Trovafloxacin versus high-dose amoxicillin (1 g three times daily) in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.

Abstract

Once-daily trovafloxacin 200 mg was compared with high-dose amoxicillin, 1 g three times daily, given for 7 to 10 days. At end of treatment (day 10), the response was clinically successful (cure + improvement) in 93% of 152 clinically evaluable trovafloxacin patients and in 89% of 160 amoxicillin patients. At study end (day 35), respective rates were 91% and 81% (95% confidence interval: 1.6, 17.6; P=0.01). In evaluable patients with positive baseline radiographs, 93% of trovafloxacin and 88% of amoxicillin patients demonstrated radiological resolution at end of treatment. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae eradication rates were comparable at end of treatment in both treatment groups, but at study end Streptococcus pneumoniae eradication rates were higher in trovafloxacin patients (100% vs 81%). At study end, all four trovafloxacin patients with baseline penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae were clinically cured with pathogen eradication, whereas two of five amoxicillin patients with baseline penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae were clinical failures with pathogen persistence. For patients in whom no pathogen was identified, trovafloxacin was significantly more effective at end of treatment (P=0.096) and study end (P=0.013). Treatment-related adverse events were comparable; the most common were headache, vomiting and dizziness in trovafloxacin patients, and diarrhoea. headache and abdominal pain in amoxicillin patients.

• Authors: F Trémolières, F de Kock, N Pluck, R Daniel
• Journal: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology (Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis) Vol. 17 Issue 6 Pg. 447-53 (Jun 1998) ISSN: 0934-9723 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 9758291 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents
• Fluoroquinolones
• Naphthyridines
• Penicillins
• Amoxicillin
• trovafloxacin

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Amoxicillin (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Anti-Infective Agents (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Community-Acquired Infections (drug therapy)
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Female
• Fluoroquinolones
• Haemophilus Infections (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Haemophilus influenzae (drug effects)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Naphthyridines (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Penicillins (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Pneumonia, Bacterial (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Pneumonia, Pneumococcal (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Streptococcus pneumoniae (drug effects)