Active clinical trials for "Infections"

This was a Phase 3 study containing a randomized open-label superiority cohort (Cohort 1) comparing the efficacy and safety of plazomicin with colistin when combined with a second antibiotic (either meropenem or tigecycline) in the treatment of patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), hospital acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP), or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) due to CRE. An additional cohort of patients with BSI, HABP, VABP, complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), or acute pyelonephritis (AP) due to CRE, not eligible for inclusion in the other cohort, were enrolled into a single arm (Cohort 2) and treated with plazomicin-based therapy. Therapeutic drug management (TDM) was used to help ensure that plazomicin exposures lie within an acceptable range of the target mean steady-state area under the curve (AUC).

This study involves researching new approaches to treating HIV infection. Currently, HIV infection is treated with combinations of drugs called antiretrovirals. These drugs protect cells from infection by interfering with the viruses' ability to make copies of itself by infecting new target cells. Though these drugs are very effective, they cannot cure HIV infection and must be taken each and every day at prescribed doses to maintain their beneficial effect. This research study is investigating a new approach that involves an addition to existing medications. The study is investigating a medication called Poly-ICLC (Hiltonol®, Oncovir), which is an adjuvant. Adjuvants are medications that are designed to boost your body's immune responses resulting from a vaccine. The investigators want to test whether Poly-ICLC is an adjuvant that is effective in HIV-infected patients. A vaccine is not given in this study, but just investigating the adjuvant, Poly-ICLC, to determine whether it may be safe and useful in future vaccines that could be used to treat HIV, called therapeutic vaccines. One goal of future therapeutic vaccines is to reduce the virus that remains persistently inside of cells in a dormant or resting state despite treatment with HIV medications. This persistent pool is termed the "latent virus pool" or "viral reservoir". One tactic to reduce this viral reservoir is to first stimulate HIV to start replicating in order to force it out of hiding. Once viral replication occurs, the infected cells may then be recognized and killed by cells of the immune system. Therefore, we also want to see what effect Poly-ICLC has on the virus that lives inside of cells. Specifically, the investigators want to look at whether Poly-ICLC increases the level of virus inside your cells while also improving your immune system's responses. The investigators are doing this research in hope to find new ways to treat HIV infection that may reduce exposure to medications that are called antiretrovirals. Antiretrovirals are medications used to treat HIV infection. They are very effective but have side effects and have to be taken each and every day and cannot cure HIV.

Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated to the development of gastrointestinal disorders. Emerging antibiotic resistance and poor patient compliance of modern therapies has resulted in significant eradication failure. Clinical trial was conducted to see the efficacy of current quadruple and phytomedicine-based therapies for the eradication of H. pylori infection and relief in its associated symptoms in Pakistan.

Cross-over 28 week study of the plasma pharmacokinetic profiles of twice daily 3TC (4mg/kg/dose BD) with once daily 3TC (8mg/kg/dose OD) and twice daily ABC (8mg/kg/dose BD) with daily ABC (16mg/kg/dose OD) where one or both drugs are being taken as part of combination antiretroviral therapy.

The purpose of this study is: to assess safety of the liquid dosage form of Ergoferon for treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections in children; to assess clinical efficacy of the liquid dosage form of Ergoferon for treatment acute upper respiratory tract infections in children.

Objectives: Main objective: to assess the impact of an intervention for optimizing the dosing of colistin based on its plasma levels in patients with infections due to multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli. The impact will be evaluated in terms of clinical and microbiological outcome, and toxicity. Secondary objectives: To determine the percentage of patients reaching plasma levels considered adequate (Cmax / MIC 8-10) for the treatment of infections due to gram-negative bacilli susceptible to colistin, in the cohort of patients treated with standard doses of this drug without adjusting the dose. To analyze the possible emergence of bacterial resistance to this drug and its relationship to the calculated colistin pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic indexes. Methods: Design: open controlled trial, blinded for the analyst, to be performed at thre tertiary care Hospitals in Barcelona. Subjects: Patients attended consecutively between 2012 and 2013 infected with multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli and treated with colistin. Sample size: 142 cases. Intervention: Once detected the infection requiring treatment with colistin, patients will be randomized to receive the intervention or not, with a 1:1 ratio. The intervention will be performed by an Infectious Diseases physician and will consist in a recommendation on the dose of colistin based on its plasma levels 48 hours after treatment onset. Variables: peak and through colistin levels 48 hours after treatment onset, clinical, analytical and microbiological data at baseline and during follow-up of the patients. Outcome measures: clinical, microbiological and toxicity data. Analysis: Comparison of patient characteristics and outcome variables between patients who had received the intervention and those who had not. The analysis will be done by intention to treat, by biological effectiveness and by compliance with the protocol.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and antiviral activity of ABT-450/ritonavir/ABT- 267 (ABT-450/r/ABT-267; ABT-450 also known as paritaprevir; ABT-267 also known as ombitasvir) and ABT-333 (also known as dasabuvir) with and without ribavirin (RBV) in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1a (HCV GT1a) infection without cirrhosis.

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that treatment of HIV infected subjects with losartan, an agent with specific anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic actions, will: reverse existing lymphoid tissue fibrosis, restore lymphoid tissue architecture, increase the number and improve the function of peripheral and lymphatic CD4 T cells, decrease levels of systemic immune activation (IA), decrease size of the HIV reservoir, and be safe and well tolerated.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ABT-450/ritonavir/ABT-267 (ABT-450/r/ABT-267; ABT-450 also known as paritaprevir; ABT-267 also known as ombitasvir) and ABT-333 (also known as dasabuvir) coadministered with ribavirin (RBV) in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1-infected adults taking methadone or buprenorphine ± naloxone.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Clostridium difficile vaccine to prevent primary symptomatic C. difficile infection (CDI) in participants at risk for CDI where there is a substantial unmet medical need. Primary objective: To assess the efficacy of the C. difficile vaccine in preventing the onset of symptomatic primary CDI confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in adult participants aged >= 50 years who are at risk for CDI and have received at least 1 injection. Secondary Objectives: Efficacy: To assess prevention of symptomatic PCR-confirmed primary CDI cases after 3 injections administered at 0, 7, and 30 days. To assess prevention of symptomatic PCR-confirmed primary CDI cases after completion of at least 2 injections. Immunogenicity: To describe the immunogenicity to toxin A and toxin B at specific time points in a subset of participant and in participants with CDI at Day 0 and Day 60. Safety: To describe the safety profile of all participants who received at least 1 injection.