Comparative Study of Ceftaroline vs. Ceftriaxone in Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Bacterial Pneumonia

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine if the antibiotic ceftaroline is safe and effective in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00509106

Run by

Forest Laboratories

People needed

622

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2009-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects with community-acquired pneumonia requiring:
• initial hospitalization or treatment in an emergency room or urgent care setting
• infection requiring initial treatment with IV antimicrobial

You may not qualify if…

• Community-acquired pneumonia suitable for outpatient therapy with an oral antimicrobial agent
• Respiratory tract infections not due to community-acquired bacterial pathogens
• Infections resistant to ceftriaxone
• Any condition requiring concomitant systemic corticosteroids
• History of any hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to any ß-lactam antimicrobial

Where it is running

• Investigational Site — Autonoma, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Invetigational Site — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Córdoba, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Córdoba, Argentina
• INvestigational Site — Córdoba, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Córdoba, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Entre Ríos, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Granadero Baiggoria, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Paraná, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Santa Fe, Argentina
• Investigational Site — Santa Fe, Argentina
• Investigational site — Grieskirchner, Wels, Austria
• Investigational Site — Steyr, Austria
• Investigational Site — Durham, North Carolina, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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