Clinical Trials to Reduce the Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance

NCT ID: NCT01570192

Last Updated: 2017-09-29

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

43 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2015-04-30

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate a low rate of emergence of antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp during the treatment of hospitalized patients with pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation treated with PD optimized meropenem administered as a prolonged infusion in combination with a parenteral aminoglycoside plus tobramycin by inhalation (Group 1) compared to therapy with meropenem alone (Group 2 - control arm).

Detailed Description

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The goal of this clinical study is to demonstrate that the application of pharmacodynamic dosing principles to the antibiotic treatment of hospitalized subjects with culture-documented pneumonia (including HABP, VABP and HCAP) requiring mechanical ventilation can inhibit the emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms during treatment and therefore may improve the rate of a satisfactory clinical response. Antibiotic resistance is defined as an increase in meropenem or aminoglycoside MIC by two tube dilutions (fourfold) from baseline. In animal models of infection, the pharmacodynamic driver for bactericidal effect by β lactam antibiotics such as meropenem is the proportion of the dosing interval during which plasma drug levels are maintained above the MIC of the causative pathogen. The hypothesis of this study is that prolongation of time above MIC by increasing total meropenem dose and the duration of infusion will counter-select for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance during the treatment of hospitalized subjects with pneumonia (i.e. HABP, VABP and HCAP) caused by P.aeruginosa, Acinetobacter species (spp), or other pathogens with intermediate susceptibility to meropenem, and that the addition of parenteral aminoglycosides (amikacin, tobramycin or gentamicin) and nebulized aminoglycoside (tobramycin) given along optimal pharmacodynamic principles will further reduce the likelihood of resistance emergence, particularly among the non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. The observed incidence of resistance emergence to meropenem will be compared across therapeutic regimens.

Conditions

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Bacterial Pneumonia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
This is an open-label study with 1:1 randomization between two active treatment groups.

Study Groups

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IV meropenem; parenteral aminoglycoside

Subjects assigned to this group will receive:

* IV meropenem (2 g infused over 3 hrs q 8 hr);
* a parenteral aminoglycoside (tobramycin or gentamicin-5mg/kg IV Q24h or amikacin 20 mg/kg IV Q24h)
* tobramycin nebulization

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage to treat potential Gram-positive pathogens.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IV meropenem

Intervention Type DRUG

Subjects assigned to this group will receive IV meropenem (2 g infused over 3 hrs q 8 hr).

Parenteral aminoglycoside; tobramycin for injection USP OR gentamicin sulfate injection solution concentrate 5mg.kg IV q24h; amikacin sulfate injection USP 20 mg/kg IV q24h

Intervention Type DRUG

a parenteral aminoglycoside (tobramycin or gentamicin-5mg/kg IV Q24h or amikacin 20 mg/kg IV Q24h)

Linezolid or Vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage.

Intervention Type DRUG

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage.

tobramycin nebulization

Intervention Type DEVICE

tobramycin nebulization 600mg/day

I.V. Meropenem

Subjects assigned to this group will receive IV meropenem (2 g infused over 3 hrs q 8 hr).

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage to treat Gram-positive pathogens.

\*\*NOTE: Empiric MRSA coverage is allowed in both arms. This therapy is advised for any subjects with known or suspected MRSA entering the study. Once microbiologic results are available, this coverage may be discontinued at the investigator's discretion.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

I.V. Meropenem

Intervention Type DRUG

Subjects assigned to this group will receive IV meropenem (2 g infused over 3 hrs q 8 hr).

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage

Linezolid or Vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage.

Intervention Type DRUG

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage.

Interventions

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IV meropenem

Subjects assigned to this group will receive IV meropenem (2 g infused over 3 hrs q 8 hr).

Intervention Type DRUG

I.V. Meropenem

Subjects assigned to this group will receive IV meropenem (2 g infused over 3 hrs q 8 hr).

