Overview
This is a phase 2a, multinational, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging safety, tolerability and PK study in patients with HABP (Hospital Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia) or VABP (Ventilator Associated Bacterial Pneumonia) caused by ABC to identify safe and well-tolerated doses and to assess the PK profile of OMN6 in patients.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- A signed informed consent form.
- Male or female patients 18 years or older
- A diagnosis of either a HABP or a VABP
- ABC infection of the lower respiratory tract suspected based on a positive rapid testing of respiratory specimens
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) (i.e., not post-menopausal or surgically sterilized) must have a negative highly sensitive urine or serum pregnancy test before randomization.
- Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score between 10 and 24
Exclusion Criteria:
- Moderate to severe reduction of renal function
- Liver dysfunction
- Evidence of septic shock
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Immunosuppressed patients (due to either immunosuppressant drugs or to any medical condition).
- History of any known hypersensitivity to colistin or to carbapenems
- Any condition or circumstance that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the study data