Caspofungin Acetate Compared With Amphotericin B Liposomal in Treating Patients With Persistent Fever and Neutropenia Following Cancer Treatment
Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Cancer focused on measuring stage I adult Hodgkin lymphoma, stage II adult Hodgkin lymphoma, stage III adult Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV adult Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, stage IIIB breast cancer, recurrent adult 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 cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, isolated plasmacytoma of bone, extramedullary plasmacytoma, refractory multiple myeloma, stage II ovarian epithelial cancer, stage III ovarian epithelial cancer, stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer, recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer, disseminated neuroblastoma, recurrent neuroblastoma, recurrent Wilms tumor and other childhood kidney tumors, stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, stage I multiple myeloma, stage II multiple myeloma, stage III multiple myeloma, stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia, recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia, refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small intestine lymphoma, stage III malignant testicular germ cell tumor, recurrent malignant testicular germ cell tumor, unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia, adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission, adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission, polycythemia vera, primary myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia, fever, sweats, and hot flashes, testicular embryonal carcinoma, testicular choriocarcinoma, testicular teratoma, testicular yolk sac tumor, testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma with seminoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor, testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor with seminoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma and seminoma, testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma, testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma with seminoma, testicular choriocarcinoma and yolk sac tumor, testicular choriocarcinoma and embryonal carcinoma, testicular choriocarcinoma and teratoma, testicular choriocarcinoma and seminoma, progressive hairy cell leukemia, initial treatment, refractory hairy cell leukemia, stage I grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage I grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage I grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage I adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, stage I adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, stage I adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage I adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, stage I adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage I adult Burkitt lymphoma, recurrent ovarian germ cell tumor, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia, ovarian yolk sac tumor, ovarian embryonal carcinoma, ovarian polyembryoma, ovarian choriocarcinoma, ovarian immature teratoma, ovarian mature teratoma, ovarian monodermal and highly specialized teratoma, ovarian mixed germ cell tumor, acute undifferentiated leukemia, stage III grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage III grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, stage III adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage III adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, stage III adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage III adult Burkitt lymphoma, stage IV grade 1 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 2 follicular lymphoma, stage IV grade 3 follicular lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, stage IV adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, stage IV adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, stage IV adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage IV adult Burkitt lymphoma, recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma, recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma, stage I adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, stage II adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, stage III adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, stage IV adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, recurrent adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, secondary acute myeloid leukemia, de novo myelodysplastic syndromes, high risk metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumor, previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes, secondary myelodysplastic syndromes, primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin lymphoma, neutropenia, infection, prolymphocytic leukemia, AIDS-related peripheral/systemic lymphoma, AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma, primary systemic amyloidosis, intraocular lymphoma, stage I mantle cell 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 adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, contiguous stage II mantle cell lymphoma, contiguous stage II adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, contiguous stage II adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, contiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, contiguous stage II adult Burkitt lymphoma, contiguous 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 adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II mantle cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult Burkitt lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II adult lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage III mantle cell lymphoma, stage IV mantle cell lymphoma, recurrent mantle cell lymphoma, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, stage I mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, stage II mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, stage III mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, stage IV mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, recurrent mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome, noncontiguous stage II small lymphocytic lymphoma, noncontiguous stage II marginal zone lymphoma, recurrent marginal zone lymphoma, recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage I marginal zone lymphoma, stage I small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage III small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage III marginal zone lymphoma, stage IV small lymphocytic lymphoma, stage IV marginal zone lymphoma, contiguous stage II marginal zone lymphoma, contiguous stage II small lymphocytic lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, childhood myelodysplastic syndromes
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Leukemia, lymphoma, or other cancer that has been previously treated with chemotherapy or bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Absolute neutrophil count less than 500/mm^3 for past 96 hours and not expected to recover in next 48 hours Received at least 96 hours of parenteral systemic antibacterial therapy Fever greater than 38.0 degrees Celsius Adequately managed bacterial infection allowed if all of the following are true: Negative blood cultures Received at least 5 days of antibiotics to which any bacterial isolates are sensitive Surgical drainage of any abscess fluid or surgical debridement of infected tissues Removal of infected catheters No invasive fungal infection Not previously enrolled on this study PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 16 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 30-100% Life expectancy: At least 5 days Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 5,000/mm^3 INR no greater than 1.6 (no greater than 4.0 if receiving anticoagulants) Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN) AST or ALT no greater than 5 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times ULN No acute hepatitis or cirrhosis Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception No allergy, hypersensitivity, or prior serious reaction to any echinocandin antifungal or amphotericin B formulation No other condition or illness that would preclude study participation PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No concurrent investigational antineoplastic therapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: At least 10 days since prior parenteral amphotericin B At least 14 days since prior investigational antibiotic, antifungal, or immunosuppressive drug No concurrent rifampin or cyclosporine No other concurrent investigational antibiotic, antifungal, or immunosuppressive drug No concurrent alcohol
Sites / Locations
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center