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Efficacy of sitafloxacin for urinary tract infection

Clinical efficacy and safety of sitafloxacin for refractory urinary tract infection

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs061200052
Enrollment
92
Registered
2021-02-02
Start date
2021-04-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Complicated or recurrent urinary tract infections

Interventions

Four sitafroxasin 50mg tablets are orally administrated one time daily (200 mg/day) for seven days.

Sponsors

Takehiro Iwata
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Aged 20 years and over and fever >=37.5 degree centigrade with any urinary tract infection symptoms, such as costovertebral angel tenderness, micturition pain, urinary frequency, urgency or lower abdominal pain with pyuria. Pyuria was defined as: >=10 white blood cells (WBCs)/mL counted by flow cytometric analysis; >=10 WBCs/mm3 counted by counting chamber or a positive leucocyte esterase result using urine test paper with uncentrifuged urine; or .5 WBCs/high-power field in the sediment of centrifuged urine. The patints who were diagnosed as complicated cystitis or recurrent cystitis or pyelonephritis or prostatitis or epididymitis.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who had a previous episode of quinolone hypersensitivity, who had allergic asthma or hives; immunosuppression; spastic diseases such as epilepsy; myasthenia gravis; aortic dissection; current pregnancy; renal failure, who are or will be pregnant. Viable cell count before start of medication <10 ^ 5 CFU / mL. Patients who have urethral catheterization or intermittent catheterization. Patients who were judged as ineligible for this study by the investigators because of low compliance.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary endpoint was the microbiological outcome 5-9 days after the end of administration; effectiveness was defined as a negative urine culture (<104CFU mL).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary endpoints were the clinical outcome 5-9 days and 4-6 weeks after the treatment completion; a clinical cure was defined as the absence of symptoms. The other secondary endpoints were adverse effects.

Contacts

Public ContactIwata Takehiro

Okayama university hospital

takehiroiwata1221@gmail.com+81-862357287

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026