drugset / Trial / NCT01241552

A Study of MK-3415, MK-6072, and MK-3415A in Participants Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for Clostridium Difficile Infection (MK-3415A-001)

NCT01241552 ↗

Phase 3 Completed 1452 enrolled Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

This study will investigate whether: 1) treatment with MK-3415A in addition to standard of care (SOC) antibiotic therapy will decrease Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) recurrence as compared to treatment with MK-6072 or MK-3415, 2) treatment with MK-3415A, MK-6072, or MK-3415, in addition to SOC antibiotic therapy will decrease CDI recurrence as compared to placebo, and 3) MK-3415A, MK-6072, and MK-3415 will be generally well tolerated in participants receiving SOC therapy for CDI as compared to placebo.

Timeline

Start
2011-10-10
Primary completion
2014-12-09
Completion
2014-12-09

Outcome

Mixed primary results

registry MK-3415 + SOC vs Placebo + SOC; p = 0.3182; Adjusted Difference -1.7 (95% CI -8.6 to 5.5) NCT01241552 ↗

registry MK-6072 + SOC vs Placebo + SOC; p = 0.0003; Adjusted Difference -10.1 (95% CI -15.9 to -4.3) NCT01241552 ↗

registry MK-3415A + SOC vs Placebo + SOC; p < 0.0001; Adjusted Difference -11.6 (95% CI -17.4 to -5.9) NCT01241552 ↗

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Bezlotoxumab Monoclonal antibody 10 mg/kg Intravenous
Subject MK-3415 Monoclonal antibody 10 mg/kg Intravenous
Subject MK-3415A Monoclonal antibody 10 mg/kg Intravenous
Background Fidaxomicin Other / unclassified — —
Background Metronidazole Small molecule — —
Background Vancomycin Other / unclassified — —