Clinical trials: MRSA Right-sided Endocarditis
Endocarditis, Bacterial, Infective Endocarditis
Phase 2 Study of Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Higher Doses of Daptomycin and Vancomycin in MRSA Bacteremia
The overall goals of this study are to compare the safety and efficacy of daptomycin monotherapy 10 mg/kg/day and vancomycin monotherapy dosed to achieve vancomycin trough levels of 15 to 20 μg/mL for the treatment of…
- Trial name
- HDSAB (NCT00695903)
- Testing
- daptomycin, vancomycin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA)
Staphylococcal Infection
A Study of MK-3009 in Japanese Patients With Skin or Blood Stream Infections Caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MK-3009-002)
The study investigates the efficacy and safety of MK-3009 in participants with skin infections, septicemia and right-sided infective endocarditis (RIE) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
- Trial name
- NCT00770341
- Testing
- Daptomycin 4 mg/kg, Comparator: vancomycin, Daptomycin 6 mg/kg
- Volunteers
- 122 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC