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Pharmacokinetics of Sulopenem Etzadroxil Plus Probenecid in Adolescents

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

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
12 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

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.

Read the detailed description

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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Conditions studied

  • Pharmacokinetics After Oral Intake

Keywords

  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Adolescents
  • Sulopenem etzadroxil
  • Probenecid
  • Sulopenem
  • Phase 1
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In context

Lead sponsor

Iterum Therapeutics, International Limited is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (100%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
12 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patient's parent/both parents or guardian must provide written and a statement of assent from the adolescent patient (if required by Institutional Review Board [IRB] according to local regulations and guidelines) must be obtained prior to any study-related procedures. Communication should take place between the Investigator, parent(s)/guardian, and adolescent patient to confirm understanding and compliance with the study requirements.
  2. Patient is male or female adolescent who are more than or equal to 12 and \<18 years of age.
  3. Patient has a diagnosis of a bacterial infection as documented by the treating physician
  4. Patient will be receiving appropriate anti-infective treatment for a bacterial infection.
  5. Patient must have sufficient venous access to permit collection of PK samples and monitoring of laboratory safety variables.
  6. Female patients who are postmenarchal must not be pregnant, or breast feeding and must have a documented negative pregnancy test at Screening.
  7. 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.

  8. Patient must be willing to follow all study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Known renal insufficiency.
  2. Patient is unable to tolerate oral medications.
  3. Patient has presence of any of the following conditions:

    1. Endocarditis
    2. Meningitis
    3. Necrotizing fasciitis
    4. Gas gangrene
  4. Patient has signs of severe sepsis including:

    1. Shock or profound hypotension that is not responsive to fluid challenge.
    2. Disseminated intravascular coagulation as evidenced by or partial thromboplastin time more than or equal to 2 × the (ULN) or \<50% of the lower limit of the normal.
  5. Patient has known active liver disease or hepatic dysfunction (except a confirmed diagnosis of Gilbert's disease) defined as non-transient elevations of or alanine aminotransferase level elevations more than or equal to 3 × the ULN or non-transient total more than or equal to 2 × the ULN.
  6. Known neutropenia ( \<500 cells/mm3).
  7. Patient has history of solid organ transplantation reported at any time.
  8. Patient has any finding that, in the view of the Investigator, would compromise the patient's safety requirements.
  9. Patient has known allergies to penicillin, carbapenems, and/or cephalosporin antibiotics, known allergy to probenecid, or severe allergic reactions to any drug in the past.
  10. Patient has a history of to the study drug or any of the or to medicinal products with similar chemical structures.
  11. Patient or parent/legal guardian has involvement in the planning and/or conduct of this study (applies to both Iterum Therapeutics staff and/or staff at the study sites).
  12. Patient has participated in any other clinical study where an product was ingested within 30 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to the current study.
  13. Patient has definite or suspected personal history or family history of adverse drug reactions.
  14. Patient has history or presence of GI, hepatic, or renal disease, or other conditions known to interfere with absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of drugs.
  15. Patient had treatment in the previous 3 months with any drug known to have a well-defined potential for hepatotoxicity (e.g., halothane).
  16. Patient weighs \<30 kg.
  17. Patient is pregnant or lactating.
  18. Patient has received a carbapenem as their standard of care therapy to treat the diagnosed bacterial infection.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(13)

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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.

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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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Oral sulopenem

    Single dose of 500 mg of sulopenem etzadroxil and 500 mg of probenecid given orally as a bilayer tablet.

    Drug: sulopenem etzadroxil and probenecid

Interventions

  • Drugsulopenem 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

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

Secondary outcomes

  1. 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

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Medical facility
    Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

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

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Apr 2026; primary completion for Oct 2026, 6 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 22, 2025
First posted
Jul 30, 2025
StartEst.
Apr 2026
Primary completionEst.
Oct 2026
CompletionEst.
Oct 2026
Last update
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 27, 2026, 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
NCT07092813
Lead sponsor
Iterum Therapeutics, International Limited
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 30, 2025
Start date
Apr 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Oct 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 27, 2026

Study contacts

Senior Vice President and Head of Clinical Development
Contact
saronin@iterumtx.com
860-661-4035
Senior Vice President and Head of Clinical Development
study director · Iterum Therapeutics

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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