Azole-echinocandin Combination Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis
Invasive AspergillosisThe goals of this study are 3-fold: First, the main study and the primary endpoint will evaluate if the overall mortality can be decreased with initial azole-echinocandin combination therapy compared with triazole monotherapy in patients with IA and documented voriconazole susceptibility. Second, the study design described will also allow to study several other subpopulations; Indeed, the outcome of the following subgroups will be evaluated as well; a. Patients starting azole monotherapy but who switch to directed therapy when it has become clear that the infection is caused by an azole resistant A. fumigatus. b. patients in which eventually no resistance data become available in relation to the treatment they received. Third, the study will evaluate what the outcome is of patients that turn out to be infected with a triazole resistant A. fumigatus who started with a triazole-echinocandin combination therapy.
Impact of A. Lumbricoides on Pulmonary Aspergillosis Development
COPD Exacerbation AcuteAscaris Lumbricoides Infection1 moreThe prevalence of ascariasis in COPD patients with and without concomitant pulmonary aspergillosis and in controls will be determined. To assess the influence of ascaridosis on the development of pulmonary aspergillosis in COPD patients cytokine status of patients will be studied.
PTX3-targeted Antifungal Prophylaxis
CandidiasisFungal Infection3 moreThis is a prospective genetically-stratified randomized double-blind event-driven multicentre clinical trial to assess the efficacy of posaconazole-based antifungal prophylaxis allocation strategies for patients with acute myeloid leukemia who receive induction chemotherapy. Allocation strategy based on an invasive mold infection genetic risk will be double-blinded.
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ibrexafungerp in Patients With Fungal Diseases That...
Invasive CandidiasisMucocutaneous Candidiasis8 moreThis is a multicenter, open label, non-comparator, single arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ibrexafungerp (SCY-078) in patients ≥ 18 years of age with a documented fungal disease that has been intolerant or refractory (rIFI) to Standard of Care (SoC) antifungal treatment.
Investigating Treatment With Dupilumab in Patients With Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis...
Allergic Bronchopulmonary AspergillosisThe primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of dupilumab on lung function in participants with Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA). The secondary objectives of the study are: To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on exacerbations in participants with ABPA To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on ABPA-related exacerbations To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on hospitalization/emergency department (ED)/urgent care visits in participants with ABPA To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on asthma control in participants with ABPA To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in participants with ABPA To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and Aspergillus-specific IgE concentrations To evaluate the effects of dupilumab on Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) levels To evaluate safety and tolerability of dupilumab in participants with ABPA To evaluate dupilumab concentrations in serum and the incidence of anti-dupilumab antibodies in participants with ABPA
Non-invasive Tools to Diagnose Invasive Aspergillosis Infections in ICU Patients With COVID-19 and...
Invasive Pulmonary AspergillosisInvasive aspergillosis (IA) are difficult to diagnose in the ICU population, as the patients often do not present the conventional risks factors of immunocompromised patients (EORTC/MSG criteria). In the ICU population, patients often present other risk factors, such as cirrhosis, COPD, influenza and currently SARS-Cov2. The clinicians are thus currently missing precise criteria to distinguish colonization from IA in these patients, while they need to decide if an antifungal treatment is necessary or not. A new algorithm, entitled BM ASP ICU, based on investigators field experience and the scientific literature, which takes into account both EORTC/MSG criteria and a combination of fungal biomarkers, was proposed recently by Haman et al, Annals Intensive Care, 2021. Additional serological assays (immunoprecipitation and ELISA) showed since their interest, especially concerning SARS-Cov2 patients, a new population at risk of IA in the ICU, which emerged in the past months. The present study aims at prospectively implementing the BM ASP ICU algorithm during two years in the routine practice of six ICU units distributed in general and teaching hospitals situated northeast of France. The BM ASP ICU algorithm would be completed by serological assays aiming at assessing a sensitization towards Aspergillus fumigatus. The investigators plan to include 400 ICU patients at risk of IA; SARS-Cov2 patients will be part of the cohort. A weekly screening including culture of respiratory samples, galactomannan antigen, fungal qPCRS (targeting A. fumigatus), and A. fumigatus serology will be applied for all included patients. The performance (sensitivity and specificity, likelihood ratios) of each fungal biomarkers, alone and in combination with others, will be assessed, for all patients, and also within subgroups of patients with specific risk factors (such as SARS-Cov2 for example). These results should lead to solid understanding of which combination of tests is optimal to diagnose IA and thus to initiate appropriate antifungal treatment. the investigators hope that this study will result in improved survival rate of ICU patients with IA.
A Study of ABCD for Injection in Subjects With Invasive Candidiasis and Invasive Aspergillus
Invasive CandidiasisInvasive AspergillosisThis is a multi-center, open-label, non-controlled, single-arm clinical trial to evaluate the safety, efficacy and population pharmacokinetics of Amphotericin B cholesteryl Sulfate Complex for Injection domestic formulations (ABCD) in the treatment of confirmed invasive candidiasis (IC) and confirmed/clinically diagnosed invasive aspergillus (IA) disease.
A Study of Opelconazole Prophylaxis or Pre-emptive Therapy Against Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Lung...
Pulmonary AspergillosisA study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of opelconazole for the prevention of fungal aspergillus infections in the lung in participants who have received a lung transplant.
LFD of Aspergillus Antigen in Paediatrics
Invasive Pulmonary AspergillosisInvasive Fungal DiseaseMany children and young people are at risk of invasive fungal disease (IFD), such as those who have had a haematopoietic stem cell transplants, those with an immune deficiency or those who are prescribed immunosuppressive drugs, for example, corticosteroids. One type of mould that causes invasive fungal disease is called Aspergillus. There is currently no quick test which can tell us if someone has an invasive fungal disease caused by Aspergillus called Aspergillosis. It is a difficult condition to diagnose and the results from the tests that are involved take days or weeks to come back. These tests including a few different blood tests, a scan of the lungs (CT scans) and taking fluid from inside the lungs/airway. A new test for Aspergillosis is the lateral flow device (LFD) assay. This is a rapid test which gives a result within minutes. It involves testing a sample of the fluid from the lungs/airway. This fluid can be obtained as part of the routine investigations for Aspergillosis. It has been shown to be a good and safe test in adults but the investigators do not know if it will be a valuable test in children and young people yet. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the LFD test can effectively diagnose Aspergillosis in children and young people.
A Prospective Study on Optimizing Treatment for ABPA
Allergic Bronchopulmonary AspergillosisThis study is being done to evaluate the efficacy of treatment using oral glucocorticoid, anti-fungal agent, anti-IgE mAb for patient with ABPA.