Official Title: “A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study of Ceftobiprole Medocaril Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Subjects Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia”

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical cure rate (ratio of clinically cured patients to the total number of patients) of ceftobiprole medocaril versus a comparator in the treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Ceftobiprole medocaril is a cephalosporin antibiotic with anti-MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) activity. Ceftobiprole medocaril is not yet approved for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study of ceftobiprole medocaril plus placebo versus a comparator to assess the effectiveness and safety of ceftobiprole medocaril in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. The patients will be randomized to ceftobiprole medocaril plus placebo or a comparator. Patients who meet specified criteria may be switched to an alternative oral treatment. The primary endpoint is that the clinical cure rate among patients treated with ceftobiprole at the test of cure visit.

The patients will receive either ceftobiprole medocaril plus placebo or a comparator.

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

• Drug: Ceftobiprole medocaril

Primary Measures

• Clinical cure rate (ratio of the number of clinically cured patients to the total number of patients) at the test of cure visit that occurs 7 to 14 days after the last dose of study drug

Secondary Measures

• Microbiological eradication rate (ratio of the number of patients with microbiological eradication to the total number of patients)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients suffering from community-acquired pneumonia severe enough to require hospitalization
• Female patients must be postmenopausal for at least 1 year, surgically sterile, or practicing an effective method of birth control before entry and throughout the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with known or suspected hypersensitivity to any related antibiotic medications
• Treatment with any experimental drug within 30 days before enrollment
• Prior enrollment in this study or any study with ceftobiprole medocaril

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Lead Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L.L.C. Clinical Trial Study Director Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.  

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on November 19, 2008

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00326287

Study ID Number: CR011407

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00326287

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration