Evaluation of Ceftaroline Fosamil Versus Vancomycin Plus Aztreonam in the Treatment of Patients With Skin Infections

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Ceftaroline Fosamil versus Vancomycin plus Aztreonam in treatment of patients with complicated bacterial skin and soft tissue infections.

Timeline

Start

2012-05

Primary completion

2014-06

Completion

2015-01

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.
• Wilcox M, Yan JL, Gonzalez PL, Dryden M, Stone GG, Kantecki M. Impact of Underlying Comorbidities on Outcomes of Patients Treated with Ceftaroline Fosamil for Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Pooled Results from Three Phase III Randomized Clinical Trials. Infect Dis Ther. 2022 Feb;11(1):217-230. doi: 10.1007/s40121-021-00557-w. Epub 2021 Nov 6.
• Sanchez-Garcia M, Hammond J, Yan JL, Kantecki M, Ansari W, Dryden M. Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes Among Patients with Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: Analysis of the Phase 3 COVERS Randomized Trial of Ceftaroline Fosamil Versus Vancomycin Plus Aztreonam. Infect Dis Ther. 2020 Sep;9(3):609-623. doi: 10.1007/s40121-020-00297-3. Epub 2020 Jun 30.
• Corey GR, Wilcox MH, Gonzalez J, Jandourek A, Wilson DJ, Friedland HD, Das S, Iaconis J, Dryden M. Ceftaroline fosamil therapy in patients with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections with systemic inflammatory signs: A retrospective dose comparison across three pivotal trials. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Jun;53(6):830-837. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.01.016. Epub 2019 Feb 1.
• 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.
• Das S, Li J, Iaconis J, Zhou D, Stone GG, Yan JL, Melnick D. Ceftaroline fosamil doses and breakpoints for Staphylococcus aureus in complicated skin and soft tissue infections. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Feb 1;74(2):425-431. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky439.
• Dryden M, Zhang Y, Wilson D, Iaconis JP, Gonzalez J. A Phase III, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial of ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg every 8 h versus vancomycin plus aztreonam in patients with complicated skin and soft tissue infection with systemic inflammatory response or underlying comorbidities. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Dec;71(12):3575-3584. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw333. Epub 2016 Sep 1.

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