Noxafil

Noxafil concentrate for solution for infusion is indicated for use in the treatment of the following invasive fungal infections in adult and paediatric patients from 2 years of age:  Invasive aspergillosis  Fusariosis in patients with disease that is refractory to amphotericin B or in patients who are intolerant of amphotericin B; Chromoblastomycosis and mycetoma in patients with disease that is refractory to itraconazole or in patients who are intolerant of itraconazole; Coccidioidomycosis in patients with disease that is refractory to amphotericin B, itraconazole or fluconazole or in patients who are intolerant of these medicinal products.   Refractoriness is defined as progression of infection or failure to improve after a minimum of 7 days of prior therapeutic doses of effective antifungal therapy.  Noxafil concentrate for solution for infusion is also indicated for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections in adults and paediatric patients from 2 years of age:  Patients receiving remission-induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) expected to result in prolonged neutropenia and who are at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections;  Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients who are undergoing high-dose immunosuppressive therapy for graft versus host disease (GVHD) and who are at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections.   Please refer to the Summary of Product Characteristics of Noxafil oral suspension for use in adults with oropharyngeal candidiasis.

Noxafil gastro-resistant tablets are indicated for use in the treatment of the following invasive fungal infections in adults and paediatric patients from 2 years of age weighing more than 40 kg:  Invasive aspergillosis Fusariosis in patients with disease that is refractory to amphotericin B or in patients who are intolerant of amphotericin B; Chromoblastomycosis and mycetoma in patients with disease that is refractory to itraconazole or in patients who are intolerant of itraconazole; Coccidioidomycosis in patients with disease that is refractory to amphotericin B, itraconazole or fluconazole or in patients who are intolerant of these medicinal products.   Refractoriness is defined as progression of infection or failure to improve after a minimum of 7 days of prior therapeutic doses of effective antifungal therapy.   Noxafil gastro-resistant tablets are also indicated for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections in adults and paediatric patients from 2 years of age weighing more than 40 kg:  Patients receiving remission-induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) expected to result in prolonged neutropenia and who are at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections;  Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients who are undergoing high-dose immunosuppressive therapy for graft versus host disease and who are at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections.   Please refer to the Summary of Product Characteristics of Noxafil oral suspension for use in oropharyngeal candidiasis.