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Efficacy and Safety Study of Eravacycline Compared With Levofloxacin in Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Multicenter, Prospective Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Eravacycline Compared With Levofloxacin in Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01978938
Enrollment
908
Registered
2013-11-08
Start date
2014-10-06
Completion date
2015-08-21
Last updated
2022-01-11

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Conditions

cUTI

Brief summary

This is a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multicenter, prospective study to assess the efficacy and safety of eravacycline compared with levofloxacin in participants with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI).

Detailed description

This study began with a 3-arm Lead-in portion to determine the oral (PO) dosing (200 or 250 milligrams \[mg\]) of eravacycline to be used with intravenously (IV) administered eravacycline for the Pivotal portion (2 arms). A PO dose of 200 mg was selected based on the unblinded Lead-in analysis.

Interventions

DRUGLevofloxacin

Sponsors

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Except for the responsible study site pharmacist or designee and separate unblinded clinical research associates to monitor drug supply and adherence to study drug blinding and randomization procedures, all study staff and participants were blinded to treatment assignment.

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1\. Male and female participants with either: a. Pyelonephritis and normal urinary tract anatomy (approximately 50% of the total population), OR b. cUTI with at least 1 of the following conditions associated with a risk for developing cUTI: i. Indwelling urinary catheter ii. Urinary retention (approximately 100 milliliters of residual urine after voiding) iii. Neurogenic bladder iv. Partial obstructive uropathy (such as, nephrolithiasis, bladder stones, and ureteral strictures) v. Azotemia of renal origin (not congestive heart failure or volume related) such that the serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is elevated (\>20 mg/deciliters) AND the serum BUN: creatinine ratio is \<15 vi. Surgically modified or abnormal urinary tract anatomy (such as, bladder diverticula, redundant urine collection system) EXCEPT surgery within the last month

Exclusion criteria

1\. Concurrent use of non-study antibacterial drug therapy that would have a potential effect on outcome evaluations in participants with cUTI, including: 1. Participants with a history of a levofloxacin-resistant urinary tract infection 2. Likely to receive ongoing antibacterial drug prophylaxis prior to the late Post-Treatment visit (such as, participants with vesiculo-ureteral reflux)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Participants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitPT VisitThis was the primary outcome measure for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The primary objective was to demonstrate the non-inferiority (NI) of eravacycline to levofloxacin in responder outcome, which was derived from both clinical and microbiological responses, in the micro-ITT population. Clinical responses were either cure, failure, or indeterminate/missing; microbiological responses were characterized programmatically as either success, failure, or indeterminate/missing. Clinical cure was defined as complete resolution or significant improvement of signs or symptoms of the infection; microbiological success was a reduction of the baseline pathogen(s) to \<10\^4 colony-forming units/milliliter (CFU/mL). An outcome of Responder required a clinical response of cure and a microbiological response of success. Any other combination of the clinical and microbiological responses was considered either Non-responder or Indeterminate.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Participants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponsePT VisitThis outcome measure (FDA and the European Medicines Agency \[EMA\]) compared the microbiological responses of eravacycline to levofloxacin for both treatment groups in the micro-MITT population. Responses were success, failure, or indeterminate/missing. Success was considered a reduction of the baseline pathogen(s) to \<10\^4 CFU/mL. Failure required blood cultures at or beyond end of therapy (EOT) to be positive for baseline pathogen(s), or urine culture to grow ≥10\^4 CFU/mL of the baseline pathogen(s). Indeterminate/missing indicated no interpretable culture data available.
Participants In The Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) Population With A Microbiological ResponsePT VisitThis outcome measure (FDA and EMA) compared the microbiological responses of eravacycline to levofloxacin for both treatment groups in the ME population. Responses were either success or failure. Indeterminate/missing responses were not included. Success was considered a reduction of the baseline pathogen(s) to \<10\^4 CFU/mL. Failure required blood cultures at or beyond EOT to be positive for baseline pathogen(s), or urine culture to grow ≥10\^4 CFU/mL of the baseline pathogen(s). Indeterminate/missing indicated no interpretable culture data available. Populations: ME, all micro-ITT and clinically-evaluable (CE) participants with a suitable urine specimen and an interpretable urine culture; micro-ITT, all participants with ≥1 baseline bacterial pathogen from a urine or blood culture that caused a UTI against which eravacycline had expected antibacterial activity; ITT, all randomized participants, regardless of receiving study drug or not.

Countries

Bulgaria, Colombia, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Participants with a diagnosis of complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), including participants with acute pyelonephritis, were recruited into this study.

