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Antimicrob Resist Infect Control ; 10(1): 21, 2021 01 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33514424

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global problem to which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may further contribute. With resources deployed away from antimicrobial stewardship, evidence of substantial pre-emptive antibiotic use in COVID-19 patients and indirectly, with deteriorating economic conditions fuelling poverty potentially impacting on levels of resistance, AMR threat remains significant. MAIN BODY: In this paper, main AMR countermeasures are revisited and priorities to tackle the issue are re-iterated. The need for collaboration is stressed, acknowledging the relationship between human health, animal health and environment ("One Health" approach). Among the stated priorities, the initiative by the European Medicines Regulatory Network to further strengthen the measures in combatting AMR is highlighted. Likewise, it is asserted that other emerging health threats require global collaboration with the One Health approach offering a valuable blueprint for action. CONCLUSION: The authors stress the importance of an integrated preparedness strategy to tackle this public health peril.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , COVID-19/epidemiology , Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics , One Health/legislation & jurisprudence , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2/pathogenicity , Animal Feed/analysis , Animal Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence , Animals , Antimicrobial Stewardship/legislation & jurisprudence , Bacteria/drug effects , Bacteria/genetics , Bacteria/pathogenicity , Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Europe/epidemiology , Humans , International Cooperation , Livestock/microbiology
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Viruses ; 11(9)2019 08 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31443392

ABSTRACT

With most interest we read the contribution made by Fauconnier on phage therapy regulation [...].


Subject(s)
Bacteriophages , Phage Therapy
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Clin Infect Dis ; 63 Suppl 2: S39-45, 2016 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27481952

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Resistant bacteria are one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired/ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP). HABP/VABP trials are complex and difficult to conduct due to the large number of medical procedures, adverse events, and concomitant medications involved. Differences in the legislative frameworks between different regions of the world may also lead to excessive data collection. The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) seeks to advance antibacterial drug development (ABDD) by streamlining clinical trials to improve efficiency and feasibility while maintaining ethical rigor, patient safety, information value, and scientific validity. METHODS: In 2013, CTTI engaged a multidisciplinary group of experts to discuss challenges impeding the conduct of HABP/VABP trials. Separate workstreams identified challenges associated with current data collection processes. Experts defined "data collection" as the act of capturing and reporting certain data on the case report form as opposed to recording of data as part of routine clinical care. The ABDD Project Team developed strategies for streamlining safety data collection in HABP/VABP trials using a Quality by Design approach. RESULTS: Current safety data collection processes in HABP/VABP trials often include extraneous information. More targeted strategies for safety data collection in HABP/VABP trials will rely on optimal protocol design and prespecification of which safety data are essential to satisfy regulatory reporting requirements. CONCLUSIONS: A consensus and a cultural change in clinical trial design and conduct, which involve recognition of the need for more efficient data collection, are urgently needed to advance ABDD and to improve HABP/VABP trials in particular.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Clinical Trials as Topic/methods , Data Collection/methods , Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy , Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/drug therapy , Public-Private Sector Partnerships , Humans , Patient Safety , Treatment Outcome , United States
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Clin Infect Dis ; 63 Suppl 2: S29-36, 2016 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27481950

