Contezolid in complicated skin and soft tissue infection

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Contezolid (MRX-I, Youxitai) is an oral oxazolidinone drug being developed by MicuRx Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China. It was approved by China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in June 2021, attaining its first approval for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTIs). It is also under clinical development for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSIs) in the U.S. after receiving qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) classification and fast track status by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2018. Contezolid is effective against a broad range of Gram-positive bacteria including activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). It provides a major benefit over the most popular drug of its class, linezolid (Zyvox), by offering an improved safety profile and minimal effects concerning myelosuppression and monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibition, two independent adverse events limiting linezolid use in the clinic. The recommended dosage regimen of contezolid is 800 mg every 12 hours for 7-14 days with regular food intake and it can be extended if required. At the mentioned dose under fed conditions, satisfactory efficacy against MRSA with a 90%; or higher cumulative fraction of response and probability of target attainment was achieved. Additionally, contezolid also exhibits activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium abscessus.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998) - 58(2022), 7 vom: 18. Juli, Seite 315-326

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kaul, Grace [VerfasserIn]
Dasgupta, Arunava [VerfasserIn]
Chopra, Sidharth [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI)
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics
B669M62ELP
Complicated skin and soft tissue infection (cSSTI)
Contezolid
ISQ9I6J12J
Journal Article
Linezolid
MRX-I
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors
Oxazolidinones
Pyridones
Youxitai

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.07.2022

Date Revised 20.07.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1358/dot.2022.58.7.3389002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343720353