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Daptomycin in the Treatment of Patients With Renal Insufficiency and Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections

Information source: Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Soft Tissue Infections

Intervention: daptomycin (up to 14 days) (Drug)

Phase: Phase 4

Status: Terminated

Sponsored by: Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Summary

This is a Phase 4, randomized, open-label, multicenter, comparative study designed to further evaluate the pharmacokinetics of intravenous (i. v.) daptomycin and the safety and efficacy of daptomycin relative to comparator in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections in patients with renal impairment.

Clinical Details

Official title: An Open Label Phase 4 Trial to Further Evaluate the Pharmacokinetic Profile of Intravenous Daptomycin, and a Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of Daptomycin Versus Comparator in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Renal Impairment and Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections Due, at Least in Part, to Gram-Positive Bacteria

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Pharmacokinetics Study

Primary outcome: To obtain additional pharmacokinetic data (on dosing days) on intravenous daptomycin in patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections and renal impairment

Secondary outcome: To compare the safety and efficacy of daptomycin to comparator in patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections and renal impairment at 14 to 21 days after last dose

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Moderate to end-stage renal impairment

- A diagnosis of complicated skin and skin structure infection known or suspected to be

due to susceptible Gram-positive bacteria based on positive Gram stain

- A diagnosis of bacterial skin and skin structure infection in the presence of some

complicating factor

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known bacteremia, osteomyelitis or endocarditis

Locations and Contacts

Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, United States

Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33606, United States

Joseph M. Still Research Institute, Augusta, Georgia, United States

Infectious Diseases Minneapolis-LTD, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55422, United States

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, United States

Upstate Clinical Research Associates, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States

AllTrials Clinical Research, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103, United States

ID Clinical Research, Toledo, Ohio 43608, United States

Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43215, United States

Wright State University/Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio 45428, United States

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, Pennsylvania 19610, United States

St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 19015, United States

Additional Information

Starting date: January 2005
Ending date: May 2006
Last updated: May 21, 2007

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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