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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics and Selected Antibiotics During Pregnancy

Information source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on October 19, 2009
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Pregnancy

Intervention: ciprofloxacin (Drug); azithromycin (Drug); gentamicin (Drug)

Phase: Phase 4

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Gloria Sarto, MD, PhD, Study Chair, Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Overall contact:
Gloria Sarto, MD, PhD, Email: gsarto@wisc.edu

Summary

This protocol is a prospective, open-label, multicenter, population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of selected anti-infective agents in pregnant women being treated for suspected or documented infections.

Clinical Details

Official title: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics and Selected Antibiotics During Pregnancy

Study design: Cohort, Prospective

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 45 Years. Gender(s): Female.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women in their second or third trimester of pregnancy

- Women currently receiving treatment or whose physician has made the decision to start

treatment with ciprofloxacin, azithromycin or gentamicin for a suspected or documented infection

- Of childbearing potential and who either have never been pregnant or whose most

recent pregnancy ended 3 months previously (control group)

- Women greater than 3 months postpartum and currently breast-feeding (substudy)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women with significant gastrointestinal disease which may be expected to interfere

with the absorption of the orally administered anti-infective agents

Locations and Contacts

Gloria Sarto, MD, PhD, Email: gsarto@wisc.edu

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States; Recruiting
James Fischer, PharmD, Phone: 312-996-5549, Email: jfischer@uic.edu

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02115, United States; Recruiting
Kathryn Chen, MD, Phone: 617-232-6346, Email: kathychen@stanfordalumni.org

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States; Recruiting
Karen Freund, MD, Phone: 617-638-8878, Email: karen.freund@bmc.org

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States; Recruiting
Tim Johnson, MD, Phone: 734-764-8123, Email: trbj@umich.edu

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53715, United States; Recruiting
Gloria Sarto, MD, PhD, Email: gsarto@wisc.edu

Additional Information

UW Women's Heath Center of Excellence

Starting date: April 2003
Ending date: April 2011
Last updated: October 29, 2008

Page last updated: October 19, 2009

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