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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00061633
Date of registration: 30/05/2003
Primary sponsor: Theravance
Public title: Phase 2 Trial of TD 6424 (Telavancin) Versus Standard Therapy for Complicated Gram Positive Skin and Skin Structure Infections (Gram Positive cSSSI) FAST
Scientific title: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Multinational Trial of Intravenous Telavancin Versus Standard Therapy for Treatment of Complicated Gram Positive Skin and Skin Structure Infections (Gram Positive cSSSI)
Date of first enrolment: June 2003
Target sample size: 169
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00061633
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   G. Ralph Corey, MD
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Affiliation:  Duke University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must have a diagnosis of one of the following complicated skin and skin
structure infections with either a suspected or confirmed Gram positive organism as
the major cause of the infection:

- major abscess requiring surgical incision and drainage

- infected burn (see exclusion criteria for important qualifications)

- deep/extensive cellulitis

- infected ulcer (see exclusion criteria for important qualifications)

- wound infections

- Patients must be expected to require at least 4 days of intravenous antibiotic
treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous systemic antibacterial therapy (with the exception of aztreonam and
metronidazole) for > 24 hours within 7 days prior to the first dose of study
medication unless the pathogen was resistant to prior treatment or the patient was a
treatment failure (no clinical improvement after 3 days).

- Burns involving > 20% of body surface area or third degree/full thickness in nature,
diabetic foot ulcers, ischemic ulcers/wounds, necrotizing fasciitis, gas gangrene, or
mediastinitis.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Abscess
Burns
Cellulitis
Infections, Gram-Positive Bacterial
Ulcer
Wound Infections
Intervention(s)
Drug: Telavancin
Drug: Vancomycin or antistaphylococcal penicillin
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical Response Which is Measured at Test of Cure (TOC) in the Clinically Evaluable (CE) Population [Time Frame: 7-14 days following end of antibiotic treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
I6424-202a
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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