Clinical Trial: Imipenem/Relebactam/Cilastatin Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Treatment of Participants With Bacterial Pneumonia (MK-7655A-014)

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Comparator-Controlled Clinical Trial to Study the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Imipenem/Cilastatin/Relebactam (MK-7655A) Versus Piperacillin/Tazo

Brief Summary: This study aims to compare treatment with imipenem/relebactam/cilastatin (IMI/REL) as a fixed-dose combination (FDC) with piperacillin/tazobactam (PIP/TAZ) FDC in participants with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia. The primary hypothesis is that IMI/REL is non-inferior to PIP/TAZ in the incidence rate of all-cause mortality.