Clinical Trials Detalhe
Moxifloxacin Versus Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid in Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis
Visão Geral
Gender
ALL
Idade
N/A
Fase
PHASE4
Tipo de estudo
INTERVENTIONAL
Localização
Coimbra, Portugal
Torres Vedras, Portugal
Matosinhos Municipality, Portugal
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Porto, Portugal
S. Martinho Do Bispo, Portugal
Santarém, Portugal
Clinicaltrial.gov
https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00656747Sumário
A study to assess the safety and efficacy of moxifloxacin compared to that of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid for the treatment of subjects with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.
Condições
Chronic Bronchitis
Elegibilidade
Inclusion Criteria: * Outpatients with chronic bronchitis * Male or female subjects, \>=60 years old * Post bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) less than or equal to 60% predicted and FEV1 / forced vital capacity (FVC) less than 70% at enrollment * Documented history of 2 or more AECB episodes, within 12 months of study enrollment, requiring a course of systemic antibiotics and/or systemic corticosteroids * All symptoms/signs must be present and confirmed by the Investigator: * increase in dyspnea * purulent sputum * increase in sputum volume * Current or past cigarette smoker with equal to or greater than 20 pack year smoking history * Subjects must be exacerbation free for at least 30 days prior to enrollment * Subjects must be willing and able to complete the questionnaires and subject booklet without assistance Exclusion Criteria: * Known hypersensitivity to quinolones, ß lactams, or to any of the excipients of the study drugs * Known to have congenital or acquired QT prolongation * Known to have clinically relevant bradycardia * Known to have clinically relevant heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction * Known to have previous history of symptomatic arrhythmias * Taking QT prolonging drugs, for example Class Ia or III antiarrhythmic agents or other QT prolonging drugs * Known electrolyte disturbances that are not controlled, particularly uncorrected hypokalemia * Known history of hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency, or glucose galactose malabsorption * History of a tendon disease/disorder * Known history of liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh C), including known elevated transaminase levels (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\] and/or aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\] \>5 times the upper limit of normal \[5 x ULN\]) * Known severe renal impairment with glomerular filtration rate of \<30 mL/min * Known neutropenia (neutrophil count \<1000/mm3) caused by immunosuppressive therapy or malignancy * Known to have Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (CD4 count of \<200/mm3), or be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and receiving highly active anti retroviral therapy (HAART) (testing for HIV is not mandatory) * Known chronic asthma (\>15% reversibility or at least 200 mL), bronchial carcinoma, active pulmonary tuberculosis, known diffuse bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, or pneumonia (a chest x ray is not mandatory) * Known history of chronic colonization of pathogenic organisms resistant to moxifloxacin and/or amoxicillin clavulanic acid (eg, P. aeruginosa, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) * Receiving long term (\>4 consecutive weeks) systemic corticosteroid treatment (\>10 mg/day of prednisolone or equivalent) * Received short course of systemic corticosteroid treatment within 30 days prior to enrollment * Life expectancy of less than 6 months * Receiving systemic antibacterial therapy within 30 days prior to study enrollment * Requiring concomitant systemic antibacterial agents * Requiring home ventilatory support (subjects requiring home/portable oxygen therapy or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for sleep apnea are not excluded) and/or those who have a tracheotomy in situ * History of liver function disorders following previous treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid * Receiving disulfiram therapy