Liposomal Amphotericin B With or Without Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Invasive Fungal Infection

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1997-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs like liposomal amphotericin B may be able to relieve fungal infection which can be a side effect of chemotherapy. Colony-stimulating factors such as sargramostim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether receiving liposomal amphotericin B plus sargramostim is more effective than receiving liposomal amphotericin B alone in treating patients with invasive fungal infection.

PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of liposomal amphotericin B with or without sargramostim in treating patients with invasive fungal infection.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medical Research Council
• Treatments: Amphotericin B; Liposomal amphotericin B; Sargramostim

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Patients entered into MRC-LEUK-AML11, AML12, UKALLXII, or their successors (including those undergoing bone marrow transplantation as part of the studies) who have a proven or suspected deep-seated fungal infection as listed below: Pulmonary fungal infection - proven or suspected Sinus infection - proven or suspected Fungemia - proven Chronic hepatosplenic candidosis - proven by CT/MRI Invasive cutaneous fungal infection - proven Cerebral fungal infection - proven or suspected

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 15 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 30-100% Life expectancy: At least 6 weeks Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No known intolerance to liposomal amphotericin B or sargramostim

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 3 months since sargramostim Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: At least 2 weeks since liposomal amphotericin B