Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous CXA-201 and Intravenous Meropenem in Complicated Intraabdominal Infections

Summary

This is a Phase 3, multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, double dummy study of CXA-201 Intravenous (IV) infusions (1500mg q8h) and metronidazole (500mg q8h) versus meropenem (1000mg q8h)for the treatment of adults with Complicated Intraabdominal Infections (cIAI).

Timeline

Start

2011-12-23

Primary completion

2013-10-03

Completion

2013-10-15

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Ceftolozane/tazobactam plus metronidazole was noninferior to meropenem in the primary PMID 25670823 ↗

paper meeting the prespecified noninferiority margin. PMID 25670823 ↗

Publications

• Popejoy MW, Long J, Huntington JA. Analysis of patients with diabetes and complicated intra-abdominal infection or complicated urinary tract infection in phase 3 trials of ceftolozane/tazobactam. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 May 2;17(1):316. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2414-9.
• Xiao Y, Tong ML, Liu LL, Lin LR, Chen MJ, Zhang HL, Zheng WH, Li SL, Lin HL, Lin ZF, Xing HQ, Niu JJ, Yang TC. Novel predictors of neurosyphilis among HIV-negative syphilis patients with neurological symptoms: an observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 26;17(1):310. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2339-3.
• Kullar R, Wagenlehner FM, Popejoy MW, Long J, Yu B, Goldstein EJ. Does moderate renal impairment affect clinical outcomes in complicated intra-abdominal and complicated urinary tract infections? Analysis of two randomized controlled trials with ceftolozane/tazobactam. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017 Mar 1;72(3):900-905. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw486.
• Miller B, Popejoy MW, Hershberger E, Steenbergen JN, Alverdy J. Characteristics and Outcomes of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections Involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Ceftolozane-Tazobactam Study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Jun 20;60(7):4387-90. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03074-15. Print 2016 Jul.
• Solomkin J, Hershberger E, Miller B, Popejoy M, Friedland I, Steenbergen J, Yoon M, Collins S, Yuan G, Barie PS, Eckmann C. Ceftolozane/Tazobactam Plus Metronidazole for Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections in an Era of Multidrug Resistance: Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Trial (ASPECT-cIAI). Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 15;60(10):1462-71. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ097. Epub 2015 Feb 10.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	CXA-201	Unknown	1500 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Meropenem	Small molecule	1000 mg	Intravenous
Subject	Metronidazole	Small molecule	500 mg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.