Pre-assignment details

Screening and baseline assessments were performed after informed consent was obtained and within 36 hours prior to enrollment.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Eravacycline
Eravacycline was administered IV at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg of body weight q24h. At minimum, the first 3 doses were administered IV. After an IV-to-PO transition, provided adequate clinical improvement, participants were administered 200 mg PO BID for a total therapy of 7 dosing cycles.
455
Levofloxacin
Levofloxacin (750 mg) was administered IV q24h. At minimum, the first 3 doses were administered IV. After an IV-to-PO transition, provided adequate clinical improvement, participants were administered 750 mg PO QD for a total therapy of 7 dosing cycles.
453
Total908

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyAdverse Event, non-fatal21
Overall StudyDid not meet inclusion criteria01
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up126
Overall StudyParticipant noncompliance11
Overall StudyPreviously scheduled procedure01
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject84

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicEravacyclineLevofloxacinTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
164 Participants152 Participants316 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
291 Participants301 Participants592 Participants
Age, Continuous53.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 18.82
51.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 19.81
52.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 19.3
Sex: Female, Male
Female
291 Participants302 Participants593 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
164 Participants151 Participants315 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
1 / 4550 / 450
other
Total, other adverse events
129 / 45526 / 450
serious
Total, serious adverse events
7 / 4556 / 450

Outcome results

Primary

Participants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) Visit

This was the primary outcome measure for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The primary objective was to demonstrate the non-inferiority (NI) of eravacycline to levofloxacin in responder outcome, which was derived from both clinical and microbiological responses, in the micro-ITT population. Clinical responses were either cure, failure, or indeterminate/missing; microbiological responses were characterized programmatically as either success, failure, or indeterminate/missing. Clinical cure was defined as complete resolution or significant improvement of signs or symptoms of the infection; microbiological success was a reduction of the baseline pathogen(s) to \<10\^4 colony-forming units/milliliter (CFU/mL). An outcome of Responder required a clinical response of cure and a microbiological response of success. Any other combination of the clinical and microbiological responses was considered either Non-responder or Indeterminate.

Time frame: PT Visit

Population: micro-ITT included all participants in the ITT population who had at least 1 baseline bacterial pathogen from a urine or blood culture that caused a urinary tract infection (UTI) against which eravacycline had expected antibacterial activity. ITT included all randomized participants, regardless of receiving study drug or not.

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitResponder180 Participants
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitNon-responder100 Participants
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitIndeterminate18 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitResponder202 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitNon-responder91 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiological Intent-To-Treat (Micro-ITT) Population With A Responder Outcome At The Post-Treatment (PT) VisitIndeterminate9 Participants
Comparison: For the FDA, an NI margin of 10% was used, which was based on historical data regarding the treatment effect of antibiotics. A 10% NI margin for the Responder outcome is robust and can sufficiently confirm a clinically meaningful treatment effect of eravacycline in the treatment of cUTI.95% CI: [-14.1, 1.2]
Secondary

Participants In The Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) Population With A Microbiological Response

This outcome measure (FDA and EMA) compared the microbiological responses of eravacycline to levofloxacin for both treatment groups in the ME population. Responses were either success or failure. Indeterminate/missing responses were not included. Success was considered a reduction of the baseline pathogen(s) to \<10\^4 CFU/mL. Failure required blood cultures at or beyond EOT to be positive for baseline pathogen(s), or urine culture to grow ≥10\^4 CFU/mL of the baseline pathogen(s). Indeterminate/missing indicated no interpretable culture data available. Populations: ME, all micro-ITT and clinically-evaluable (CE) participants with a suitable urine specimen and an interpretable urine culture; micro-ITT, all participants with ≥1 baseline bacterial pathogen from a urine or blood culture that caused a UTI against which eravacycline had expected antibacterial activity; ITT, all randomized participants, regardless of receiving study drug or not.

Time frame: PT Visit

Population: ME: all micro-ITT and CE participants with a suitable urine specimen and an interpretable urine culture. CE: all randomized participants dosed with no other antimicrobials (unless allowed by protocol), had an investigator clinical response assessment of success or failure at the assessment visit, and had no other major protocol violations.

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) Population With A Microbiological ResponseSuccess180 Participants
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) Population With A Microbiological ResponseFailure75 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) Population With A Microbiological ResponseSuccess203 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) Population With A Microbiological ResponseFailure73 Participants
Secondary

Participants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological Response

This outcome measure (FDA and the European Medicines Agency \[EMA\]) compared the microbiological responses of eravacycline to levofloxacin for both treatment groups in the micro-MITT population. Responses were success, failure, or indeterminate/missing. Success was considered a reduction of the baseline pathogen(s) to \<10\^4 CFU/mL. Failure required blood cultures at or beyond end of therapy (EOT) to be positive for baseline pathogen(s), or urine culture to grow ≥10\^4 CFU/mL of the baseline pathogen(s). Indeterminate/missing indicated no interpretable culture data available.

Time frame: PT Visit

Population: micro-MITT included all micro-ITT participants who received ≥1 dose of study drug. micro-ITT: all ITT participants with ≥1 baseline bacterial pathogen from a urine or blood culture that caused a UTI against which eravacycline had expected antibacterial activity. ITT: all randomized participants, regardless of receiving study drug or not.

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponseSuccess194 Participants
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponseFailure85 Participants
EravacyclineParticipants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponseIndeterminate/missing18 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponseSuccess213 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponseFailure78 Participants
LevofloxacinParticipants In The Microbiological Modified ITT (Micro-MITT) Population With A Microbiological ResponseIndeterminate/missing11 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 11, 2026