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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2006

Safety and pharmacokinetics of intravenous anidulafungin in children with neutropenia at high risk for invasive fungal infections.

Daniel K Benjamin, Timothy Driscoll, Nita L Seibel, Corina E Gonzalez, Maureen M Roden, Rahki Kilaru, Kay Clark, James A Dowell, Jennifer Schranz, Thomas J Walsh

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In one paragraph

Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Aspergillosis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2016
    Guideline
  2. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2016
    Guideline
  3. Guideline
  4. Antifungal therapy in children: an update.European journal of pediatrics · 2013
    Pooled it
  5. Guideline
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  7. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of candidiasis: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2009
    Guideline
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  16. Extended Dosing Regimens for Fungal Prophylaxis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2019
    Review
  17. Review
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  19. Advances in the Treatment of Mycoses in Pediatric Patients.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
    Review
  20. Invasive Aspergillosis in Children: Update on Current Guidelines.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2018
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel K BenjaminDepartment of Pediatrics and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Timothy Driscoll
Nita L Seibel
Corina E Gonzalez
Maureen M Roden
Rahki Kilaru
Kay Clark
James A Dowell
Jennifer Schranz
Thomas J Walsh
Clinical Research Institute · USNational Cancer Institute · USChildren's National · USDuke University · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

Treatment of Infections in Immunocompromised Children with Cancer, HematopoieticZ01SC006830 · SC · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI WALSH, THOMAS J. · 1996 to 2008
$5.8M
Treatment of Infections in Immunocompromised ChildrenZIASC006830 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI WALSH, THOMAS J. · 2009 to 2009
$2.4M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anidulafungin is an echinocandin with activity against Candida species and Aspergillus species. Adult dosages under study are 50 mg/day for esophageal candidiasis and 100 mg/day for invasive candidiasis and aspergillosis. Little is known, however, about the safety and pharmacokinetics of anidulafungin in children. A multicenter, ascending-dosage study of neutropenic pediatric patients was therefore conducted. Patients were divided into two age cohorts (2 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years) and were enrolled into sequential groups to receive 0.75 or 1.5 mg/kg of body weight/day. Blood samples were obtained following the first and fifth doses. Anidulafungin was assayed in plasma, and pharmacokinetic parameters were determined. Safety was assessed using National Cancer Institute (NCI) common toxicity criteria. Pharmacokinetic parameters were determined for 12 patients at each dosage (0.75 mg/kg/day or 1.5 mg/kg/day). Concentrations and drug exposures were similar for patients between age cohorts, and weight-adjusted clearance was consistent across age. No drug-related serious adverse events were observed. One patient had fever (NCI toxicity grade of 3), and one patient had facial erythema, which resolved with slowing the infusion rate. Anidulafungin in pediatric patients was well tolerated and can be dosed based on body weight. Pediatric patients receiving 0.75 mg/kg/day or 1.5 mg/kg/day have anidulafungin concentration profiles similar to those of adult patients receiving 50 or 100 mg/day, respectively.

Indexed as

AdolescentAnidulafunginAntifungal AgentsChildChild, PreschoolEchinocandinsFemaleHumansMaleMycosesNeutropeniaPeptides, CyclicAnidulafunginAntifungal AgentsEchinocandinsPeptides, Cyclic

Identifiers

PMID16436720
PMCPMC1366891
OpenAlexW2154403663

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