Comparative Study of Ceftaroline vs. Ceftriaxone in Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if the antibiotic ceftaroline is safe and effective in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

Timeline

Start

2007-07

Primary completion

2008-08

Completion

2009-06

Publications

• Dryden M, Kantecki M, Yan JL, Stone GG, Leister-Tebbe H, Wilcox M. Treatment outcomes of secondary bacteraemia in patients treated with ceftaroline fosamil: pooled results from six phase III clinical trials. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2022 Mar;28:108-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.10.027. Epub 2021 Dec 16.
• Cheng K, Pypstra R, Yan JL, Hammond J. Summary of the safety and tolerability of two treatment regimens of ceftaroline fosamil: 600 mg every 8 h versus 600 mg every 12 h. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Apr 1;74(4):1086-1091. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky519.
• Taboada M, Melnick D, Iaconis JP, Sun F, Zhong NS, File TM, Llorens L, Friedland HD, Wilson D. Ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Apr;71(4):862-70. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv415. Epub 2015 Dec 24.
• Lodise TP, Anzueto AR, Weber DJ, Shorr AF, Yang M, Smith A, Zhao Q, Huang X, File TM. Assessment of time to clinical response, a proxy for discharge readiness, among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia who received either ceftaroline fosamil or ceftriaxone in two phase III FOCUS trials. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Feb;59(2):1119-26. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03643-14. Epub 2014 Dec 8.
• Shorr AF, Kollef M, Eckburg PB, Llorens L, Friedland HD. Assessment of ceftaroline fosamil in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: insights from two randomized trials. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;75(3):298-303. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.12.002. Epub 2013 Jan 26.
• Rank DR, Friedland HD, Laudano JB. Integrated safety summary of FOCUS 1 and FOCUS 2 trials: Phase III randomized, double-blind studies evaluating ceftaroline fosamil for the treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Apr;66 Suppl 3:iii53-9. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr099.
• Low DE, File TM Jr, Eckburg PB, Talbot GH, David Friedland H, Lee J, Llorens L, Critchley IA, Thye DA; FOCUS 2 investigators. FOCUS 2: a randomized, double-blinded, multicentre, Phase III trial of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in community-acquired pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Apr;66 Suppl 3:iii33-44. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr097.

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