Rifamycin SV-MMX® Tablets Versus Ciprofloxacin Capsules in Acute Traveller's Diarrhoea

NCT ID: NCT01208922

Last Updated: 2019-02-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

835 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-11-30

Study Completion Date

2016-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to prove the non-inferiority of Rifamycin SV-MMX® versus Ciprofloxacin for the treatment of adults with traveller's diarrhoea.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Traveler's Diarrhea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group A

Rifamycin SV-MMX® 200 mg tablets

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Rifamycin SV-MMX®

Intervention Type DRUG

2 Rifamycin SV-MMX® 200 mg tablets and 1 placebo to ciprofloxacin capsule, b.i.d.

Group B

Ciprofloxacin 500 mg capsules

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ciprofloxacin

Intervention Type DRUG

1 ciprofloxacin 500 mg capsule and 2 placebos to Rifamycin SV-MMX® 200 mg tablets, b.i.d.

Interventions

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Rifamycin SV-MMX®

2 Rifamycin SV-MMX® 200 mg tablets and 1 placebo to ciprofloxacin capsule, b.i.d.

Intervention Type DRUG

Ciprofloxacin

1 ciprofloxacin 500 mg capsule and 2 placebos to Rifamycin SV-MMX® 200 mg tablets, b.i.d.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Signed informed consent,
* Men or women between 18 and 85 years of age,
* History of arriving from their country of residence in the industrialized part of the world within the past 4 weeks,
* Presenting with acute infectious diarrhoea (defined as at least 3 unformed, watery or soft stools accompanied by symptoms within 24 hours preceding randomisation with duration of illness ≤ 72 hours),
* Presence of one or more signs or symptoms of enteric infection (moderate to severe gas/flatulence, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps or pain, rectal tenesmus, fecal urgency),
* Women of childbearing potential had to apply during the entire duration of the study a highly effective method of birth control

Exclusion Criteria

* Residency in any country with high incidence rate of TD within the past 6 months,
* Fever (defined as a body (oral) temperature \>100.4°F or 38.0°C; antipyretic medication should not have been administered in the 6 hours prior to this assessment),
* Known or suspected infection with non-bacterial pathogen,
* Presence of diarrhoea of \>72 hours duration,
* Presence of grossly bloody stool,
* Presence of moderate or severe dehydration (i.e. symptoms of hypovolemia such as orthostatic hypotension, dizziness or wrinkling of skin),
* History of inflammatory bowel disease or celiac disease,
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Professor Robert Steffen, M. D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Locations

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Site 401

Quito, , Ecuador

Site Status

Site 200

Quetzaltenango, , Guatemala

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Site 101

Mapusa, Karaswada, India

Site Status

Site 124

Ajmer, , India

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Site 118

Bardez, , India

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Site 120

Calangute, , India

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Site 104

Hyderabad, , India

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Site 114

Kolkata, , India

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Site 116

Lucknow, , India

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Site 107

Madgaon, , India

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Site 110

Madgaon, , India

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Site 123

New Delhi, , India

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Site 122

Panjim, , India

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Site 102

Puducherry, , India

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Site 115

Pushkar, , India

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Site 119

Salcette, , India

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Site 111

Tiswadi, , India

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Site 109

Varanasi, , India

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Site 103

Vijayawada, , India

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Countries

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Ecuador Guatemala India

Other Identifiers

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RIT-1/AID

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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