New Antibiotic to Treat Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Due to a Specific Bacteria (S. Pneumoniae Pneumonia) - Full Text View

Purpose

This study will treat patients who have a community-acquired pneumonia that is due to a specific bacteria (S. pneumoniae)

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Community Acquired Infections Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections	Drug: Antibiotic	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics:

Antibiotics Bacterial Infections Pneumonia

ChemIDplus related topics:

Penicillins Linezolid

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Official Title:	Linezolid in the Treatment of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Pneumonia: An Open-Label, Non-Comparator Study

Further study details as provided by Pfizer:

Primary Outcome Measures:

To assess the microbiologic efficacy of linezolid in the treatment of patients with pneumonia caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP).
Additionally, microbiologic efficacy will be assessed in all pneumonia patients infected with S pneumoniae SP) and in those infected with penicillin-sensitive (PSSP) and penicillin-intermediate (PISP) S pneumoniae.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

To assess clinical efficacy and safety in pneumonia patients infected with S pneumoniae.

Enrollment:	230
Study Start Date:	December 2001
Estimated Study Completion Date:	May 2003

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	13 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Other specific inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply. In order to determine eligibility, further examination by the investigator is necessary.

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients must have the signs and symptoms of pneumonia, with a chest xray showing a pneumonia.
The patient must have S. pneumoniae (a specific bacteria) growing in sputum or blood to continue treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients cannot have taken more than one day of another antibiotic before entering this study.
Patients with HIV and a low CD4 count are excluded.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00035269

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Pfizer

More Information

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Study ID Numbers:	M12600071, A5951056
First Received:	May 2, 2002
Last Updated:	July 2, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00035269
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Pfizer:

Pharmacia

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Bacterial Infections

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Respiratory Tract Infections

Respiratory Tract Diseases

Streptococcal Infections

Pneumonia, Bacterial

Lung Diseases

Community-Acquired Infections

Pneumonia, Pneumococcal

Linezolid

Pneumococcal Infections

Pneumonia

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Communicable Diseases

Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 27, 2008

Sponsored by:	Pfizer
Information provided by:	Pfizer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00035269