Safety of the concomitant use of caspofungin and cyclosporin A in patients with invasive fungal infections (original) (raw)
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Infections after Transplant
- M Lopez-Duarte2,
- M Jurado3,
- J Lopez4,
- R Arranz5,
- J-M Cisneros6,
- M L Martino7,
- P J Garcia-Sanchez8,
- P Morales9,
- T Olivé10,
- M Rovira11 &
- …
- C Solano12
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Caspofungin, an echinocandin antifungal agent, is active against invasive Aspergillus and Candida infections. In a phase I study in healthy volunteers, mild transient increases in serum aminotransferases were observed with the concomitant administration of caspofungin and cyclosporin A (CsA). As a result, it is recommended that the concomitant use of the two drugs be limited to those settings with appropriate risk–benefit balance. We retrospectively assessed safety data in 14 patients with refractory invasive mycoses who were treated concomitantly with CsA and caspofungin before the drug was licensed in Spain. In all, 13 patients were adults (median age, 31.5 years; range, 14–67 years). The average duration of concomitant therapy was 15 days (range, 2–43 days). No clinically significant elevations of serum aminotransferases were observed, and no patient had concomitant therapy discontinued or interrupted due to a drug-related adverse event. In this study of a limited number of patients, the coadministration of caspofungin and CsA was generally well tolerated.
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- Department of Clinical Research, Merck Sharp and Dohme of Spain, Madrid, Spain
C Sanz-Rodriguez - Department of Hematology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
M Lopez-Duarte - Department of Hematology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
M Jurado - Department of Hematology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
J Lopez - Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
R Arranz - Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
J-M Cisneros - Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
M L Martino - Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
P J Garcia-Sanchez - Department of Respiratory Diseases, Unit of Lung Transplant, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
P Morales - Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Hematology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
T Olivé - Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
M Rovira - Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
C Solano
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- C Sanz-Rodriguez
- M Lopez-Duarte
- M Jurado
- J Lopez
- R Arranz
- J-M Cisneros
- M L Martino
- P J Garcia-Sanchez
- P Morales
- T Olivé
- M Rovira
- C Solano
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Sanz-Rodriguez, C., Lopez-Duarte, M., Jurado, M. et al. Safety of the concomitant use of caspofungin and cyclosporin A in patients with invasive fungal infections.Bone Marrow Transplant 34, 13–20 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704516
- Received: 14 October 2003
- Accepted: 23 December 2003
- Published: 03 May 2004
- Issue date: 01 July 2004
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704516