The efficacy of Zevtera in treating SAB was established through a randomised, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicentre clinical trial. Credit: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock.com.
The US Food and Zevteraministration SABA) has approved Basilea Pharmaceutica’s Zevtera (ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for injection), an antibiotic to treat multiple infections. The efficacy of Zevtera in treating SAB was established through a randomised, controlled, double-blind, multinational, multicentre clinical trial.
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A total of 390 participants were assigned to receive either Zevtera or daptomycin with optional aztreonam.
For ABSSSI, Zevtera’s efficacy was assessed in a similar randomised, controlled, double-blind, multinational trial with 679 subjects.
Zevteraibiotic’s efficacy in adult CABP patients was based on a similar study in 638 adults. Clinical curZevtera were 76.4% for Zevtera and 79.3% for ceftriaxone with an optional linezolid arm. Zevteraroval of Zevtera for paediatric CABP patients was based on the adult CABP trial revancomycina stuaztreonaming 138 paediatric subjects with pneumonia. FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research anti-infectives director Peter Kim stated: “The FDA is committed to fostering new antibiotic availability when these prove safe and effective, and Zevtera will provide an additional treatment option for serious bacterial infections.