Drugs / avibactam

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 2 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Approved EU (EMA) Zavicefta — 2016-06-23 europa.eu ↗
Approved US (FDA) AVYCAZ — 2015-02-25 fda.gov ↗

Trials 32

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 112 trials · 1 met primary
Phase 1 NCT04973826 Aug → Sep 2021 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04486625 Aug 2020 → Sep 2021 impaired renal function disease Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01920399 Oct → Nov 2013 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01789528 Aug 2013 → Mar 2014 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01893346 Jul 2013 → Oct 2014 infectious disease Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01689207 Sep 2012 → Dec 2014 opportunistic bacterial infectious disease Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01624246 May 2012 → Mar 2013 — Forest Laboratories Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01534247 Feb → Jul 2012 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01448395 Oct → Nov 2011 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01395420 Aug 2011 → Jul 2012 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 28 trials
Phase 2 NCT06462235 Sep 2024 → Apr 2027 expected gram-negative bacterial infections Pfizer Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05639647 Apr 2023 → Mar 2027 expected gram-negative bacterial infections Pfizer Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT04126031 Jan 2020 → Dec 2022 gram-negative bacterial infections Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 2 NCT02655419 May 2016 → Oct 2017 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02497781 Sep 2015 → Sep 2017 urinary tract infection Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01281462 Dec 2010 → Mar 2012 urinary tract infection Forest Laboratories Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00752219 Mar → Nov 2009 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00690378 Nov 2008 → Jun 2010 bacterial urinary tract infection Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 39 trials · 5 met primary
Phase 3 NCT04927312 Oct 2021 → Sep 2022 — Pfizer Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT03580044 Dec 2020 → Jan 2023 bacterial infectious disease Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 3 NCT03329092 Apr 2018 → Feb 2023 nosocomial infection Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01808092 Apr 2013 → Jan 2016 — Pfizer Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT01726023 Jan 2013 → Mar 2015 — Pfizer Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT01644643 Jan 2013 → Sep 2014 urinary tract infection Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01595438 Oct 2012 → Aug 2014 acute pyelonephritis Pfizer Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT01599806 Oct 2012 → Aug 2014 acute pyelonephritis Pfizer Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT01499290 Mar 2012 → Apr 2014 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 43 trials
Phase 4 NCT06811727 May 2025 → May 2027 expected primary bacterial infectious disease Ivan Šitum, MD Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04882085 Aug 2021 → Aug 2023 acute pyelonephritis, bacterial pneumonia, infectious peritonitis Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04774094 May 2021 → May 2023 nosocomial infection Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy7 trials
Phase 1 NCT06672276 Comparator Nov 2024 → May 2025 — Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05340530 Comparator Apr 2022 → Dec 2023 infectious disease Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05588531 Comparator Dec 2021 → Apr 2022 — Nanjing Yoko Biomedical Co., Ltd. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01430910 Comparator Sep 2011 → Oct 2012 — Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT07840105 Comparator Sep 2026 → Sep 2027 expected acute pyelonephritis Wockhardt Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 9

DateIssuerRelease
2025-04-25 AbbVie Regulatory AbbVie Reports First-Quarter 2025 Financial Results abbvie.com ↗
AbbVie announced that the FDA approved Emblaveo (aztreonam and avibactam), as the first monobactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination antibiotic therapy to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections, including those caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
2025-02-07 AbbVie Regulatory U.S. FDA Approves EMBLAVEO™ (aztreonam and avibactam) for the Treatment of Adults With Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections With Limited or No Treatment Options abbvie.com ↗
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EMBLAVEO™ (aztreonam and avibactam), as the first and only fixed-dose, intravenous, monobactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination antibiotic.
2024-04-22 Pfizer Regulatory European Commission Approves Pfizer’s EMBLAVEO® for Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Infections and Limited Treatment Options pfizer.com ↗
Pfizer Inc . (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for EMBLAVEO ® (aztreonam-avibactam) for the treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including pyelonephritis.
2023-06-01 Pfizer Results Phase 3 Studies of Pfizer’s Novel Antibiotic Combination Offer New Treatment Hope for Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Infections and Limited Treatment Options pfizer.com ↗
Data support that ATM-AVI is effective and well-tolerated, with no new safety findings and a similar safety profile to aztreonam alone.
2019-11-11 AbbVie Regulatory Allergan Receives FDA Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) Designation And Fast Track Designation For ATM-AVI (Aztreonam And Avibactam) For Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections abbvie.com ↗
Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) Designation and Fast Track Designation for ATM-AVI (aztreonam and avibactam)
2019-03-18 AbbVie Regulatory Allergan Announces FDA Approval of AVYCAZ® (ceftazidime and avibactam) for Pediatric Patients abbvie.com ↗
This is the first FDA approval of a pediatric indication for cUTI and cIAI in more than a decade.
2018-11-20 AbbVie Regulatory Allergan Announces FDA Acceptance of Supplemental New Drug Application for AVYCAZ® (ceftazidime and avibactam) abbvie.com ↗
2018-02-01 AbbVie Regulatory FDA Approves AVYCAZ® (ceftazidime and avibactam) for the Treatment of Patients with Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia abbvie.com ↗
2017-04-24 Pfizer Results Pivotal Phase III Study Underscores Efficacy Of Zavicefta™ (ceftazidime-avibactam) For Treatment Of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, A Leading Cause Of Mortality In Hospitals pfizer.com ↗
In addition, patients treated with Zavicefta and Meropenem experienced comparable rates of tolerability consistent with the known profile of ceftazidime alone.

