New antibiotic OMN6 tested against tough lung infection
NCT ID NCT06087536
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2a trial tests an experimental antibiotic called OMN6 in 54 adults with hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Participants receive either OMN6 or a placebo, plus standard antibiotics, for one day. The main goal is to check safety and how the drug moves through the body.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- OMN6 (an experimental antibiotic given intravenously)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for a hard-to-treat lung infection in hospitalized patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2a trial with only 54 participants, focused on safety and dosing—not yet on effectiveness. The drug is given for just one day alongside standard antibiotics, so its added benefit is uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 54 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. A signed informed consent form. 2. Male or female patients 18 years or older 3. A diagnosis of either a HABP or a VABP 4. ABC infection of the lower respiratory tract suspected based on a positive rapid testing of respiratory specimens 5. 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. 6. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score between 10 and 24 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Moderate to severe reduction of renal function 2. Liver dysfunction 3. Evidence of septic shock 4. Acute respiratory distress syndrome. 5. Immunosuppressed patients (due to either immunosuppressant drugs or to any medical condition). 6. History of any known hypersensitivity to colistin or to carbapenems 7. 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
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Omnix Medical Research Site
RECRUITINGAshdod, Israel
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Omnix Medical Research Site
RECRUITINGBe’er Ya‘aqov, Israel
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Omnix Medical Research Site
RECRUITINGHolon, Israel
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Omnix Medical Research Site
RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, Israel
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Omnix Medical Research Site
RECRUITINGRamat Gan, Israel
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Omnix Medical Research Site
RECRUITINGRishon LeZiyyon, Israel
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