Study Comparing Tigecycline Versus Ceftriaxone Sodium Plus Metronidazole in Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection

Study Comparing Tigecycline Versus Ceftriaxone Sodium Plus Metronidazole in Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection

A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Comparative Study of Tigecycline vs Ceftriaxone Sodium Plus Metronidazole for the Treatment of Hospitalized Subjects With Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection

This is a phase 3b/4 randomized, open-label, comparative, multicenter study of the safety and efficacy of tigecycline to ceftriaxone sodium plus metronidazole in hospitalized subjects with cIAI (Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection). Subjects with clinical signs and symptoms of cIAI will be included for enrollment. Subjects will be stratified at randomization for Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation scale (APACHE II) score < 10 and > 10. Subjects will be followed for efficacy through the test-of-cure assessment. Safety evaluations will occur through the treatment and post-treatment periods and continue through resolution or stability of the adverse event(s).

Complicated intra-abdominal infection, Appendicitis with abscess, Perforated diverticulitis, Purulent peritonitis, Complicated cholecystitis

Ceftriaxone sodium 2 g once daily intravenously plus metronidazole 1 g to 2 g daily given in divided doses intravenously. Test article should be administered for a minimum of 4 days and up to 14 days at the discretion of the investigator.

The clinical response was assigned by the investigator according to the protocol-specified guidelines. A clinical response of cure was defined as: the test article and the initial intervention (operative and/or radiologically controlled drainage procedure) resolved the intra-abdominal infection.

Number of Microbiologically Evaluable Patients With a Clinical Response of Cure at Test-of-Cure (TOC) Visit.

The clinical response was assigned by the investigator according to the protocol-specified guidelines. A clinical response of cure was defined as: the test article and the initial intervention (operative and/or radiologically controlled drainage procedure) resolved the intra-abdominal infection.

Microbiologic response assessed at patient level was combined microbiologic responses for all baseline isolates identified in intra-abdominal/blood cultures. Eradication=baseline isolate not recovered from primary infection site/blood; Presumed Eradication=no material available for culture but response was cure; Persistence=baseline isolate recovered from primary infection site/blood; Presumed Persistence=no material available for culture but response was failure; Superinfection=culture from primary infection site was positive for new isolate not identified at baseline & response was failure.

Inclusion Criteria: Clinical diagnosis of complicated intra-abdominal infection that requires surgery within 24 hours. Fever over 100.4°F (38.0°C) or high white blood cell count plus other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain. Exclusion Criteria: Cancer Medicines that suppress the immune system Dialysis

Towfigh S, Pasternak J, Poirier A, Leister H, Babinchak T. A multicentre, open-label, randomized comparative study of tigecycline versus ceftriaxone sodium plus metronidazole for the treatment of hospitalized subjects with complicated intra-abdominal infections. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Aug;16(8):1274-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03122.x.