The purpose of this study is to measure the amount of the antibiotic, tebipenem (SPR994) that is bioavailable after crushing the tablet and administering through a feeding tube with and without tube feeds.
This study will enroll 12 healthy volunteers and will take place in the Clinical Research Center at Hartford Hospital. Each volunteer will receive 2 doses (\~22h washout period between doses) and will be randomly assigned to three treatment groups: 1\) intact tebipenem 600mg dose (2 300mg tablets) taken orally; 2) a crushed tebipenem 600mg dose (2 300mg tablets) suspended in water and administered via the NGT; 3) a crushed tebipenem 600mg dose (2 300mg tablets) suspended in water and administered via a nasogastric tube with concurrent enteral tube feeds (run for 2h before dose and 4h post-dose). Crushed tablets will be administered by syringe through the nasogastric tube. An additional 150ml of water will be used to rinse out any remaining drug in syringe and administered to the volunteers to ensure delivery of the entire dose.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
Tebipenem tablets will be administered intact or crushed
Tebipenem tablets will be administered with or without tube feeds
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Tebipenem drug exposure
Tebipenem total and free blood concentrations following the tebipenem dose (intact)
Time frame: 8 hours
Tebipenem drug exposure
Tebipenem total and free blood concentrations following the tebipenem dose (crushed and administered via NGT)
Time frame: 8 hours
Tebipenem drug exposure
Tebipenem total and free blood concentrations following the tebipenem dose (crushed and administered with tube feeds via NGT)
Time frame: 8 hours
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