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Filter by:Observational study to compare the treatment in neutropenic patients after allogenic blood stem cell transplantation, with meropenem or meropenem plus glycopeptide.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above normal body temperature. Adding chemotherapy to hyperthermia and infusing it directly into the abdomen may kill more tumor cells. Giving this treatment after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion with oxaliplatin in treating patients with stage IV peritoneal cancer due to appendix cancer or colorectal cancer.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Teicoplanin versus Vancomycin as part of the initial antibiotic regimen in the therapy of patients with fever and neutropenia .
Objective:to determent if children suffering from acute febrile illness has higher rate of orthostatic hypotension compared with children with no febrile illness. Design: a prospective cohort study. Subjects: children aged 4-18 year with fever (temperature > 38.) for up to 48 hours, presenting to the pediatric emergency department. Interventions: All subjects will have their blood pressure measured in supine position (after 5 minute of rest) and after 3 minute of standing.
There has been no successful treatment of diffuse peritoneal metastasis or carcinomatosis, in childhood tumors. Once this advanced stage of disease is evident, survival is measured in weeks. The selective lethal effect of supranormal temperatures on neoplastic cells and the additive or synergistic effect of combining chemotherapy has been well established in adult clinical trials using continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion (CHPP) for advanced peritoneal adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal origin, ovarian carcinoma and mesothelioma. This phase I study will evaluate the safety of continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion with escalating doses of intraperitoneal cisplatin in the treatment of children with refractory tumors limited to the abdominal cavity. If tumors are outside the abdominal cavity, the tumors must be able to be controlled. Since CHPP has potential to improve outcome of children with peritoneal and retroperitoneal metastases, this study will evaluate the safety of elevated temperature (40oC) with intraperitoneal cisplatin chemotherapy. Primary Objectives: 1. To determine the MTD and dose-limiting toxicity of intraperitoneal cisplatin given in combination with CHPP as a 90 minute perfusion in children with advanced peritoneal and retroperitoneal solid tumors 2. To determine the safe and tolerable dose of CHPP with cisplatin to be used in Phase II trials 3. To determine the pharmacokinetics of intraperitoneal cisplatin platinum given with CHPP as a 90 minute abdominal perfusion (Optional)
Evaluate the acceptability over 24 hours of a new paracetamol formulation 4.8% paediatric oral suspension in children weighing between 3 and 26 kg including limits
This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of the addition of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to secondary debulking surgery in stage III ovarian cancer.
This study is to determine if a vaccine for Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is safe to give to humans. The study will examine how well the vaccine (RVF MP-12) stimulates the body's immune response (which fights off infection) and if the vaccine is stable or if the virus used to make the vaccine changes into a different form once injected into the body. Twenty healthy volunteers (18-50 years old) will be vaccinated with a single dose of undiluted RVF MP-12, injected into a muscle.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether new blood test (procalcitonin) can help to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics in patients with unexplained fever. Although fever is most commonly caused by bacterial infection there are multiple other conditions that can cause fever. It can be caused by viral infection. It can also be caused by other non infectious disease. Patients with malignancy, inflammation (such as gout or arthritis), or clots in veins can present with fever. Occasionally medications themselves can cause fever. If fever is not caused by infection antibiotics will not help. Instead they may cause side effects such as diarrhea and allergic reactions. We want to determine whether simple blood test (procalcitonin) can help us to make a difference between fever caused by infection and fever caused by others (above mentioned) non-infectious problems. We also want to determine whether such test would help us to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and help us to find faster the real cause of the fever. A total of 90 patients with the unexplained fever will be participating in this study. This study will involve single, additional blood test, performed only if patient continue to have fever despite a few days of investigations and therapy with antibiotics. Patients will be assigned by drawing to one of two groups. In the first group blood test (procalcitonin) will help a doctor to decide whether to stop or continue antibiotics. If procalcitonin level is high antibiotics will be continued and the doctor will most probably order additional tests to determine the source of infection. If procalcitonin level is low serious bacterial infection is unlikely. The antibiotics will be stopped and a doctor will try to look for other cause of fever. In the second group blood for the tests will be collected but not reported to a doctor. You will be treated in traditional manner by a doctor. By following this procedure we will be able to determine whether therapy guided by procalcitonin level is as safe and possibly more effective than traditional approach. This study does not involve any other tests or study medications. We will attempt to contact all patients one month later by phone to determine whether you remain well after discharge.
The main objective is to compare the safety and efficacy of 4 artemisinin-based combinations (ACT) [amodiaquine-artesunate (AQ+AS), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAPQ), artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and chlorproguanil/dapsone plus artesunate] for single and repeat treatments of uncomplicated malaria in children. Safety will be determined by registering adverse events and grading, laboratory, and vital signs evaluations. Their incidence will be compared between the different study arms. TO BE NOTED: following GlaxoSmithKline decision to discontinue the clinical development of the fixed-doses combination of Lapdap (Chlorproguanil-Dapsone) and artesunate, the Lapdap plus Artesunate arm was immediately discontinued in this study, on 17th February 2008. A formal amendment has been submitted to all the concerned ECs and competent authorities. The leading EC approved the amendment on 2nd June 2008. TO BE NOTED: since the batches of the study drug DHAPQ expire at the end of October 2008, and because of the unavailability of a new batch of DHAPQ from the manufacturer, the recruitment in the DHAPQ arm had to be discontinued on 30th October 2008. A formal amendment has been submitted to all the concerned ECs and competent authorities.