Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Meropenem in Infants Below 90 Days of Age With Probable and Confirmed Meningitis

NCT01554124 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2015-02-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This phase I-II multicenter international trial is designed to study the pharmacokinetics of meropenem and to characterize the safety profile of meropenem in the treatment of infants ≤ 90 days of postnatal age with probable or confirmed bacterial meningitis.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Meropenem

40 mg/kg every 8 hours (every 12 hours in the youngest age group: \< 32 weeks GA and \< 2 weeks postnatal age). Treatment duration = 21 ± 7 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • PENTA Foundation

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Paul HEATH · Paediatric Infectious Diseases St Georges, University of London

  • Jean-Pierre ABOULKER · Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
90 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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