Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Randomized Comparison Between Antibiotics Alone and Antibiotics Plus Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor in Pediatric Patients With Chemotherapy Induced Febrile Neutropenia
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Antibiotics may decrease the side effects of neutropenia and fever caused by chemotherapy. Colony-stimulating factors such as G-CSF may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether antibiotic therapy plus G-CSF is more effective than antibiotic therapy alone for treating side effects caused by chemotherapy.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy with or without G-CSF in treating children who have neutropenia and fever that are caused by chemotherapy.