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A Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Morinidazole in Patients With Appendicitis

An Open-Lable Multicenter Prospective Non-Randomized Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Morinidazole With Surgery in Patients With Suppurative or Gangrenous Appendicitis

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03380793
Enrollment
614
Registered
2017-12-21
Start date
2016-09-30
Completion date
2018-10-31
Last updated
2017-12-21

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Conditions

Appendicitis

Brief summary

To assess the efficacy, safety, tissue distribution of target organ and Population Pharmacokinetic (PPK) of morinidazole and sodium chloride injection with surgery in patients with suppurative or gangrenous appendicitis

Detailed description

Acute appendicitis is among the most common cause of acute abdominal pain. In patients with complicated acute appendicitis, postoperative, broad-spectrum antibiotics are always recommended. Metronidazole, a member of the nitroimidazole drug class, is included in the regimens recommended for improving anaerobic bacteria coverage. The sideeffects of metronidazole include a metallic taste, nausea, transient neutropenia, and peripheral neuropathy. Antimicrobial resistance to metronidazole has emerged after several decades of worldwide use of the drug. Morinidazole, a National Class I Antimicrobial, is a new type of third-generation nitroimidazole antimicrobial that is used for treating amoebiasis, trichomoniasis, and anaerobic bacterial infections, and which exhibits greater activity and less toxicity than metronidazole. Morinidazole and Sodium Chloride Injection used in pelvic inflammatory disease or appendicitis cases had been approved by CFDA in 2014. This phase 4 study is to assess the efficacy, safety, tissue distribution of target organ and Population Pharmacokinetic (PPK) of morinidazole in patients with suppurative or gangrenous appendicitis.

Interventions

morinidazole and sodium chloride injection (500 mg intravenous, twice daily for 5-7 days) with aztreonam and (or) etimicin.

Sponsors

Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 18 and 65 years old * A diagnosis of suppurative or gangrenous appendicitis based on: 1. metastatic right lower abdominal pain 2. lower abdominal tenderness and/or rebound tenderness 3. pyrexia (axillary temperature ≥ 37.5 °C), a WBC \> 10\*109/L on routine blood examination 4. Voluntary signing of written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* patients with an allergy to nitroimidazole * patients with a history of antibiotic therapy within the last 48 hours * patients with any condition likely to require broad spectrum antibiotics * patients who can not evaluate the efficacy or difficult to complete the desired course of treatment * ALT and / or AST ≥ 1.5 times the ULN, and / or serum creatinine ≥ the ULN * patients with severe systemic diseases likely to affect therapy (e.g., cardiovascular abnormalities, unstable angina, high blood pressure, severe neuropathy, or epilepsy) * patients with other diseases or use other drugs which may interfere with the efficacy or safety of the drug * patients who participated other clinical trials within 6 months before the start of the trial * Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, women of childbearing age without effective contraceptive

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinical cure Rate5-10 daysClinical cure Rate (according to symptoms and signs) at 5-10 days post-therapy

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Bacteriological response(Bacterial elimination rate)5-10 daysBacteriological response (on the first day post-therapy, at 5-10 days post-therapy)
Clinical cure Rate on the first daythe first dayClinical cure Rate(according to symptoms and signs)on the first day post-therapy
Tissue distribution5-10 daysTissue distribution of target organ(Tissue of the appendix)
PPK parameters5-10 daysArea under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) of morinidazole

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactYun Tang
13701393663

Outcome results

None listed

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