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage

Intervention Type DRUG

Parenteral aminoglycoside; tobramycin for injection USP OR gentamicin sulfate injection solution concentrate 5mg.kg IV q24h; amikacin sulfate injection USP 20 mg/kg IV q24h

a parenteral aminoglycoside (tobramycin or gentamicin-5mg/kg IV Q24h or amikacin 20 mg/kg IV Q24h)

Intervention Type DRUG

Linezolid or Vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage.

Linezolid or vancomycin (per institutional guidelines) will be available for MRSA coverage.

Intervention Type DRUG

tobramycin nebulization

tobramycin nebulization 600mg/day

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Merrem I.V. Merrem I.V.

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Written informed consent by the subject/subject's LAR.

Hospitalized males or females ≥ 18 yrs with respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and clinical suspicion of HABP, HCAP or VABP.

Onset or exacerbation of pneumonia at least 48 hours after admission to any patient health care facility or onset of pneumonia in a nursing home or rehabilitation facility with subsequent transfer to an acute care facility

Women of childbearing potential if their pregnancy test is negative

Subjects who have received previous antibacterial therapy within 14 days of pre-treatment bronchoscopy entry may be entered only if the subject has not responded clinically.). While less than 24 hours of pre-treatment antibiotics is preferential, recovery of \>104 CFU/ml in the quantitative Bronchoscopic BAL will be seen as primary evidence that the prior therapy was not efficacious and enrollment will be allowed.)

Patients should have clinical findings that support a diagnosis of HABP/VABP/HCAP:

Within 48 hours before starting empiric therapy a subject's chest radiograph should show the presence of a NEW or progressive infiltrate, cavitation, or effusion suggestive of pneumonia

Within 36 hours before the start of empiric study therapy, a quantitative culture of Bronchoscopic BAL fluid must be obtained.

Patients with VABP should have a Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score of \>/= 5.

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects with pneumonia caused by pathogens resistant to meropenem (MIC greater than or equal to 16µg/ml) or a prior meropenem therapy failure.

Subjects with contra-indications to ANY study medication, in particular with known or suspected allergy or hypersensitivity.

Women who are pregnant or lactating.

Subjects taking anticonvulsant medications for a known seizure disorder.Patients with a history of seizures, AND who are stabilized on anti-seizure medication, may be enrolled into the study at the discretion of the site investigator.

Subjects with known or suspected community acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) or viral pneumonia; or Subjects with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis without evidence of pneumonia.

Subjects with primary lung cancer or another malignancy metastatic to the lungs.

Subjects who were previously enrolled in this study.

Subjects who have had an investigational drug or have used an investigational device within 30 days prior to entering the study.

Subjects with another focus of infection requiring concurrent antibiotics that would interfere with evaluation of the response to study drug.

Subjects with cystic fibrosis, AIDS with a CD4 lymphocyte count \<200 cells/µl, neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count \<500 cells/ml), known or suspected active tuberculosis.

Subjects with little chance of survival for the duration of study therapy.

Subjects with an APACHE II score \>35.

Subjects with underlying condition(s) which would make it difficult to interpret response to the study drugs.

Subjects with hypotension or acidosis despite attempts at fluid resuscitation. Subjects requiring ongoing treatment with vasopressors will be eligible for the study if their hypotension is controlled and acidosis has resolved. Subjects with intractable septic shock are not eligible for enrollment.

Subjects who have undergone bone marrow transplantation.

Subjects with profound hypoxia as defined by a PaO2/FiO2 ratio \<100.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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George L Drusano, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Florida

Locations

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InClin, Inc.

San Mateo, California, United States

Site Status

UFL Department of Medicine: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

JMI Laboratories

North Liberty, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Weill Cornell Medical Center of Cornell University

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Institut de Cardiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere

Paris, , France

Site Status

Hannover Clinical Trial Center GmbH

Hanover, , Germany

Site Status

Hospital Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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United States France Germany Spain

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Other Identifiers

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10-0060

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id