Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Sulopenem in Adolescents

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous sulopenem and oral sulopenem etzadroxil/probenecid in adolescent patients.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Iterum Therapeutics, International Limited

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient's parent/both parents or guardian must provide written informed consent and a statement of assent from the adolescent patient (if required by Institutional Review Board [IRB] according to local regulations and guidelines) must be obtained prior to any study-related procedures.

2. Patient is male or female adolescent who are ≥12 and <18 years of age.

3. Patient has a diagnosis of uUTI, cUTI, AP, or cIAI as documented by the treating physician

4. Patient will be hospitalized for urinary tract infection, acute pyelonephritis, or complicated intraabdominal infection for at least 48 hours and be receiving appropriate anti-infective treatment.

5. Patient must have sufficient venous access to permit administration of study drug, collection of PK samples, and monitoring of laboratory safety variables.

6. Female patients who are post-menarche must not be pregnant or breast feeding and must have a documented negative serum pregnancy test at Screening.

7. Post-menarchal females and post-pubertal males must agree to use a highly effective method of birth control with partners of childbearing potential throughout the duration of the study and for 1 month following the last dose of study drug.

8. Patient must be willing to follow all study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient has creatinine clearance <90 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula.

2. Patient is unable to tolerate oral medications.

3. Patient has presence of Endocarditis, Meningitis, Necrotizing fasciitis, or Gas gangrene

4. Patient has signs of severe sepsis

5. Patient has evidence of active liver disease or hepatic dysfunction

6. Patient has neutropenia with absolute neutrophil count <500 cells/mm3.

7. Patient has history of solid organ transplantation reported at any time.

8. Patient has any finding that, in the view of the Investigator, would compromise the patient's safety requirements.

9. Patient has known allergies to penicillin, carbapenems, and/or cephalosporins, known allergy to probenecid, or severe allergic reactions to any drug in the past.

10. Patient has history of intolerance to β-lactam antibiotics, including but not limited to a history of clinically significant diarrhea/loose stools.

11. Patient has a history of hypersensitivity to the study drug or any of the excipients or to medicinal products with similar chemical structures.

12. Patient has involvement in the planning and/or conduct of this study

13. Patient has participated in any other clinical study where an investigational product was ingested within 30 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to the current study.

14. Patient has definite or suspected personal history or family history of clinically significant adverse drug reactions.

15. Patient has history or presence of GI, hepatic, or renal disease, or other conditions known to interfere with absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of drugs.

16. Patient had treatment in the previous 3 months with any drug known to have a well-defined potential for hepatotoxicity (eg, halothane).

17. Patient weighs <35 kg.

18. Patient is pregnant or lactating.