New antibiotic cocktails take on tough UTIs and kidney infections
NCT ID NCT05887908
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 3 trial tested two new antibiotic combinations—cefepime/nacubactam and aztreonam/nacubactam—against a standard antibiotic (imipenem/cilastatin) in 614 adults with complicated urinary tract infections or acute kidney infections. The goal was to see if the new combos are safe and effective at clearing both symptoms and bacteria. Results are pending.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cefepime/nacubactam and aztreonam/nacubactam (antibiotic combinations)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, these new antibiotic combos could offer effective treatment options for complicated urinary tract and kidney infections, especially against drug-resistant bacteria.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but results are not yet published. The new drugs may not prove superior or even non-inferior to the existing antibiotic, and side effects or resistance could limit their use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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614 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- 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 years and older
- 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. Male or female patients at least18 years of age (or age of legal consent, whichever is older) at the time of obtaining informed consent and who can be hospitalized throughout the Treatment Period; 2. Weight at most 140 kg; 3. Expectation, in the opinion of the Investigator, that the patient's cUTI or AP will require treatment with at least 5 days of IV antibiotics; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Has a known imipenem- and/or meropenem-resistant Gram-negative uropathogen (at least 10\^5 CFU/mL), isolated from study-qualifying urine culture; Note: If after randomization the susceptibility testing indicates resistance to imipenem and/or meropenem, the patient may remain on the study drug at the Investigator's discretion. 2. Has known or suspected single or concurrent infection with Acinetobacter spp. or other organisms that are not adequately covered by the study drug (eg, concurrent viral, mycobacterial, or fungal infection) and needs to be managed with other anti-infectives; Note: Patients with qualifying pathogen coinfected with a Gram-positive pathogen may be administered narrow spectrum, open-label glycopeptide (eg, vancomycin), oxazolidinone (eg, linezolid), or daptomycin concomitantly with the study drug at the Investigator's discretion. 3. Has only a known Gram-positive primary uropathogen (at least 10\^5 CFU/mL), isolated from study qualifying urine culture;
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Meiji Research Site
Pleven, Bulgaria
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Rousse, Bulgaria
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Silistra, Bulgaria
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Sofia, Bulgaria
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Beijing, China
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Changchun, China
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Chongqing, China
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Fuyang, China
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Ganzhou, China
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Huaian, China
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Huzhou, China
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Nanchang, China
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Nanning, China
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Quanzhou, China
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Shanghai, China
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Shantou, China
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Shijiazhuang, China
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Taian, China
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Tianjin, China
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Xuancheng, China
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Yunnan, China
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Zhejiang, China
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Zhengzhou, China
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Hradec Králové, Czechia
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Liberec, Czechia
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Prague, Czechia
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Ústí nad Labem, Czechia
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Meegomäe, Võrumaa, Estonia
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Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
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Tallinn, Estonia
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Tartu, Estonia
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Kutaisi, Georgia
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Rustavi, Georgia
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Fukuyama, Japan
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Gifu, Japan
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Ibaraki-Town, Higashiibaraki-County, Japan
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Iwakuni, Japan
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Kanazawa, Japan
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Kawachi-Nagano, Japan
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Kofu, Japan
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Kumamoto, Japan
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Matsumoto, Japan
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Mizumaki-Town, Onga-County, Japan
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Nagasaki, Japan
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Nankoku, Japan
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Ōita, Japan
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Ōtake, Japan
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Sagamihara, Japan
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Sapporo, Japan
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Shinjuku-ku, Japan
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Toyota, Japan
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Ueda, Japan
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Yokohama, Japan
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Riga, Latvia
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Valmiera, Latvia
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Kaunas, Lithuania
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Vilnius, Lithuania
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Galanta, Slovakia
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Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia
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Svidník, Slovakia
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