Randomized Trial of Liposomal Amphotericin B for Histoplasmosis in AIDS Patients

AIDS Clinical Trial

Official title:

Open Label Phase-II Randomized Trial of Three Liposomal Amphotericin B Regimens as Induction Therapy for Disseminated Histoplasmosis in AIDS Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04059770
• Other study ID #: Three L-AmB Regimens in Histo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: February 14, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) is one of the major AIDS-defining infections responsible for high mortality rates in HIV-infected patients. Liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) is considered the therapy of choice for AIDS-associated histoplasmosis.However, many patients in Latin America are still treated with high doses of deoxycholate amphotericin B (d-AmB) for long periods. These regimens are associated with toxicity and thus reduced efficacy. Therefore, a better treatment strategy is necessary to improve the activity of this amphotericin B treatment. Treatment with a high dose of L-AmB for short periods (rather than standard doses for longer periods) is a promising approach considering that the antifungal effect of amphotericin B depends on peak concentrations. This randomized open-label Phase II study aims to determinate and to compare the activity and safety of three L-AmB regimens, as induction therapy for DH in AIDS patients.

Description:

This is a prospective randomized non-comparative multicenter open label trial of induction therapy with LAmB for DH in AIDS patients, followed by oral therapy with itraconazole.

The sample size planned is 99 patients of both sexes, older than 18 years (33 patients per study arm), infected with HIV and with confirmed diagnosis for DH. This sample size considers 10% of dropout.

The study will be conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, as well as the Standards national and international Guidelines for Good Clinical Practices.

Eight research centres in Brazil will competitively recruit patients: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre; Dr Alessandro C. Pasqualotto), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre; Dr Diego R. Falci), Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Porto Alegre; Dr Marineide Melo), Hospital de Doenças Tropicais (Goiânia; Dr Cassia S. de Miranda Godoy), Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas (Fortaleza; Dr Terezinha M. J. Silva Leitão), and Hospital Giselda Trigueiro (Natal, Dr Monica B. Bay), Hospital Universitário Osvaldo Cruz (Recife, Dr. Filipe Prohaska Batista) e Instituto de Infectologia Emília Ribas (São Paulo, Dr. José Ernesto Vidal Bermudez).

AIDS patients with DH will be randomized to one of three study arms:

(i) single IV dose of 10 mg/kg of L-AmB; (ii) single IV dose of 10 mg/kg of L-AmB on day 1, followed by 5 mg/kg of L-AmB on day 3; (iii) IV dose of 3 mg/kg of L-AmB for 2 weeks.

Induction therapy will be followed in all patients by oral therapy with itraconazole capsules at 400 mg/daily for a year, azole drug which is already therapy of choice for consolidation of histoplasmosis, according to national and international Guidelines.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 99
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult (> 18 years) HIV-infected hospitalized patients diagnosed with HD by the means of (i) urine Histoplasma positive antigen (IMMY® monoclonal antibody test); (ii) confirmation by classical mycological methods (microscopy, culture or histopathology); or (iii) Histoplasma positive qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in bronchoalveolar lavage samples, bone marrow aspirates or tissue samples.

• Patients will be included despite of the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART).

• Understanding and signed the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with previous diagnosis of histoplasmosis.

• Pregnant or lactating women.

• Patients with renal insufficiency (serum creatinine and urea > 1.5x the upper limit of normal).

• Abnormal aminotransferases (up to > 3x the upper limit of normal) and patients with a severe prior reaction to polyene antifungal.

• Patients who have received more than one dose of a polyene antifungal in the last 48 hours.

• Patients who refuse to participate in the study.

• Patients diagnosed with histoplasmosis that affect the central nervous system.

• Patients who, at the trial of the attending physician, are expected to die within 48 hours.

• Patients diagnosed with tuberculosis.

• Patients with any disease or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the assessments or participation in the study.

• Patients receiving drugs that cause significant (relative or absolute) drug interaction with Itraconazole.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• AIDS
• Histoplasmosis

Intervention

Drug:
• single dose of L-AmB
(i) single IV dose of 10 mg/kg of L-AmB on day 1;
• 2 doses of L-AmB
(ii) IV dose of 10 mg/kg of L-AmB on day 1, followed by 5 mg/kg of L-AmB on day 3;
• 2 weeks of L-AmB
(iii) IV dose of 3 mg/kg of L-AmB for 2 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande Do Sul

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Alessandro Pasqualotto	Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Clinical response	Maximum daily temperature lower than 37.8 °C	day 14
Primary	Weight stability	This parameter will be measurement by a questionnaire, based on information about the patient weight in kilograms (Kg)	day 14
Primary	Blood Pressure	Analysis if any patient presented hypotension (systolic blood pressure ? 90 mm Hg)	day 14
Primary	Blood oxygen level	Normal arterial oxygen is approximately 75 to 100 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). Values under 60 mm Hg usually indicate the need for supplemental oxygen	day 14
Secondary	Overall mortality	Mortality rates attributed to the cause of death that is not directly and only related to histoplasmosis	day 14
Secondary	Mortality due to histoplasmosis	Mortality rates attributed by the study investigator that are directly related to histoplasmosis	day 14
Secondary	Renal function abnormalities	Microalbuminuria > 30 mg/24 h	day 14
Secondary	Liver function abnormalities	Liver function abnormalities were serum levels of alanine and aspartate aminotransferase > 2.5 times normal or bilirubin levels > 2 times normal	day 14
Secondary	Histoplasma urinary antigen concentrations	Decrease of at least 50% in Histoplasma urinary antigen concentrations	day 7, 14