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Registration number
NCT00412893
Ethics application status
Date submitted
18/12/2006
Date registered
19/12/2006
Date last updated
5/04/2019

Titles & IDs
Public title
Isavuconazole (BAL8557) for Primary Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis
Scientific title
A Phase III, Double Blind, Randomized Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of BAL8557 Versus Voriconazole for Primary Treatment of Invasive Fungal Disease Caused by Aspergillus Species or Other Filamentous Fungi.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
WSA-CS-004
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9766-CL-0104
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Aspergillosis 0 0
Invasive Fungal Infection 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Infection 0 0 0 0
Other infectious diseases
Infection 0 0 0 0
Studies of infection and infectious agents

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Isavuconazole
Treatment: Drugs - Voriconazole

Experimental: Isavuconazole - Participants received a loading dose of isavuconazole, 200 mg three times a day by intravenous infusion (IV) for the first 2 days followed by a maintenance dose from Day 3 of 200 mg once daily either IV or orally until they reached a treatment endpoint or for a maximum of 84 days.

Active Comparator: Voriconazole - Participants received a loading dose of voriconazole, 6 mg/kg every 12 hours IV for the first 24 hours, followed by a maintenance dose of 4 mg/kg every 12 hours by IV on Day 2. Beginning on Day 3, participants received 4 mg/kg every 12 hours by IV or 200 mg every 12 hours orally, until they reached a treatment endpoint or for a maximum of 84 days.


Treatment: Drugs: Isavuconazole
Loading doses were administered as IV infusion and maintenance doses were administered as IV infusion or oral (capsules).

Treatment: Drugs: Voriconazole
Loading doses were administered as IV infusion and maintenance doses were administered as IV infusion or oral (capsules).
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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All-cause Mortality Through Day 42
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Through Day 42
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an Overall Outcome of Success Evaluated by the Data Review Committee (DRC)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
All-cause Mortality Through Day 84
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Through Day 84
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an Overall Outcome of Success Evaluated by Investigator
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Clinical Response Assessed by the DRC
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Mycological Response Assessed by the DRC
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Radiological Response Assessed by the DRC
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Clinical Response Assessed by the Investigator
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
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Percentage of Participants With a Mycological Response Assessed by the Investigator
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Radiological Response Assessed by the Investigator
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Day 42, Day 84 and End of Treatment. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Number of Participants With Adverse Events, Reported by System Organ Class
Timepoint [10] 0 0
From the first study drug administration until 28 days after the last dose of study drug. The median duration of study drug administration was 45 days.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Patients must have proven, probable or possible invasive fungal disease caused by
Aspergillus species or other filamentous fungi

- Female patients must be non-lactating and at no risk for pregnancy
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Patients with invasive fungal infections other than Aspergillus species or other
filamentous fungi

- Evidence of hepatic dysfunction at Baseline or moderate to severe renal dysfunction

- Patients with chronic aspergillosis, or aspergilloma or allergic bronchopulmonary
aspergillosis

- Patients who have received more than 4 days of systemic antifungal therapy other than
fluconazole within the 7 days prior to the first administration of study medication

- Patients previously enrolled in a Phase III study with isavuconazole

- Patients with a body weight </= 40 kg

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
7/03/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
28/03/2013
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
527
Recruitment in Australia
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- Perth
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Mater Medical Centre - South Brisbane
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- Woolloongabba
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6000 - Perth
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4101 - South Brisbane
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4102 - Woolloongabba
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Astellas Pharma Inc
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Basilea Pharmaceutica International Ltd
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of isavuconazole versus
voriconazole in the treatment of patients with invasive aspergillosis.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00412893
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Medical Director
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Astellas Pharma Global Development
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