The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of interferon-gamma in combination with anidulafungin for the treatment of candidemia
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Interferon 50 mcg/m2 to be administered three times per week during two weeks
Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen
Nijmegen, Netherlands
RECRUITINGthe time to negative blood cultures
Time frame: at fixed time points during follow up (at least until 8 weeks after end of treatment)
overall survival
Time frame: until 8 weeks after end of treatment
time to death
Time frame: Until 8 weeks after end of treatment
outcome of fungal infection
resolution at week 2 and 8 after end of treatment, patient status at end of therapy, microbiological parameters
Time frame: Until 8 weeks after end of treatment
duration of antifungal therapy
Time frame: Until end of treatment
duration of hospitalization
Time frame: Until end of hospitilization
immunological parameters
Time frame: Until 8 weeks after end of treatment
tolerability and safety
Time frame: until 8 weeks after end of treatment
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