Clinical Study of Cefiderocol (S-649266) for the Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia Caused by Gram-negative Pathogens

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare all-cause mortality at Day 14 in participants receiving cefiderocol with participants receiving the comparator, meropenem, in adults with hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP), ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP), or healthcare-associated bacterial pneumonia (HCABP) caused by Gram-negative pathogens.

Timeline

Start

2017-10-24

Primary completion

2019-02-26

Completion

2019-04-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Cefiderocol was non-inferior to high-dose, extended-infusion meropenem in terms of all-cause mortality on day 14 PMID 33058798 ↗

paper All-cause mortality at day 14 was 12·4% with cefiderocol (18 patients of 145) and 11·6% with meropenem (17 patients of 146; adjusted treatment difference 0·8%, 95% CI -6·6 to 8·2; p=0·002 for non-inferiority hypothesis). PMID 33058798 ↗

Publications

• Nordmann P, Shields RK, Doi Y, Takemura M, Echols R, Matsunaga Y, Yamano Y. Mechanisms of Reduced Susceptibility to Cefiderocol Among Isolates from the CREDIBLE-CR and APEKS-NP Clinical Trials. Microb Drug Resist. 2022 Apr;28(4):398-407. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2021.0180. Epub 2022 Jan 24.
• Skaar EP, Echols R, Matsunaga Y, Menon A, Portsmouth S. Iron serum levels and iron homeostasis parameters in patients with nosocomial pneumonia treated with cefiderocol: post hoc analysis of the APEKS-NP study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Mar;41(3):467-476. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04399-9. Epub 2022 Jan 13.
• Wenzler E, Butler D, Tan X, Katsube T, Wajima T. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Dose Optimization of Cefiderocol during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2022 Apr;61(4):539-552. doi: 10.1007/s40262-021-01086-y. Epub 2021 Nov 18.
• Wunderink RG, Matsunaga Y, Ariyasu M, Clevenbergh P, Echols R, Kaye KS, Kollef M, Menon A, Pogue JM, Shorr AF, Timsit JF, Zeitlinger M, Nagata TD. Cefiderocol versus high-dose, extended-infusion meropenem for the treatment of Gram-negative nosocomial pneumonia (APEKS-NP): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;21(2):213-225. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30731-3. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Cefiderocol	Small molecule	2000 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Meropenem	Small molecule	2000 mg	Intravenous
Background	Linezolid	Other / unclassified	600 mg	Intravenous

Indications