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- Herpesvirus infections may be severe in immunocompromised patients, with a high risk of complications and mortality. - Recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) or patients receiving high-intensity chemotherapy for hematological malignancies are the most vulnerable individuals. - Although the worldwide prevalence of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV), antiviral prophylaxis in seropositive HSCT recipients has significantly reduced the rate of infection. - Acyclovir (ACV) is the first-choice drug for the prophylaxis or the therapy of that kind of infection. - Since the beginning, ACV has demonstrated to be characterized by a large interpatient variability, especially in children. - Therefore, therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic studies may help in optimizing drug in children with malignancies.


Clinical Trial Description

Herpesvirus infections may lead to severe disease with a high risk of complications and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients, or in patients receiving high-intensity chemotherapy for hematological malignancies. That risk is mainly associated with the worldwide prevalence of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) that increases consistently with age. In particular, the majority of adult leukemia patients are HSV seropositive, while allogeneic HSCT recipients had post-transplant HSV reactivation. It is worth noting that in the first post-transplant year, symptomatic varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation has a rate of 13% - 55% in adult recipients. Similar percentages of children receiving HSCT had VZV reactivation, being also possible a disseminated infection in 10% of children. However, thanks to antiviral prophylaxis in seropositive HSCT recipients, the rate of infection has significantly dropped. Among the drugs most used for treatment and prophylaxis of HSV/VZV infections among children who are HSCT recipients or undergo a high-intensity chemotherapy, acyclovir represents the drug of choice. Although its role in preventing and treating herpes virus infections, the pharmacokinetics of acyclovir is highly variable, especially in patients in intensive care units, in those who have organ dysfunction, or in children. In particular, information about the optimal use of acyclovir in children with malignancies is limited. ;


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NCT number NCT05198570
Study type Observational
Source University of Pisa
Contact Natalia Maximova, MD
Phone 040 378 5111
Email natalia-maximova@burlo.trieste.it
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date September 15, 2021
Completion date March 31, 2024

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