Overview

Multicenter Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to Compare Colistin Alone Versus Colistin Plus Meropenem

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-02-28
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of meropenem to colistin is better than colistin alone in the treatment of clinically significant infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Mical Paul
Collaborator:
European Commission
Treatments:
Colistin
Meropenem
Thienamycins
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult inpatients

- Clinically significant, microbiological-documented infection caused by
carbapenem-resistant and colistin-susceptible Gram-negative bacteria and identified
according to CDC criteria- blood stream infections, hospital acquired pneumonia,
ventilator associated pneumonia, and urinary tract infections

- Patient recruitment will occur only after microbiological documentation and
susceptibility testing. Patients will be included within 96 hours of the time the
index culture was taken (typically within 48 hours of isolate identification),
regardless of the antibiotic treatment administered during this time period.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous inclusion in the trial. Patients will be included in the RCT only once for
the first identified episode of infection

- Pregnant women

- Epilepsy or prior seizures

- Known allergy to colistin or a carbapenem