New antibiotic vabomere tested in kids for first time
NCT ID NCT02687906
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study is testing a single dose of the antibiotic Vabomere in 39 children from birth to under 18 years old who have serious bacterial infections. The goal is to find the right dose and check how safe and tolerable the drug is. All children are hospitalized and receiving other antibiotics during the study.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Vabomere (meropenem-vaborbactam)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help determine safe and effective dosing of Vabomere for children with serious bacterial infections.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 39 children, so results may not apply to all kids. Side effects are possible, and the drug may not work better than existing antibiotics.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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39 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2016
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- 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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Up 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: 1. A signed and dated written informed consent from the parent or legal representative and a subject assent (according to local IRB requirements); 2. Male or female from birth to \< 18 years of age; 3. Are hospitalized, in stable condition, and receiving systemic antibiotics for a known or suspected bacterial infection; or subjects receiving peri-operative prophylactic use of antibiotics; 4. The subject will be observed in the hospital for at least 6 hours after the study drug is administered; 5. If female and has reached menarche, or has reached Tanner Stage 3 breast development (even if not having reached menarche), the subject is practicing appropriate birth control or is sexually abstinent; 6. Sufficient intravascular access (peripheral or central) to receive study drug. Subjects will be excluded from the study if any of the following exclusion criteria apply prior to randomization: 1. Signs of severe sepsis including: 1. Shock or profound hypotension that is not responsive to fluid challenge; 2. Hypothermia (core temperature \< 35.6 ºC or 96.1 ºF); 3. Disseminated intravascular coagulation as evidenced by prothrombin time or partial thromboplastin time ≥ 2X the ULN or platelets \< 50% of the lower limit of normal; 2. Any surgical or medical condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would put the subject at increased risk or is likely to interfere with study procedures or PK of the study drug; 3. Females who are of childbearing potential and unwilling to practice abstinence or use at least two methods of contraception (oral contraceptives, barrier methods, approved contraceptive implant) during the entire study period; 4. Female adolescent subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding or have a positive serum β-hCG pregnancy test at screening and at pre-dose Day 1; 5. Males who are unwilling to practice abstinence or use an acceptable method of broth control during the entire study period (i.e. condom with spermicide); 6. Renal function at screening as estimated by creatinine clearance \< 50 mL/min /1.73 m\^2 as calculated using the updated Schwartz bedside formula: eGFR = k x (height in cm) ÷ serum creatinine * k = 0.33 in pre-term infants. * k = 0.45 in term infants to 1 year of age. * k = 0.55 in children and adolescent girls. * k = 0.70 in adolescent boys. 7. Treatment within 30 days prior to enrollment with valproic acid; 8. Treatment within 30 days prior to enrollment with probenecid; 9. Evidence of significant hepatic disease or dysfunction, including known acute viral hepatitis or hepatic encephalopathy; 10. Neutropenia with absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 500 cells/mm3; 11. Aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase ≥ 3X ULN or total bilirubin ≥ 1.5X ULN; 12. Receipt of any investigational medication or investigational device within 30 days prior to enrollment; 13. Prior exposure to vaborbactam or Vabomere; 14. Use of meropenem within 48 hours of administration of study drug or 12 hours after study drug administration; 15. Known significant hypersensitivity to any beta-lactam antibiotic; 16. Unable or unwilling in the judgment of the Investigator, to comply with the protocol; 17. Subject is a child of an employee of the Investigator or study center with direct involvement in the proposed study or other studies under the direction of that Investigator or study center, as well as a family member of the employee or the Investigator; 18. Body Mass Index (BMI) outside the range (below the 5th percentile or above the 95th percentile) for height, age and weight except for children \< 2 years of age.)
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60614, United States
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Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, United States
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Children's Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
San Deigo, California, 92123, United States
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Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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Rutger's University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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Toledo Children's Hospital
Toledo, Ohio, 43606, United States
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States
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