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CTRI Number  CTRI/2019/06/019884 [Registered on: 26/06/2019] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 29/06/2021
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A Study to Determine the Effect of Aztreonam-Avibactam for the Treatment of Serious Infections Due to Resistant (MBL-producing) Gram Negative Bacteria. 
Scientific Title of Study   A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY, SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF AZTREONAM-AVIBACTAM (ATM-AVI) AND BEST AVAILABLE THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SERIOUS INFECTIONS DUE TO MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT GRAM- NEGATIVE BACTERIA PRODUCING METALLO-Î’-LACTAMASE (MBL) 
Trial Acronym  ASSEMBLE 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
2017-004544-38  EudraCT 
C3601009 Amendment 1 dated 05-Jul-2018  Protocol Number 
NCT03580044  ClinicalTrials.gov 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name   
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address 




 
Phone    
Fax    
Email    
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query

Modification(s)  
Name  Dr Karan Thakkar 
Designation  Site Relationship and Excellence Partner, GSSO, Clinical Development and Operations 
Affiliation  Pfizer Limited 
Address  The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No.C-70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  91-7045788858  
Fax  91-22-265225993  
Email  Karan.Thakkar@Pfizer.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query

Modification(s)  
Name  Dr Seema Pai 
Designation  Site Relationship and Excellence Partner (Director), GSSO, Clinical Development & Operations 
Affiliation  Pfizer Limited 
Address  The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No. C - 70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai.

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  91-8826422322  
Fax  91-22-265225993  
Email  seema.pai@pfizer.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Pfizer Limited, The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No. C - 70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400051, India. 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Pfizer Limited 
Address  The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No. C - 70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400051, India. 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
Pfizer Limited  The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No. C - 70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400051, India 
 
Countries of Recruitment     Argentina
China
Greece
India
Malaysia
Mexico
Peru
Philippines
Romania
Russian Federation
Taiwan
United States of America  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 6  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Ramasubramanian Venkatasubramanian  Apollo Hospital  Room No 16 and 17, 2nd floor, Krishnadeep Chambers, Greams Lane, Off Greams road, Chennai, 600006
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
919840078979
04428294449
idisdoc@gmail.com 
Dr Jeetendra Sharma  Artemis hospital  Critical Unit II, Sector – 51, Gurugram - 122001, India
Gurgaon
HARYANA 
91-9871173555
0124-6767708
jeetendras@artemishospitals.com 
Dr Rajesh Meethalavalaram Kunnath Raghavan  Government Medical College  Department of Surgery, Kozhikode 673008, India
Kozhikode
KERALA 
9446567688
04952350350
drrajeshmr1973@gmail.com 
Dr Sameer Arvind Jog  Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundations Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre  ICU research, Off Karve Road, Erandawane, Pune, 411004
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
919823018178

