Study Comparing Tigecycline to Imipenem/Cilastatin in Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections in Hospitalized Subjects
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- Gram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsCross Infection
- Registration Number
- NCT00081744
- Lead Sponsor
- Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
- Brief Summary
Purpose: To provide a mechanism for the emergency use of tigecycline in the appropriate clinical situations.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 850
Inclusion Criteria
- Male or female subjects, ≥ 8 years of age and a weight of ≥ 35 kilograms
- Subjects with selected culture-positive infections caused by a multiple antibiotic-resistant pathogen presumed to be susceptible to tigecycline
- Subjects who have failed or are intolerant of other available appropriate antibiotic therapies or whose pathogens are resistant to other available antibiotics
Exclusion Criteria
- Subjects who are moribund with an expected survival of less than 2 weeks.
- Subjects who have been designated as "Do Not Resuscitate", unless it is anticipated within a reasonable degree of medical certainty that they can achieve benefit from potentially curative antibiotic therapy
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to tigecycline, tetracyclines, or other compounds related to this class of antibacterial agents
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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