Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia/Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Mechanical Ventilatory Support

Study identifier:3591IL/0082

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier:N/A

EudraCT identifier:N/A

CTIS identifier:N/A

Study Complete

Official Title

Impact of Aggressive Empiric Antibiotic Therapy on the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance During the Treatment of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Medical condition

pneumonia

Phase

Phase 3

Healthy volunteers

No

Study drug

MERREM I.V. 2g as a 3 hour infusion every 8 hours, vancomycin I.V. 1 g every 12 hours, tobramycin I.V. 5 mg/kg every 24 hours, MERREM I.V. 1g as a 30 minute infusion every 8 hours, MERREM I.V. 500 mg as a 3 hour infusion every 8 hours

Sex

All

Actual Enrollment

500

Study type

Interventional

Age

18 Years +

Date

Study Start Date: 01 Jul 2002
Primary Completion Date: 01 Sept 2004
Study Completion Date: 01 Sept 2004

Study design

Allocation: Non-randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment

Verification:

Verified 01 Jan 2013 by AstraZeneca

Sponsors

AstraZeneca

Collaborators

-

Inclusion and exclusion criteria