drjogs@gmail.com 
Dr Mukesh Kalla  S R Kalla memorial gastro and General Hospital  Clinical Research Department, 78 , Dhuleshwar Garden, Behind HSBC Bank, Sardar Patel Marg ,C Scheme, Jaipur, 302001
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
919829050622
911414020622
drmkalla@rediffmail.com 
Dr Prabhu S  Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI)  Department of Medicine, Fort, K.R.Road, Bangalore 560002
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
919980296340
08026706260
svpm333@yahoo.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 6  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Artemis Health Sciences Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
Ethics Committee of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. K.R.Road, Fort, Bangalore 560002, Karnataka, INDIA  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Government Medical College  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation’s, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Centre,Off Karve Road, Erandawane, Pune 411004  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee-Clinical Studies, 21,Greams Lane,Off Greams Road, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India   Approved 
S.R.Kalla Memorial Ethical Committee for Human,Research, S.R.Kalla Memorial Gastro & General Hospital 78-79 Dhuleshwar Garden,Behind HSBC Bank Sardar Patel Marg C-Scheme Jaipur-302001 Rajasthan India  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: A499||Bacterial infection, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: K650||Generalized (acute) peritonitis, (3) ICD-10 Condition: J159||Unspecified bacterial pneumonia, (4) ICD-10 Condition: N390||Urinary tract infection, site notspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Aztreonam-Avibactam (ATM-AVI)  ATM-AVI doses (loading, extended loading and maintenance) and the dosing frequency of the maintenance dose are dependent on renal function. Subjects will be given a loading dose of 500 mg ATM plus 167 mg AVI or 675 mg ATM plus 225 mg AVI over a period of 30 minutes. This treatment will immediately be followed by an extended loading dose of 1500 mg ATM plus 500 mg AVI or 675 mg ATM plus 225 mg AVI over a period of 3 hours. Then there will be a 3 hour or 5 hour gap. Subjects will receive a maintenance dose of 1500 mg ATM plus 500 mg AVI every 6 hours or 750 mg ATM plus 250 mg AVI every 6 hours, or 675 mg ATM plus 225 mg AVI every 8 hours. Subjects with cIAI will also receive Metronidazole (MTZ) 500 mg IV q8h over 60 minutes. The first dose of MTZ will be started immediately after the extended loading dose of ATM-AVI has completed and treatment will be continued until the end of the treatment period. 
Comparator Agent  Best Available Therapy (BAT)  The comparator treatments in this study are to be the best available therapy (BAT) based upon site practice and local epidemiology. The choice of BAT for each subject must be recorded prior to randomization. Acceptable BAT may include but not limit to the following Aminoglycoside; Colistin (or polymixin B if colistin not available /accessible); Fosfomycin; Meropenem; Tigecycline. If the chosen BAT does not provide adequate anaerobic coverage for cIAI subjects MTZ is to be administered as a co therapy. BAT dose, frequency, dose adjustments with renal impairment will be based on per local package inserts. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Inclusion Criteria All Subjects
1. Subject must be ≥18 years of age.
2. Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the
subject or a legally acceptable representative has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the
study.
3. Subjects must have a confirmed diagnosis of serious bacterial infection, specifically cIAI,
HAP/VAP, cUTI, or BSI requiring administration of IV antibacterial therapy.
4. Subjects must have an MBL- positive Gram- negative bacteria (an Enterobacteriaceae and/or
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia for which the imipenem or meropenem MIC is ≥ 4 μg/mL), that
was isolated from an appropriate specimen obtained within 5 days prior to screening.
5. Female subject of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test,
with sensitivity of at least 25 mIU/mL.
6. Subjects who have received appropriate prior systemic antibiotic[s] for a carbapenem nonsusceptible
pathogen must meet the following criteria (Note: antibiotic[s] is considered
appropriate if microbiological susceptibility test results show that all carbapenem non-susceptible
pathogens are susceptible to the systemic antibiotic[s] received):
1. Worsening or lack of improvement of objective symptoms or signs of infection after at least
48 hours of antibacterial therapy Note: Symptomatic subjects (see inclusion criteria 3 and
4) with an isolated causative pathogen that was not susceptible to the prior systemic
therapy are eligible for this trial.
7. Subject must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

Additional Inclusion Criteria- cIAI Subjects

1. Subject must have a specimen obtained from an abdominal source during a surgical intervention
within 5 days prior to screening from which a study qualifying pathogen was isolated upon
culture. Surgical intervention includes open laparotomy, percutaneous drainage of an abscess, or
laparoscopic surgery.
2. The subject has at least 1 of the following diagnosed during the surgical intervention:
Cholecystitis with gangrenous rupture or perforation or progression of the infection beyond
the gallbladder wall;
Diverticular disease with perforation or abscess;
Appendiceal perforation or peri-appendiceal abscess;
Acute gastric or duodenal perforations, only if operated on >24 hours after diagnosis;
Traumatic perforation of the intestines, only if operated on >12 hours after diagnosis;
Other secondary peritonitis (not primary/ spontaneous bacterial peritonitis associated with
cirrhosis or chronic ascites);
Intra abdominal abscess (including of the liver and spleen provided that there is extension
beyond the organ with evidence of intra peritoneal involvement).
3. Subject has at least 1 of the following signs / symptoms from each of the following 2 groups:
Group A: Evidence of systemic inflammatory response:
Documented fever (defined as body temperature ≥38°C) or hypothermia (with a rectal core
body temperature ≤35°C);
Elevated white blood cells (WBC) (>12000 cells/μL);
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) <90 mmHg or mean arterial pressure (MAP) <70 mmHg, or a
SBP decrease of >40 mmHg;
Increased heart rate ( >90 beats per minute [bpm]) and respiratory rate (>20 breaths/min);
Hypoxemia (defined as oxygen [O2] saturation <95% by pulse oximetry);
Altered mental status.
Group B: Physical findings consistent with intra abdominal infection, such as:
Abdominal pain and/or tenderness, with or without rebound;
Localized or diffuse abdominal wall rigidity;
Abdominal mass.
Additional Inclusion Criteria - HAP/VAP Subjects
1. Onset of symptoms >48 hours after admission or <7 days after discharge from an inpatient care
facility (for which the duration of admission was >3 days).
2. New or worsening infiltrate on chest X- ray (or computerized tomography [CT]- scan) obtained
within 48 hours prior to randomization.
3. At least 1 of the following:
• Documented fever (temperature ≥38°C) or hypothermia (rectal/core temperature ≤35°C);
• WBC ≥10,000 cells/mm3, leukopenia with total WBC ≤4500 cells/mm3, or >15% immature
neutrophils (bands) noted on peripheral blood smear.
4. At least 2 of the following:
• A new cough (or worsening of cough at Baseline);
• Production of purulent sputum or purulent endotracheal secretions;
• Auscultatory finding consistent with pneumonia/pulmonary consolidation (eg, rales, rhonchi,
bronchial breath sounds, dullness on percussion, egophony);
• Dyspnea, tachypnea, or hypoxemia (O2 saturation <90% or partial pressure of O2 [pO2]<60 mmHg while breathing room air);
• Need for acute changes in the ventilator support status/system to enhance oxygenation, as determined by worsening oxygenation (arterial blood gas [ABG] or pO2 in arterial blood [PaO2]/fraction of inspired O2 [FiO2]) or needed changes in the amount of positive end
expiratory pressure.
5. Subjects must have a respiratory specimen obtained within 5 days prior to screening for Gram stain and culture from which a study qualifying pathogen was isolated upon culture. This includes culture of either an expectorated sputum or a specimen of respiratory secretions obtained by endotracheal aspiration in intubated subjects, or by bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), mini BAL or protected specimen brush (PSB) sampling.

