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Last refreshed on: 1 June 2015
Main ID:  NCT01158937
Date of registration: 07/07/2010
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Public title: Pharmacokinetic Study of Extended Infusion Meropenem in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Scientific title: Pharmacokinetic Study of Extended Infusion Meropenem in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patient With Exacerbation of Pulmonary Infection
Date of first enrolment: May 2010
Target sample size: 2
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01158937
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Daniel Cortes
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Affiliation:  St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- =18 years old,

- currently experiencing new or exacerbation of active pulmonary infection as evidenced
by increased coughing, sputum production, wheezing, white blood count and/or fever,

- requires meropenem for treatment,

- recent sputum culture positive for P. aeruginosa and/or B. cepacia at a prior visit,

- be able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- hypersensitivity and/or intolerance to meropenem,

- history of seizures,

- current use of valproic acid,

- significant psychiatric illness,

- contraindication to insertion of a venous catheter,

- worsening of clinical status requiring admission to intensive care unit (ICU),

- creatinine clearance =50 ml/min,

- significant cystic fibrosis-related liver dysfunction characterized by portal
hypertension and cirrhosis



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Exacerbation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Meropenem Infusion
Primary Outcome(s)
Pharmacokinetic profile of extended infusion meropenem in Cystic Fibrosis [Time Frame: Two x eight hour pharmacokinetic monitoring periods (carried over 2 days).]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
REB#08-316
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
University of Toronto
Ethics review
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