Study summary

The study will evaluate how effective and how safe the drug micafungin is when compared to the drug amphotericin B deoxycholate in treating neonates and young infants with certain fungal infections.

Additional Study Details

Phase
Phase 3
Product
  • micafungin
  • amphotericin B deoxycholate
  • Type
    Interventional
    Masking
    Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
    Enrollment number
    30
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    Study documents

    Scientific Results Summary
    Available Language(s): English
    Plain Language Summary
    Available Language(s): English

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      Withdrawn
      UCLA Medical Center
      Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
      Terminated
      Children’s Hospital of Orange County
      Orange, California, United States, 92868
      Withdrawn
      Connecticut Children's NICU at University of Connecticut Health Center
      Farmington, CT, United States, 06030
      Withdrawn
      Georgetown University Hospital
      Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20007
      Withdrawn
      Dept of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine
      Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32611
      Withdrawn
      Nemours Children's Clinic
      Orlando, FL, United States, 32827
      Withdrawn
      Wesley Medical Center
      Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
      Withdrawn
      Children's Hospital of Michigan
      Detroit, MI, United States, 48201
      Withdrawn
      St John's Mercy Medical Center
      St. Louis, MO, United States, 63141
      Withdrawn
      Morristown Memorial Hospital
      Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07960
      Terminated
      UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
      New Brunswick, NJ, United States, 08901
      Withdrawn
      Westchester Medical Center
      Valhalla, NY, United States, 10595
      Terminated
      Duke University
      Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
      Terminated
      WakeMed Health and Hospitals
      Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27610
      Withdrawn
      Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
      Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 15224
      Withdrawn
      The University of Texas Medical Branch
      Galveston, TX, United States, 77555-0435
      Withdrawn
      University of Texas Medical School
      Houston, TX, United States, 77030
      Withdrawn
      Baylor College of Medicine
      Houston, TX, United States, 77030
      Withdrawn
      University Of Utah
      Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 84108
      Withdrawn
      University of Virginia
      Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22904
      Terminated
      Virginia Commonwealth University
      Richmond, VA, United States, 23298
      Withdrawn
      Hospital De Ninos De Santa Fe Dr. Orlando Alassia
      Santa Fe, Argentina, S3000CII
      Withdrawn
      Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás
      Goiânia, Goias, Brazil, 74605-020
      Terminated
      Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte
      Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 30150-221
      Withdrawn
      Hospital de Clinicas do Parana
      Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, 80060-900
      Withdrawn
      Pro Matre Paulista
      Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 01403-001
      Terminated
      Hospital de Base da Faculdade de Medicina
      São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15090-000
      Withdrawn
      Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana
      São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 04103-000
      Withdrawn
      Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment
      Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 5300
      Terminated
      Spec Hospital for Active Treatment of Children Diseases
      Sofia, Bulgaria, 1606
      Withdrawn
      First Municipal Hospital for Active Treatment-Sofia
      Sofia, Bulgaria, 1142
      Terminated
      McMaster Children's Hospital
      Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8N 3Z5
      Withdrawn
      Hospital for Sick Children
      Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
      Withdrawn
      Hospital Padre Hurtado
      Santiago, Chile, 8880465
      Withdrawn
      Hospital Clinico de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
      Santiago, Chile, 22354 3000
      Withdrawn
      Centro Medico Imbanaco
      Cali, Colombia
      Terminated
      Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe
      Medellin, Antioque, Colombia, 574
      Withdrawn
      Klinichiki Bolnicki Centar-Zagreb
      Zagreb, Croatia, 10000
      Withdrawn
      'P&A Kyriakou' Childrens' General Hospital of Athens
      Athens, Greece, 11527
      Withdrawn
      Elena Venizelou hospital
      Athens, Greece, 11521
      Terminated
      University Hospital of Patras
      Patras, Greece, 26504
      Terminated
      Semmelweis Egyetem
      Budapest, Hungary, 8200
      Withdrawn
      Pándy Kálmán Megyei Kórház
      Gyula, Hungary, 5700
      Withdrawn
      BAZ County Hospital
      Miskolc, Hungary, 3526
      Withdrawn
      Jósa András Oktató Kórház Nonprofit Kft.
      Nyíregyháza, Hungary, 4400
      Withdrawn
      Bnei Zion Medical Center
      Haifa, Israel, 31048
      Withdrawn
      Rambam Medical Center
      Haifa, Israel, 31096
      Withdrawn
      Edith Wolfson Medical Center
      Holon, Israel, 58100
      Terminated
      Hadassah University Hospital Ein Kerem
      Jerusalem, Israel, 91120
      Withdrawn
      Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
      Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239
      Withdrawn
      The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
      Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52661
      Withdrawn
      Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez" (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon)
      Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 64460
      Withdrawn
      Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto
      San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 78250
      Withdrawn
      Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia
      Lima, Peru, 31
      Withdrawn
      Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza
      Lima, Peru, 1
      Withdrawn
      Instituto Neuro Cardiovascular de las Américas
      Miraflores, Lima, Peru, 18
      Terminated
      Philippine General Hospital
      Manila, Philippines
      Withdrawn
      Prof. Dr. Alfred Rusescu Institute of Mother and Child Care
      Bucharest, Romania, 11062
      Withdrawn
      Emergency County Clinical Hospital
      Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 400006
      Withdrawn
      University of Limpopo
      Limpopo, South Africa, 0204
      Withdrawn
      Taichung Veteran General Hospital
      Taichung, Taiwan, Province of China
      Terminated
      Cukurova University Medical Faculty
      Adana, Turkey, 1330
      Withdrawn
      Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
      Istanbul, Turkey, 34093
      Withdrawn
      Kocaeli University Hospital
      Kocaeli, Turkey, 41380
      Withdrawn
      Community Institution "Regional Children Clinical Hospital"
      Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49100
      Withdrawn
      Municipal Institution "Donetsk Regional Center of Mother and Child Care"
      Donetsk, Ukraine, 83114
      Withdrawn
      Lugansk Regional Childrens Clinical Hospital
      Lugansk, Ukraine, 91016
      Withdrawn
      Municipal Institution "Lviv City Clinical Childrens Hospital"
      Lviv, Ukraine, 79059
      Terminated
      Municipal Institution “Odesa Regional Children's Hospital”
      Odesa, Ukraine, 65031
      Withdrawn
      Vinnytsya Regional Children Clinical Hospital
      Vinnytsya, Ukraine, 21018

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