Additional Inclusion Criteria - cUTI Subjects

1. Subject had urine within 5 days prior to screening that cultured positive; containing ≥10 to the power of 5 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL of at least 1 carbapenem non susceptible, MBL positive Gram negative bacteria, ie, the isolate from the study qualifying culture.
2. Subject had pyuria in the 5 days prior to screening as determined by a midstream clean catch or catheterized urine specimen with ≥10 white blood cells (WBCs) per HighPower Field (HPF) on standard examination of urine sediment or ≥10 WBCs/mm3 in unspun urine.
3. Subject demonstrates either acute pyelonephritis or complicated lower UTI without pyelonephritis
as defined by the following criteria:
a. Acute pyelonephritis indicated by flank pain (which must have onset or worsened within 7 days
of enrollment) or costovertebral angle tenderness on examination and at least 1 of the following:
i) Fever, defined as body temperature ≥38°C (with or without patient symptoms of rigor, chills, or
warmth); ii) Nausea and/or vomiting. OR b. Complicated lower UTI, as indicated by qualifying
symptoms plus at least 1 complicating factor as follows: i) Qualifying symptoms: subject must
have at least 2 of the following symptoms with at least 1 symptom from Group A:
• Group A symptoms include dysuria, urgency, frequency, and or suprapubic pain;
Group B symptoms include fever (defined as body temperature ≥38°C with or without patient
symptoms of rigor, chills, warmth), nausea, and/or vomiting.
ii) Complicating factors: subject must have at least 1 of the following complicating factors:
• Documented history of urinary retention (male subjects);
• Obstructive uropathy that is scheduled to be medically or surgically relieved during study
therapy and before the EOT;
Functional or anatomical abnormality of the urogenital tract, including anatomic
malformations or neurogenic bladder, or with a postvoid residual urine volume of at least 100
mL;
Use of intermittent bladder catheterization or presence of an indwelling bladder catheter for at
least 48 hours;
Urogenital procedure (such as cystoscopy or urogenital surgery) within the 7 days prior to
obtainment of the specimen used for the study qualifying culture.

Additional Inclusion Criteria - BSI Subjects
1. Subject has a confirmed diagnosis of primary BSI or catheter related BSI (CR- BSI).
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Exclusion Criteria All Subjects
1. Subject has an Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score >30.
2. Subjects unlikely to respond to up to 14 days of study treatment.
3. History of serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis, angioedema, bronchospasm, hypersensitivity) to any systemic antibacterial allowed per protocol.
4. Subject has previously been treated with ATM-AVI Subject with known Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.
5. Subjects with perinephric infection.
6. Colonization with an MBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria without signs or symptoms.
7. Estimated CrCL ≤15 mL/min or anticipated requirement for dialysis during the study.
8. Hepatic disease as indicated by ALT or AST >3 x ULN at Screening. Exception: AST and/or ALT up to 5 x ULN if these elevations are acute and directly related to the infectious process.
9. Bilirubin greater than 2 X ULN, unless related to the acute infection or due to known Gilberts disease.
10. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) >3 x ULN. Exception: up to <5 x ULN if this value is acute and related to the infectious process.
11. Absolute neutrophil count <500/mm3.

