title: Efficacy and tolerability of once-daily oral therapy with telithromycin compared with trovafloxacin for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.
abstract: A randomised, double-blind study of adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) resulted in clinical cure rates of 90.0% for telithromycin and 94.2% for trovafloxacin. Bacteriological eradication rates were also comparable for both treatments. All high-risk patients (i.e. > or = 65 years old [n=25], Pneumonia Severity Index score > or = 111 [n=16], pneumococcal bacteraemia [n=4]) were clinically cured. In infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae, clinical cure rates were 93.3% (14/15) for telithromycin and 100% (16/16) for trovafloxacin. Possibly drug-related, treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were considered mild and occurred in 47.2% of telithromycin and 33.0% of trovafloxacin patients. The most frequently reported, possibly drug-related, TEAEs were diarrhoea and nausea for telithromycin and diarrhoea and headache for trovafloxacin. Serious TEAEs occurred in 1.9% of telithromycin and 1.8% of trovafloxacin subjects and were considered not drug related. No deaths occurred during the study. Telithromycin and trovafloxacin were safe and comparable in efficacy in these patients with CAP.
authors.affiliation: Mercury Street Medical, Butte, Montana 59701, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pullman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Champlin
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Vrooman
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D048628:Ketolides; D018942:Macrolides; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D048628:Ketolides; D018942:Macrolides; D009287:Naphthyridines; C080163:trovafloxacin; C106791:telithromycin