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Clinical and bacteriological efficacy and safety of 5 and 7 day regimens of telithromycin once daily compared with a 10 day regimen of clarithromycin twice daily in patients with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia.
Tellier, Guy; Niederman, Michael S; Nusrat, Roomi; Patel, Manish; Lavin, Bruce.
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  • Tellier G; Zoom International Clinical Research Group, 290 Montigny Street, Saint-Jerome, Quebec J7Z 5T3, Canada. zoominternational.tellier@qc.aira.com
J Antimicrob Chemother ; 54(2): 515-23, 2004 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15269191
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to investigate the potential equivalence in clinical efficacy and assess safety of a 5 or 7 day regimen of oral telithromycin (800 mg once daily) and a 10 day regimen of oral clarithromycin (500 mg twice daily) in treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Bacteriological efficacy was also compared. METHODS: This was a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled study. Patients with mild to moderate CAP received telithromycin 800 mg once a day for 5 (n=193) or 7 (n=195) days or clarithromycin 500 mg twice a day for 10 days (n=187). In these groups, 159, 161 and 146 patients, respectively, completed the study. RESULTS: At the post-therapy/test-of-cure evaluation, clinical cure rates (per-protocol clinical population) were 89.3% (5 days) and 88.8% (7 days) for telithromycin, and 91.8% for clarithromycin 10 days. Satisfactory bacteriological outcome rates (per-protocol bacteriological population) were 87.7% and 80.0% for 5 and 7 days of telithromycin, respectively, and 83.3% for 10 days of clarithromycin. Bacteriological eradication rates in the respective treatment groups were, for Streptococcus pneumoniae, 95.8% (23/24), 96.7% (29/30) and 88.5% (23/26); for Haemophilus influenzae, 88.0% (22/25), 84.0% (21/25) and 88.2% (15/17) and for Moraxella catarrhalis, 1/1, 4/5 and 3/4. Both telithromycin regimens demonstrated clinical efficacy against pneumococcal bacteraemia (19/19), atypical pathogens (9/9) and erythromycin-resistant S. pneumoniae isolates (5/5). Most treatment-emergent adverse events were mild to moderate in intensity with most commonly reported adverse events involving the gastrointestinal system. CONCLUSIONS: Telithromycin 800 mg administered once a day for 5 or 7 days was as effective and safe as clarithromycin 500 mg administered twice a day for 10 days in treating patients with CAP caused by common respiratory pathogens, including macrolide-resistant isolates, and pneumococcal bacteraemia.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pneumonia / Claritromicina / Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas / Macrolídeos / Cetolídeos / Antibacterianos Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Guideline Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: J Antimicrob Chemother Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Canadá
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pneumonia / Claritromicina / Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas / Macrolídeos / Cetolídeos / Antibacterianos Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Guideline Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: J Antimicrob Chemother Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Canadá