All press releases naming this drug 10 releases

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Evidence & citations 12 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 40 sources stand behind the page.

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Known as avibactam “Patients aged between 18 and 90 years with cUTI were enrolled and stratified by infection type (acute pyelonephritis or other cUTI) and randomized 1:1 to receive intravenous...” PMID 23145859 ↗ Nov 2012
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“Patients received a single 2-h intravenous infusion of ceftazidime-avibactam (cohort 1, 2,000 to 500 mg; cohort 2, 2,000 to 500 mg [≥40 kg] or 50 to 12.5 mg/kg [<40 kg];...” PMID 27503642 ↗ Sep 2016

“The study medicine is a combination of an antibiotic, aztreonam (ATM), and another medicine, avibactam (AVI), which is used to help stop bacteria from being resistant to antibiotics.” NCT06462235 ↗

“Ceftazidime-Avibactam powder for concentrate for solution for infusion 2.0 g/ 0.5 g. Dosage will be adjusted based on renal function after enrollment.” NCT04927312 ↗

“investigational monobactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination aztreonam/avibactam in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI)” PMID 31828337 ↗ Mar 2020

“An aztreonam/avibactam 500/137 mg 30-min loading dose and 1500/410 mg 3-h maintenance infusions q6h were selected for further evaluation.” PMID 38252170 ↗ Jan 2024

“Cohort 1: CAZ-AVI (2000 mg ceftazidime and 500 mg avibactam) by intravenous infusion given over 2 hours, every 8 hours” NCT01789528 ↗

“Ceftazidime and avibactam pharmacokinetics were well-described by two-compartment disposition models” PMID 30221827 ↗ Sep 2018

“Aztreonam-avibactam, a fixed-ratio (3:1) β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination” PMID 40530972 ↗ Jun 2025

“TQD3606 is a fixed-dose combination of meropenem and avibactam.” NCT06672276 ↗

“CAZ-AVI (2000 mg ceftazidime/500 mg avibactam)” NCT01534247 ↗

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Known as AVI “The study medicine is a combination of an antibiotic, aztreonam (ATM), and another medicine, avibactam (AVI), which is used to help stop bacteria from being resistant to antibiotics.” NCT06462235 ↗
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“Avibactam (AVI)” NCT01689207 ↗

Known as Avibactam component of zavicefta ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL1689063 ↗
Known as AVIBACTAM SODIUM ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL1689063 ↗
Known as Avibactam sodium component of avycaz ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL1689063 ↗
Known as Avibactam sodium salt ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL1689063 ↗
Known as Avibactam(NXL104) “Ceftaroline fosamil and Avibactam(NXL104) (q8h)” NCT01281462 ↗
Known as Nxl-104 free acid ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL1689063 ↗
Known as NXL104 “Part B investigates how much Avibactam (NXL104) and Ceftazidime enter the blood when Avibactam and Ceftazidine are given separately or together intravenously.” NCT01430910 ↗
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NCT00752219 ↗

NCT01448395 ↗

Action Inhibit “Ceftazidime-avibactam is a novel β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination for the treatment of serious infections caused by resistant gram-negative pathogens.” PMID 30221827 ↗ Sep 2018
Modality Small molecule “Ceftazidime-avibactam is a novel β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination for the treatment of serious infections caused by resistant gram-negative pathogens.” PMID 30221827 ↗ Sep 2018
Route Intravenous “receive intravenous ceftazidime 500 mg plus avibactam 125 mg every 8 hours” PMID 23145859 ↗ Nov 2012