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Avelox in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections

ARTOS - Avelox® in Routine Treatment of Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00997997
Acronym
ARTOS
Enrollment
6127
Registered
2009-10-20
Start date
2005-10-31
Completion date
2008-12-31
Last updated
2012-11-16

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

Conditions

Skin Diseases, Bacterial

Keywords

Skin Diseases, Bacterial, Product Surveillance, Postmarketing

Brief summary

This international, prospective, non-interventional, non-controlled observational study obtains data on efficacy, safety and tolerability of Avelox treatment under daily-life treatment conditions. Specifically investigated are the improvement of clinical symptoms and the duration until infection improvement and cure.Any patient with a diagnosis of complicated skin and skin structure infection (cSSSI) treated with Avelox can be documented. The observation period for each subject covers the treatment period with Avelox. For each patient, the physician documents data at an initial visit and one or two follow-up visit(s) in line with routine practice.

Interventions

400 mg, intravenous / oral, once daily, treatment duration at the discretion of the attending physician who must consult the local product information

Sponsors

Bayer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Any patient with a diagnosis of complicated skin and skin structure infection (cSSSI) and for whom the decision was made by the attending physician to start treatment with Avelox before inclusion into and independent of the study.

Exclusion criteria

*

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Efficacy: course of severity of infection, course of clinical signs and symptoms, duration until improvement, duration until recovery, duration until wound closure, overall assessment of efficacy by the physician, reuse of Aveloxlast documented follow-up visit, according to the respective praxis routine

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adverse events collectionduring entire study course, according to the respective praxis routine
Overall assessment of tolerability by the physicianlast documented follow-up visit, according to the respective praxis routine

Countries

Austria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Korea, Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026