Ceftobiprole in the Treatment of Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical cure rate (ratio of clinically cured patients to the total number of patients) of ceftobiprole medocaril versus a comparator in the treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Timeline

Start

2006-06

Primary completion

2007-07

Completion

2007-07

Publications

• Huang H, Gao L, Engelhardt M, Saulay M, Hamed K. A post hoc analysis of two Phase III trials showing the efficacy and tolerability of ceftobiprole in East Asian patients. Future Microbiol. 2021 Jul;16:783-796. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0121. Epub 2021 Jun 22.
• Welte T, Scheeren TW, Overcash JS, Saulay M, Engelhardt M, Hamed K. Efficacy and safety of ceftobiprole in patients aged 65 years or older: a post hoc analysis of three Phase III studies. Future Microbiol. 2021 May;16:543-555. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0042. Epub 2021 May 7.
• Scheeren TWL, Welte T, Saulay M, Engelhardt M, Santerre-Henriksen A, Hamed K. Early improvement in severely ill patients with pneumonia treated with ceftobiprole: a retrospective analysis of two major trials. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 26;19(1):195. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3820-y.
• Nicholson SC, Welte T, File TM Jr, Strauss RS, Michiels B, Kaul P, Balis D, Arbit D, Amsler K, Noel GJ. A randomised, double-blind trial comparing ceftobiprole medocaril with ceftriaxone with or without linezolid for the treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2012 Mar;39(3):240-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.11.005. Epub 2012 Jan 9.

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