New hope for kids with tough infections: experimental antibiotic combo tested
NCT ID NCT05639647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new IV antibiotic (aztreonam-avibactam) in hospitalized children aged 9 months to 18 years with serious gram-negative bacterial infections. About 48 participants will receive either the new drug or the best available standard treatment. The goal is to see how the drug works in the body, check its safety, and see if it helps fight the infection. The study lasts up to 50 days and includes follow-up calls.
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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 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- 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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9 months to 17 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 Participants must meet the following key inclusion criteria to be eligible for enrollment into the study: 1. Participants ≥9 months to \<18 years of age at Screening; Female (post-menarchal) participants must have a negative serum/urine pregnancy test (β hCG sensitivity ≥25 mIU/mL). 2. Suspected/confirmed cIAI, cUTI, HAP/VAP, or BSI with gram-negative pathogens. 3. Require hospitalization and IV antibiotic treatment. Exclusion Criteria Participants with any of the following characteristics/conditions will be excluded: 1. Other medical or psychiatric condition including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation/behavior or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator's judgment, make the participant inappropriate for the study. 2. Gram-negative species not expected to respond to ATM AVI ≤14 days. 3. Pregnant or breastfeeding; fertile male/female unwilling/unable to use effective contraception for at ≥7 days (males) or ≥28 days (females) after last ATM-AVI infusion. (HAP/VAP only): 4. Microbiologically known or high likelihood of monomicrobial infection with a gram-positive organism, lung abscess, pleural empyema, or post-obstructive pneumonia, lung or heart transplant. 5. Received \>24 hours of systemic antibiotics during the 48 hours before randomization unless participant has documented treatment failure after at least 48 hours of antibiotic therapy. 6. Current use of any prohibited concomitant medication(s) or unwilling/unable (Cockayne Syndrome patients with cIAI are excluded) to use MTZ or having received previous investigational drug(s) or vaccine ≤30 days or 5 half-lives before randomization (whichever is longer). 7. CrCL ≤15 mL/min/1.73 m2 (eCrCl or eGFR calculation based on age). 8. Non-infectious related screening ALT or AST \>3 x ULN, ALP \>3 x ULN and/or TBili \>2 x ULN (\> 3 x ULN for Gilbert's syndrome). 9. Investigator site staff directly involved in the conduct of the study and their family members, site staff otherwise supervised by the investigator, and sponsor and sponsor delegate employees directly involved in the conduct of the study and their family members.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
21 sites in 7 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100045, China
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Chang Gung Medical Foundation-Linkou Branch
RECRUITINGTaoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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Cukurova Universty
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGSarçam, Adana, 01250, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510623, China
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Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
RECRUITINGBadalona, Barcelona [barcelona], 08916, Spain
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
RECRUITINGEsplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona [barcelona], 08950, Spain
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, Comunidad de, 28046, Spain
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Hsinchu Municipal Mackay Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGHsinchu, Hsinchu, 300046, Taiwan
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Institute of Child Health
RECRUITINGKolkata, West Bengal, 700017, India
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Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki
RECRUITINGThessaloniki, Kentrikí Makedonía, 546 42, Greece
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Istanbul Universitesi Istanbul Tıp Fakultesi Hastanesi
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGIstanbul, İ̇stanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Medanta Hospital Lucknow
RECRUITINGLucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226030, India
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National Taiwan University Hospital
RECRUITINGTaipei, 100225, Taiwan
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Rady Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92123, United States
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RajaRajeswari Medical College and Hospital
RECRUITINGBangalore, Karnataka, 560074, India
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Semmelweis Egyetem
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1083, Hungary
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Semmelweis Egyetem
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1094, Hungary
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Shanghai Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, 200127, China
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University General Hospital of Heraklion
RECRUITINGHeraklion, Irakleío, 715 00, Greece
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Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10021, United States
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