saline solution into the cvc or pvc once daily for 90 days. catheter dwell time is 1-24 hours. the catheter is then flushed through before any drug infusion or blood aspiration. after completion of study, patients are followed up at 10 days.

Eligibility criteria:
disease characteristics: * diagnosis of a malignancy * indwelling catheter (central or peripheral) with external lumen(s) that has been in place for ≤ 7 days * inpatients must have each lumen of the catheter able to be locked with the study solution uninterruptedly for a minimum of one hour per day * outpatients must agree to flush and relock the catheter each day patient characteristics: * willing and able to follow the instructions required to complete the study * no local or systemic infection as defined by the evidence of fever (e.g., body temperature ≥ 38.0 degrees c) within 24 hours including any of the following: * white blood count (wbc) ≥ 12,000/mm³ or ≤ 4,000/mm³ or with a differential count showing ≥ 10% bands * tachycardia defined as pulse rate ≥ 100 bpm * tachypnea defined as respiratory rate \> 20 breaths/minute * hypotension defined as systolic blood pressure (bp) ≤ 90 mm hg * signs and symptoms of localized catheter-related infection (e.g., tenderness and/or pain, erythema, swelling, or purulent exudate within 2 cm of entry site) * no occluded (partially or totally) catheter defined as inability to either withdraw blood or instill 3 cc of fluid without resistance through any catheter lumen * no known alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency * no known history of allergic reaction to ethanol, trimethoprim (including trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole), or any other components within the lock solution formulation * not pregnant or nursing * fertile patients must use effective contraception * no renal failure or creatinine level ≥ 2.0 mg/dl * no known heart failure or ejection fraction ≤ 25% * no alcohol dependency prior concurrent therapy: * concurrent investigational chemotherapy agents allowed * no concurrent non-chemotherapy investigational protocols * not requiring multiple central venous catheters * multiple lumens in a single catheter allowed * no catheter coated or impregnated with heparin or antimicrobial or antiseptic agent * no concurrent routine treatment of the underlying disease that will interfere with the lock solution * no concurrent disulfiram or metronidazole

Keywords: infection unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia acute undifferentiated leukemia adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (mll) abnormalities adult acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22) atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, bcr-abl negative blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia chronic myelomonocytic leukemia chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia mast cell leukemia meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia progressive hairy cell leukemia, initial treatment prolymphocytic leukemia recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia recurrent adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia refractory hairy cell leukemia relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia secondary acute myeloid leukemia stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage i adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage i chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage ii adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage ii chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage iii adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage iii chronic lymphocytic leukemia stage iv adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage iv chronic lymphocytic leukemia t-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia untreated adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia untreated hairy cell leukemia recurrent adult hodgkin lymphoma stage i adult hodgkin lymphoma stage ii adult hodgkin lymphoma stage iii adult hodgkin lymphoma stage iv adult hodgkin lymphoma anaplastic large cell lymphoma angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma cutaneous b-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma recurrent cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage i cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage ii cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage iii cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma stage iv cutaneous t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma recurrent mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage i mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage ii mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage iii mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome stage iv mycosis fungoides/sezary syndrome adult grade iii lymphomatoid granulomatosis adult nasal type extranodal nk/t-cell lymphoma waldenstrom macroglobulinemia extranodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue nodal marginal zone b-cell lymphoma splenic marginal zone lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult burkitt lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma contiguous stage ii grade 1 follicular lymphoma contiguous stage ii grade 2 follicular lymphoma contiguous stage ii grade 3 follicular lymphoma contiguous stage ii mantle cell lymphoma contiguous stage ii marginal zone lymphoma contiguous stage ii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage i adult burkitt lymphoma stage i adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage i adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage i adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage i adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage i adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage i grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage i grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage i grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage i mantle cell lymphoma stage i marginal zone lymphoma stage i small lymphocytic lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult burkitt lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 1 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 2 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii grade 3 follicular lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii mantle cell lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii marginal zone lymphoma noncontiguous stage ii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage iii adult burkitt lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iii adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iii adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iii adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iii grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iii grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iii mantle cell lymphoma stage iii marginal zone lymphoma stage iii small lymphocytic lymphoma stage iv adult burkitt lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse large cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma stage iv adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma stage iv adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma stage iv adult lymphoblastic lymphoma stage iv grade 1 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 2 follicular lymphoma stage iv grade 3 follicular lymphoma stage iv mantle cell lymphoma stage iv marginal zone lymphoma stage iv small lymphocytic lymphoma recurrent adult burkitt lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma recurrent adult grade iii lymphomatoid granulomatosis recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma recurrent mantle cell lymphoma recurrent marginal zone lymphoma recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma intraocular lymphoma post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder chronic eosinophilic leukemia chronic neutrophilic leukemia primary myelofibrosis essential thrombocythemia polycythemia vera extramedullary plasmacytoma isolated plasmacytoma of bone stage i multiple myeloma stage ii multiple myeloma stage iii multiple myeloma primary systemic amyloidosis refractory multiple myeloma de novo myelodysplastic syndromes previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes secondary myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable