NCT01045902

Brief Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine the efficacy and safety of Moxifloxacin in comparison to Sulbactam/Ampicillin in the treatment of pulmonary abscesses and aspiration pneumonia.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
139

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Feb 2001

Typical duration for phase_3

Geographic Reach
1 country

15 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

February 1, 2001

Completed
3.9 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

January 1, 2005

Completed
5 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 8, 2010

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 11, 2010

Completed
Last Updated

January 11, 2010

Status Verified

January 1, 2010

First QC Date

January 8, 2010

Last Update Submit

January 8, 2010

Conditions

Keywords

Pulmonary AbscessAspiration Pneumonia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Adverse events occuring after first application of study medication up to the test of cure visit for non-serious adverse events

    Up to 30 days after end of treatment with study medication for serious adverse events

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Clinical Response

    Regulary doing i.v. treatment

Study Arms (2)

Arm 1

EXPERIMENTAL
Drug: Avelox (Moxifloxacin, BAY12-8039)

Arm 2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR
Drug: Sulbactam/Ampicillin

Interventions

Moxifloxacin, 400 mg iv, od, switch after 6 doses (6 days) to 400 mg Moxifloxacin oral, od

Arm 1

Sulbactam/Ampicillin, 3 g iv, tid, switch after 18 doses (6 days) to 750 mg Sulbactam/Ampicillin oral, bid

Arm 2

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Male or female patients aged 18 years or above
  • The primary diagnosis is community or hospital acquired primary pulmonary abscess or aspiration pneumonia, requiring initial parenteral treatment

You may not qualify if:

  • Known hypersensitivity to fluoroquinolones and/or ß-lactams
  • Patients with mechanical ventilation lasting more than 48 hours prior to enrollment, with poststenotic pneumonia, infarction pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, lung abscess/pneumonia with concomitant endocarditis

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (15)

Unknown Facility

Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, 68167, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Nuremberg, Bavaria, 90419, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Regensburg, Bavaria, 93053, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, 14929, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60596, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, 31134, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Rotenburg (Wümme), Lower Saxony, 27356, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, 58515, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 46045, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, 33098, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Leipzig, Saxony, 04129, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, 39112, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23538, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Berlin, State of Berlin, 13353, Germany

Location

Unknown Facility

Berlin, State of Berlin, 14165, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pneumonia, AspirationLung Abscess

Interventions

Moxifloxacinsultamicillin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

PneumoniaRespiratory Tract InfectionsInfectionsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesAbscessSuppuration

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Fluoroquinolones4-QuinolonesQuinolonesQuinolinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 2-RingHeterocyclic Compounds, Fused-RingHeterocyclic Compounds

Study Officials

  • Bayer Study Director

    Bayer

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 8, 2010

First Posted

January 11, 2010

Study Start

February 1, 2001

Study Completion

January 1, 2005

Last Updated

January 11, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-01

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