Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Cipro® XR in Treating Female Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Infections - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Bayer
Information provided by:	Bayer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00669994

Purpose

This trial evaluated how effective and safe Cipro XR was in treating female patients with signs and symptoms of a lower urinary tract infections. After 3 days of treatment, patients were evaluated to determine if signs/symptoms disappeared and the infecting bacteria was eliminated.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Urinary Tract Infection	Drug: Ciprofloxacin	Phase IV

MedlinePlus related topics: Urinary Tract Infections

Drug Information available for: Ciprofloxacin Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride Ciprofloxacin lactate

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Prospective, Open Label Non-Comparative, Multi-Center Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Cipro® XR 500 mg Once Daily for 3 Days in Treating Female Patients With Acute, Uncomplicated, Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infections

Further study details as provided by Bayer:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Bacteriologic outcome in patients with UTI caused by S. saphrophyticus [ Time Frame: 4-11 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Adverse Events [ Time Frame: up to 4-11 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Clinical Response [ Time Frame: 4-11 days post-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Incidence of premature terminations [ Time Frame: premature discontinuation ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	July 2003
Study Completion Date:	October 2003

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Arm 1: Experimental n/a	Drug: Ciprofloxacin Cipro XR 500 mg tablets taken once daily

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 44 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Non-pregnant, non-lactating female outpatients between the ages of 18 - 44 years (inclusive)
Patients with at least two of the following clinical signs and symptoms of an uUTI:
Dysuria
Frequency
Urgency
Suprapubic pain
Patients with onset of symptoms < 72 hours prior to study entry
Patients with one positive pre-treatment clean-catch midstream urine culture at enrollment in the study, defined as > 10000 CFU/mL (study drug treatment is permitted prior to the availability of urine culture results)
Positive leukocyte esterase (LE) (1+ or greater) utilizing a urine dipstick method of analysis
Patients willing to give written informed consent
Cultures must be performed on pre-treatment clean-catch midstream urine (MSU) specimens

Exclusion Criteria:

Males
Women who are pregnant, nursing, or not using two medically accepted, effective methods of birth control
Patients with known or suspected hypersensitivity to quinolones
Patients unable to take oral medication for any reason
Patients with an asymptomatic bacteriuria
Patients with complicated UTI, defined as: a clinical syndrome characterized by the development of systemic and local signs and symptoms of fever (>= 38.3°C/101°F orally), chills, malaise, flank pain, back pain, or costovertebral angle (CVA) pain or tenderness
Symptoms as outlined in the inclusion criteria, Section 4.2.1, occurring in the presence of a functional or anatomical abnormality of the urinary tract or in the presence of urinary catheterization
Patients with symptoms of a UTI within the 4 weeks prior to the present episode
Patients with the onset of symptoms >72 hours prior to study entry
Patients with three or more episodes of any UTI in the past 12 months
Patients with evidence of factors predisposing to the development of UTIs, including calculi, stricture, primary renal disease (e.g. polycystic renal disease), or neurogenic bladder
Patients who received systemic antimicrobial therapy within 48 hours prior to entry
Patients with a neutrophil count < 1000/mm3, CD4 < 200/mm3 or other conditions associated with significant depression in host defense; HIV testing is not mandatory
Patients requiring concomitant systemic antibacterial therapy with agents not specified in this protocol
Patients with a previous history of tendinopathy associated with fluoroquinolones
Patients diagnosed with a rapidly fatal underlying disease (death expected within six months)
Patients requiring concomitant use of theophylline
Patients previously enrolled in this clinical study
Patients taking an investigational drug in the last 30 days

Contacts and Locations

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Bayer

Investigators

Study Director:

Bayer Study Director

Bayer

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Responsible Party:	( Bayer Healthcare AG, Therapeutic Area Head )
Study ID Numbers:	100546
Study First Received:	April 29, 2008
Last Updated:	April 29, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00669994
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Bayer:

UTI
Urinary Tract Infection

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Ciprofloxacin
Urologic Diseases
Urinary Tract Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Anti-Infective Agents
Communicable Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Therapeutic Uses

Enzyme Inhibitors
Infection
Pharmacologic Actions
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 12, 2009