A Phase 1 interventional study of sulopenem etzadroxil and probenecid in Pharmacokinetics After Oral Intake, sponsored by Iterum Therapeutics, International Limited. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 12 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-27.
Sponsored by Iterum Therapeutics, International Limited · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the use of sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid in adolescent patients being treated for bacterial infection. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Is sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid safe to use in adolescents? Is sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid tolerable when used in adolescents? When ingested, what does the adolescent body do to sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid, in terms of the movement of the drug into, through, and out of the body.
Participants will receive standard of care antibiotics for their bacterial infection as directed by their physician. In addition, participants will be asked to take a single oral dose of sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid. Blood samples will be collected before the dose of sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid, as well as at specified timepoints after the dose. Likewise, urine will be collected at specified time periods after the dose. During the course of the study, data will be collected from participants including vital sign measurements, physical examination findings, and the details of any adverse events that are reported.
Sulopenem is a broad-spectrum penem β-lactam antibiotic that is being developed for the treatment of infections with common hospital and community pathogens. The intravenous (IV) formulation is intended for the initial treatment of infections in a hospital setting. ORLYNVAH (sulopenem etzadroxil and probenecid) oral tablets was approved by the FDA for the treatment of adult women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) in October 2024. ORLYNVAH has not been studied in the pediatric population.
This is a Phase 1, multi-center, open-label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of sulopenem etzadroxil plus probenecid in adolescent inpatients and outpatients that are diagnosed with bacterial infections caused by susceptible strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the PK of oral sulopenem etzadroxil + probenecid in adolescent inpatients and outpatients with bacterial infection. The secondary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of oral sulopenem etzadroxil + probenecid in adolescent inpatients and outpatients with bacterial infection.
The study will be conducted in adolescent inpatients and outpatients who are 12 to 18 years of age and are being treated for bacterial infections caused by susceptible strains (susceptible to penem antibiotics, e.g., imipenem, ertapenem, doripenem, or meropenem, and not resistant to a carbapenem) of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Patients who meet all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be enrolled in the study. Approximately 12 patients in total will be enrolled.
On Day 1, enrolled patients will receive background antibiotic treatment other than carbapenem antibiotics, per each site's standard of care. Patients will also receive a single dose of 500 mg of sulopenem etzadroxil and 500 mg of probenecid given orally as a bilayer tablet in the fed state. This dose is the same as the approved dose for treatment of uncomplicated UTI in adult women. During treatment of the underlying bacterial infection, PK samples will be collected, and patients will be monitored for safety and tolerability. A safety follow-up will take place on Day 2 for all patients.
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Postmenarchal females and post-pubertal males must agree to use a highly effective method of with partners of throughout the duration of the study and for 1 month following the last dose of study drug.
NOTE: A highly effective method of birth control is defined as one that results in a low failure rate (i.e., \<1% per year) when used consistently and correctly. This includes sexual abstinence, implants, some intrauterine devices, or a vasectomized partner. A vasectomy or a condom used with a spermicide is a medically acceptable form of birth control for males.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient has presence of any of the following conditions:
Patient has signs of severe sepsis including:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Excipients
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
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Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
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Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
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Single dose of 500 mg of sulopenem etzadroxil and 500 mg of probenecid given orally as a bilayer tablet.
Drug: sulopenem etzadroxil and probenecid
single dose of 500 mg of sulopenem etzadroxil and 500 mg of probenecid given orally as a bilayer tablet.
Also known as: Orlynvah
Sulopenem plasma concentration after dose
Concentrations will be determined through analysis of blood samples drawn at 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours after the dose
Time frame: 6 hours
Probenecid plasma concentration after dose
Concentrations will be determined through analysis of blood samples drawn at 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours after the dose
Time frame: 6 hours
Sulopenem urine concentration after dose
Concentrations will be determined through analysis of urine samples collected 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, 6-8 and 8-12 hours after the dose
Time frame: 12 hours
Probenecid urine concentration after dose
Concentrations will be determined through analysis of urine samples collected 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, 6-8 and 8-12 hours after dose
Time frame: 12 hours
Number of participants with treatment emergent adverse events
Safety will be assessed by monitoring adverse events, physical examination, vital signs, and clinical laboratory tests
Time frame: 2 days
Plan to share: Yes — Pertinent individual participant data sets that underlie results in a publication are to be shared.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Clinical study report
Time frame: Approximately July 2026 - July 2027
Access criteria: Following completion of the study, the data may be considered for publication in a scientific journal or for reporting at a scientific meeting. Each Investigator is obligated to keep data pertaining to the study confidential. The Investigator must consult with the Sponsor before any study data are submitted for publication. The Sponsor reserves the right to deny publication rights until mutual agreement on the content, format, interpretation of data in the manuscript, and journal selected for publication are achieved
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Start is estimated for Apr 2026; primary completion for Oct 2026, 6 months later.
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