Additional Exclusion Criteria - cIAI Subjects
1. Subject has infections limited to the hollow viscous, such as simple cholecystitis, gangrenous cholecystitis without rupture, and simple appendicitis, or has acute suppurative cholangitis, infected necrotizing pancreatitis, or pancreatic abscess.
2. Subject has abdominal wall abscess or small bowel obstruction without perforation or ischemic bowel without perforation.
3. Subject has a cIAI managed by staged abdominal repair (STAR), or "open abdomen" technique, or
marsupialization. This criterion is intended to exclude subjects in whom the abdomen is left open,particularly those for whom re operation is planned.
4. Subject who has prior liver, pancreas or small bowel transplant.

Additional Exclusion Criteria - HAP/VAP Subjects 1. APACHE II score <10. 2. Subjects with lung
abscess, pleural empyema, or post obstructive pneumonia. 3. Subject is a recipient of a lung or heart transplant. 4. Subjects with myasthenia gravis.

Additional exclusion criteria - cUTI Subjects
1. Subjects with suspected or confirmed complete obstruction of any portion of the urinary tract,
perinephric or intrarenal abscess, or prostatitis, or history of any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, may confound the results of the study or pose additional risk in administering the study therapy to the subject.
2. Subjects with renal transplantation.
3. Subjects with a permanent urinary diversion (eg, with ileal loops, cutaneous ureterostomy or
vesicoureteral reflux).
4. Subjects who are likely to receive ongoing antibacterial drug prophylaxis after treatment of cUTI
(eg, subjects with vesico-ureteric reflux).
5. Any recent history of trauma to the pelvis or urinary tract.
6. Subjects with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (generally female subjects with urinary frequency, urgency, or pain or discomfort without systemic symptoms or signs of infection).

Additional exclusion criteria - BSI Subjects
1. Subject has a prosthetic cardiac valve or synthetic endovascular graft. 2. Subject has a suspected or
documented medical condition with well-defined requirement for prolonged antibiotic treatment (eg, infectious endocarditis, osteomyelitis /septic arthritis, undrainable /undrained abscess, unremoveable /unremoved prosthetic associated infection). 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Proportion of subjects with clinical cure in the microbiological Intent-To-Treat (micro-ITT) analysis set  Up to 31 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Proportion of subjects with clinical cure in the Microbiologically Evaluable (ME) analysis set  up to 31 days 
Proportion of subjects with clinical cure in the micro-ITT and ME analysis sets  within 24 hours after the completion of the last infusion of IV study treatment 
Proportion of subjects with a favorable per subject microbiological response in the micro ITT and
ME analysis sets 
within 24 hours after the completion of the last infusion of IV
study treatment and up to 31 days 
Proportion of subjects with a favorable per pathogen microbiological response in the micro ITT and ME analysis sets  Time Frame: within 24 hours after the completion of the last infusion of IV
study treatment and up to 31 days 
Proportion of subjects who died on or before 28 days in the Intent-To-Treat (ITT) and micro-ITT analysis sets  from randomization up to 31 days 
Incidence and severity of adverse events  from first dose up to 48 days 
Incidence of abnormalities in physical examination  from first dose up to 48 days 
Incidence of vital sign abnormalities  from first dose up to 48 days 
Incidence of ECG abnormalities  from first dose up to 48 days  
Incidence of clinical laboratory abnormalities  from first dose up to 48 days 
 
Target Sample Size
Modification(s)  
Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="14" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   07/06/2020 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  13/04/2020 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="9"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Open to Recruitment 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   None yet 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary  
Phase 3 study to determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of aztreonam- avibactam (ATM- AVI) versus best available therapy (BAT) in the treatment of hospitalized adults with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI), nosocomial pneumonia (NP) including hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), or bloodstream infections (BSI) due to metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)- producing Gram-negative bacteria.


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2. Consecutive positive duplicate blood cultures (n=2) within 5 days prior to screening indicating presence of a carbapenem non- susceptible, MBL-producing Gram- negative bacteria. Subjects with polymicrobial blood infections may be included in the study.
3. Signs and symptoms of systemic infection characterised by at least one of the following:
a. Chills, rigors, or fever (temperature of ≥38.0°C or ≥100.4°F);
b. Elevated white blood cell count (≥10,000/mm3) or left shift (>15% immature polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs)).

 
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