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TerminatedNCT00315003Updated Apr 3, 2009

TELI COM - Telithromycin in Children With Otitis Media

A Phase 3 interventional study of Telithromycin and Azithromycin in Otitis Media, Suppurative and Otitis Media, Purulent, sponsored by Sanofi. Terminated at 13 sites in 13 countries. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 6 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-04-03.

Sponsored by Sanofi · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Pediatric development program terminated by sponsor
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,500
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
6 Months to 6 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a multinational, randomized (1:1), double-blind, double-dummy, comparative, 2- treatmentgroup study in children (age range: ≥6 months and \<72 months [\< 6 years of age]) with AOM.Subjects will be randomized to receive either telithromycin (50 mg/mL) oral suspension 25 mg/kgonce daily for 5 days or azithromycin (40 mg/mL) oral suspension (10 mg/kg once on Day 1, followed by 5 mg/kg once daily on Days 2-5, not to exceed 500 mg onDay 1 and 250 mg/day from Days 2 - 5. Matching placebo suspensions for telithromycin and azithromycin will also be dispensed to provide blinding for the different treatment regimens.Assessments and reporting of safety will be carried out at all visits.

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Conditions studied

  • Otitis Media, Suppurative
  • Otitis Media, Purulent

Keywords

  • Otitis Media
  • Suppurative
  • Purulent
  • Ketolide
  • Azithromycin
  • Telithromycin
  • Controlled Clinical Trials
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In context

Otitis Media

241 studies on the registry are indexed under Otitis Media; 32 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,500 is above the median of 165 across 174 interventional studies indexed under Otitis Media.

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Lead sponsor

Sanofi is the lead sponsor of 1,557 studies on the registry; 91 are open to participants now.

Of its 205 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 123 (60%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Months to 6 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

Subjects meeting all of the following criteria will be considered for enrollment into the study:

  • Subjects ≥6 months and \<72 months (\< 6 years) of age;
  • Recent (within the last 72 hours) and rapid onset of AOM symptoms and signs;
  • The presence of MEF on otoscopy indicated by a bulging tympanic membrane;
  • Otalgia or ear tugging or touching within the last 24 hours that interferes with or precludes normal activity or sleep;
  • At least 1 of the following clinical findings not specific to AOM: fever, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, sleep disturbance, or irritability;
  • Caregiver-reported AOM symptoms sufficient for entry according to protocol criteria.
  • Caregiver-reported AOM symptoms diary
  • Tympanometry exhibiting:

    • Type B curve or positive pressure peak curves.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects presenting with any of the following will not be included in the study:

  • Uncertain diagnosis of AOM or mild to moderate symptoms and signs of AOM that would make the subject a candidate for observation and analgesic therapy with observation for 2-3 days.
  • Otorrhea or tympanostomy tube present in the ear to be evaluated;
  • Otitis externa;
  • Down syndrome, cleft palate, craniofacial disorders, cystic fibrosis/mucoviscidosis, immotile cilia syndrome, congenital immunodeficiency or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with \<25% or requiring prophylaxis for Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) or requiring treatment for an opportunistic infection;
  • Known congenital long syndrome;
  • Known or suspected uncorrected hypokalemia (≤3 mmol/L [mEq/L]), hypomagnesemia, bradycardia (\<50 bpm);
  • Myasthenia gravis;
  • Known impaired renal function, as shown by ≤25 mL/min;
  • History of or intolerance to macrolides or azithromycin;
  • Previous enrollment in this study or previous treatment with telithromycin;
  • Children of the investigator or subinvestigator, research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator, other staff, or relative thereof directly involved in the conduct of the protocol.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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CD4 count

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QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Hypersensitivity

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double
Enrollment
1,500 participants

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary efficacy variables will be time to symptom resolution (TSR) and clinical cure at theposttherapy/TOC Visit 3.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adverse events (AEs) reported by subjects, their parents/legally authorized representative, orobserved by the investigators will be recorded throughout the study.

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Study locations

13 sites
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807, United States
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Buenos Aires, 1642, Argentina
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Sao Paulo, 05677-000, Brazil
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Laval, Canada
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Providencia, Santiago, Chile
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    San José, Costa Rica
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Praha, 160 00, Czech Republic
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Santo-Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Israel, Israel
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Panama, Panama
  • Sanofi-Aventis
    Lima, Peru
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Jan 2006, a primary completion of Jul 2006 and a completion of Jul 2006. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered
Apr 13, 2006
First posted
Apr 17, 2006
Start
Jan 2006
Primary completionActual
Jul 2006
CompletionActual
Jul 2006
Last update
Apr 3, 2009
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 3, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00315003
Lead sponsor
Sanofi
First posted
Apr 17, 2006
Start date
Jan 2006
Primary completion
Jul 2006
Completion
Jul 2006
Last update
Apr 3, 2009

Study contacts

ICD CSD
study director · Sanofi
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