Levofloxacin In The Treatment Of Children With Recurrent And/or Persistent Acute Otitis Media

Johnson & Johnson (J&J)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 3

Conditions

Otitis Media

Treatments

Drug: levofloxacin; amoxicillin/clavulanate

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00051753

CR004168

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate non-inferiority of levofloxacin compared with amoxicillin/clavulanate on the clinical response at the end of therapy in infants and children who have recurrent and/or persistent acute otitis media.

Full description

This is a randomized, active-comparator, multicenter study consisting of 3 phases: a Pretreatment (Screening) Phase, a Treatment Phase, and a Posttreatment Phase. Subject eligibility will be determined at the screening visit based on signs and symptoms of acute otitis media (e.g., middle ear effusion, acute inflammation, acute purulent otorrhea) and criteria for recurrent and/or persistent acute otitis media. Eligible subjects will be randomized and drug will be dispensed by a study coordinator who will instruct parents and the subject about the importance of not revealing the assigned therapy to the subject's evaluator. Each subject will have an evaluator who will remain blinded to the subject's therapy throughout the study. Clinical assessments performed by a blinded evaluator at several time points throughout the study will be used to evaluate efficacy. Safety will be evaluated throughout the study by assessment of adverse events and changes in physical examinations (including musculoskeletal examination with evaluation of joints), vital signs, and clinical laboratory findings. Supplementary safety evaluations for musculoskeletal adverse events will be performed throughout the study. All subjects who enroll in this study and take at least 1 dose of levofloxacin or amoxicillin/clavulanate will be eligible to rollover into a long-term surveillance study primarily focused on the musculoskeletal system. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate non-inferiority of levofloxacin compared with amoxicillin/clavulanate on the clinical response at the end of therapy in infants and children who have recurrent and/or persistent acute otitis media. Either levofloxacin 10 mg/kg twice daily for 10 days (maximum daily dose of 500 mg) or amoxicillin/clavulanate (14:1) 45 mg amoxicillin/kg twice daily for 10 days (maximum daily dose of 3600 mg amoxicillin). Both study drugs will be given orally as a liquid suspension formulation

Enrollment

1,643 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 months to 5 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Males or females, aged > or equal to 6 months to < 5 years
Clinical signs and symptoms of otitis media including middle ear effusion and acute inflammation or acute purulent otorrhea
At risk for difficult to treat Acute Otitis Media (AOM) is defined as having one of the following: recurrent Otitis Media (OM) as defined by 3 or more episodes in last 6 months or 4 or more episodes in past year or persistent OM as defined by evidence of AOM on 3rd day after starting any antimicrobial regimen
Written consent/assent
Have not participated in an experimental drug or medical device trial within 30 days prior to start of study.

Exclusion criteria

History of hypersensitivity or serious reaction to any quinolone
Tympanostomy tube in the affected ear
Requires use of systemic antibiotic other than study drug
Has a serious bacterial infection in addition to AOM that may interfere with assessment of their clinical response
Diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
Abnormal renal function defined as serum creatinine >0.5 mg/dL in infants 6 months or older and 0.8 mg/dL in children between 1 and 5 years of age
History or presence of arthropathy or periarticular disease or any other musculoskeletal signs or symptoms that may confound a future safety exam of MS events
Has a high probability of death during the study
Poorly controlled seizure disorder or at risk for seizures
HIV infection requiring pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis
Chronic use of corticosteroids 2mg/kg or more or 20mg/day for 14 or more days
Amoxicillin/clavulanate (90 mg/kg/day) use within 3 days before the first dose of the study drug
Previous participation in this protocol or another levofloxacin clinical study
Employees of the investigator or study center with direct involvement in the study
Family members are also excluded