Conditions: Candidiasis
Keywords: candidemia invasive candidiasis fungal bloodstream infection
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 282
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to further evaluate the safety and effectiveness of intravenous anidulafungin (Eraxis™) in patients with a diagnosis of candidemia or invasive candidiasis, which is a fungus infection of the blood or tissue. Currently the drug is approved for treatment using a daily dose of IV medication until 14 days after the fungus disappears from the blood. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous anidulafungin when it is administered for 5-28 days followed by oral antifungal medication. Study patients will be assessed for response to treatment throughout the study drug treatment period.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Subjects receive anidulafungin IV followed by oral therapy with fluconazole or voriconazole.

Interventions: intervention 1: Eraxis (anidulafungin) intervention 2: Diflucan (fluconazole) intervention 3: Vfend (voriconazole)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Subjects will receive IV anidulafungin (200 mg loading dose followed by 100 mg maintenance doses QD) for 5-28 days. This will be followed by oral therapy with fluconazole at 400 mg once daily or voriconazole at 200 mg twice daily until 14 days after the last positive culture. Fluconazole will be used if the baseline cultures are positive for C. albicans or C. parapsilosis while voriconazole will be used if cultures are positive for C. glabrata or other non-albicans species. intervention 2: Subjects will receive IV anidulafungin (200 mg loading dose followed by 100 mg maintenance doses QD) for 5-28 days. This will be followed by oral therapy with fluconazole at 400 mg once daily or voriconazole at 200 mg twice daily until 14 days after the last positive culture. Fluconazole will be used if the baseline cultures are positive for C. albicans or C. parapsilosis. intervention 3: Subjects will receive IV anidulafungin (200 mg loading dose followed by 100 mg maintenance doses QD) for 5-28 days. This will be followed by oral therapy with fluconazole at 400 mg once daily or voriconazole at 200 mg twice daily until 14 days after the last positive culture. Fluconazole will be used if the baseline cultures are positive for C. albicans or C. parapsilosis while voriconazole will be used if cultures are positive for C. glabrata or other non-albicans species.

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