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The etiology of hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) is often multidrug-resistant infections. The evaluation of new antibacterial drugs for efficacy in this population is important, as many antibacterial drugs have demonstrated limitations when studied in this population. HABP/VABP trials are expensive and challenging to conduct due to protocol complexity and low patient enrollment, among other factors. The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) seeks to advance antibacterial drug development by streamlining HABP/VABP clinical trials to improve efficiency and feasibility while maintaining ethical rigor, patient safety, information value, and scientific validity. METHODS: In 2013, CTTI engaged a multidisciplinary group of experts to discuss challenges impeding the conduct of HABP/VABP trials. Separate workstreams identified challenges associated with HABP/VABP protocol complexity. The Project Team developed potential solutions to streamline HABP/VABP trials using a Quality by Design approach. RESULTS: CTTI recommendations focus on 4 key areas to improve HABP/VABP trials: informed consent processes/practices, protocol design, choice of an institutional review board (IRB), and trial outcomes. Informed consent processes should include legally authorized representatives. Protocol design decisions should focus on eligibility criteria, prestudy antibacterial therapy considerations, use of new diagnostics, and sample size. CTTI recommends that sponsors use a central IRB and discuss trial endpoints with regulators, including defining a clinical failure and evaluating the impact of concomitant antibacterial drugs. CONCLUSIONS: Streamlining HABP/VABP trials by addressing key protocol elements can improve trial startup and patient recruitment/retention, reduce trial complexity and costs, and ensure patient safety while advancing antibacterial drug development.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Clinical Trials as Topic/methods , Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy , Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/drug therapy , Public-Private Sector Partnerships , Drug Evaluation , Drug Industry , Humans , Patient Safety , Treatment Outcome , United States , United States Food and Drug Administration , Universities
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J Antimicrob Chemother ; 71(8): 2071-4, 2016 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27068400

ABSTRACT

Despite the recognized problem of antibiotic multidrug resistance, very few antibacterial agents with new mechanisms of action are under development. Bacteriophage therapy could offer one alternative strategy to mitigate this challenge. Although widely used throughout the 20th century in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, this potential therapy has not yet been investigated according to rigorous scientific standards. This paper reports on a multistakeholder meeting held at the EMA, which outlined the existing regulatory framework to which such therapy should adhere and reviewed the current obstacles and shortcomings in scientific development for bacteriophage therapy.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Infections/therapy , Drug Approval , Phage Therapy/methods , Phage Therapy/standards , Europe , Humans
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Lancet Infect Dis ; 15(5): 581-614, 2015 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25932591

ABSTRACT

Sepsis is a common and lethal syndrome: although outcomes have improved, mortality remains high. No specific anti-sepsis treatments exist; as such, management of patients relies mainly on early recognition allowing correct therapeutic measures to be started rapidly, including administration of appropriate antibiotics, source control measures when necessary, and resuscitation with intravenous fluids and vasoactive drugs when needed. Although substantial developments have been made in the understanding of the basic pathogenesis of sepsis and the complex interplay of host, pathogen, and environment that affect the incidence and course of the disease, sepsis has stubbornly resisted all efforts to successfully develop and then deploy new and improved treatments. Existing models of clinical research seem increasingly unlikely to produce new therapies that will result in a step change in clinical outcomes. In this Commission, we set out our understanding of the clinical epidemiology and management of sepsis and then ask how the present approaches might be challenged to develop a new roadmap for future research.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Biomedical Research/trends , Immunologic Factors/therapeutic use , Molecular Targeted Therapy , Sepsis/drug therapy , Clinical Trials as Topic , Disease Management , Forecasting , Host-Pathogen Interactions , Humans , Incidence , Precision Medicine , Sepsis/diagnosis , Sepsis/epidemiology , Sepsis/microbiology
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Int Health ; 7(4): 239-46, 2015 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25855638

ABSTRACT

Malaria remains a major public health challenge with almost half of the world's population exposed to the risk of contracting the illness. Prompt, effective and well tolerated treatment remains one of the cornerstones in the disease management, with artemisinin-based combination therapy the recommended option for non-severe malaria in endemic areas with predominant Plasmodium falciparum infections.Recent experience has been obtained at the European Medicines Agency with regulatory approval of two such antimalarial fixed combination products. For these cases, two different regulatory pathways were applied. As such, the present contribution describes this experience, emphasising main differences and applicability offered by these regulatory choices.


Subject(s)
Antimalarials/therapeutic use , Artemisinins/therapeutic use , Drug and Narcotic Control , Malaria, Falciparum/drug therapy , Drug Therapy, Combination , Europe , Humans , Malaria/drug therapy , Malaria/parasitology , Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology , Plasmodium falciparum
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