RE: Sunday Times today24 Feb 2019 11:10
Morning Ivy. Thanks for your comments.
I found this article...and I will cut and paste a section that shows some concern around similar issues around weight etc in patient populations ...what I dnot know is how old this summary is and of course it nay no longer be relevent.
"Several things should be noted in interpreting these findings. Similar to most phase 3 trials involving patients with skin and soft tissue infections, the ASSIST-1 and ASSIST-2 study populations may not be reflective of the broad range of patients who have ABSSSI in clinical practice. Most notably, patients with a body mass index of >40 and patients with estimated creatinine clearance of <30 ml/min were excluded from the ASSIST studies. Given that these patient populations were not reflected in the simulations used to determine the fixed dosing scheme for the ongoing phase 3 ABSSSI trials (REVIVE-1 and -2 trials) and the planned HABP and VABP trial (INSPIRE trial) (1, 2), it will be important to assess the viability of the selected regimen as data become available. Finally, the PK/PD drivers for iclaprim are based on in vivo animal infection model studies and will need to be revisited once human exposure-response data are available."