Real-World Effectiveness of Aztreonam-Avibactam Against MBL-Producing CRE (AWARE)

Aztreonam-Avibactam Real World Study Against Metallo-β-lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales

Why This Study is Needed Some bacterial infections have become resistant to common antibiotics, making them very difficult to treat. This is a growing and serious health problem. A new combination drug, Aztreonam-Avibactam (we'll call it ATM-AVI), has been developed to fight these tough bacteria.

This new drug was recently approved for use in Europe (April 2024), the United States (February 2025), and China (June 2025). Because it is so new, there is very little information available, especially in China, on how well it works for real patients outside of initial testing.

This lack of real-world experience means we don't know enough about:

• How effective it is for typical patients in China.
• The types of patients and infections it is used for.
• How it affects a patient's time in the hospital. This study aims to fill these gaps by looking at how ATM-AVI performs in Chinese hospitals, which will help doctors better treat these dangerous infections and improve patient recovery.

What the Study Aims to Find Out

Main Goal:

To see how well ATM-AVI works for adult patients in China with these specific antibiotic-resistant infections.

Other Goals:

To gather more details about:

• How patients are responding to the treatment at different points (e.g., after 5 days, at the end of treatment, and at a follow-up check).
• Whether the bacteria causing the infection are cleared.
• How the treatment affects the patient's hospital stay and use of resources.
• The number of patients who, unfortunately, pass away during or after treatment.
• The characteristics of the patients (like age) and their infections.
• How doctors are using this new drug and if it's used alongside other antibiotics.

How the Study Will Work This is an observational study that will be conducted in about 30 hospitals across China. We plan to include around 100 adult patients who were hospitalized with these tough infections and received the new drug, ATM-AVI, for at least one full day.

The study will run from October 2025 to June 2027. We will look at both past (retrospective) and future (prospective) patients. For past patients, we will review their existing medical records. For future patients, we will ask for their permission (informed consent) before collecting any information.

We will collect information from patient records, such as:

• Basic patient details and the nature of their infection.
• How and when the ATM-AVI drug was used.
• Details about their hospital stay.
• The results of their lab tests. A doctor will assess and record how each patient is doing at key points: 5 days after starting the drug, at the end of the treatment, and at a follow-up check to see if the infection is cured.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP); Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (HAP); Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections, cIAIs
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Aztreonam-Avibactam

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 100

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Yunsong Yu, PhD; Phone Number: 86-13805790432; Email: yvys119@zju.edu.cn

Study Locations

• China
  • Jiangxi
    • Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
      • Recruiting
      • The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
      • Contact: Tianxin Xiang; Phone Number: 86+13870090574; Email: txxiangmed@163.com
  • Zhejiang
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310016
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
      • Contact: Jingjing Quan, PhD; Phone Number: 86-18268820854; Email: jingjingquan@zju.edu.cn

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population consists of hospitalized adult patients with MBL-producing CRE infections treated with ATM-AVI. Investigators will start eligibility screening and recruitment from adult patients who have received ≥24 hours of ATM-AVI.

The index date is defined as the ATM-AVI initiation date, for which the date of first administration is used. The baseline period spans from 14 days before the index date to the index date, or from the date of admission to the index date, whichever is later. The observations will be both retrospective and prospective. Patients will be followed from ATM-AVI use until death, study withdrawal, or hospital discharge, whichever occurs first. For patients discharged before Day 28, a phone follow-up is necessary for assessment of the 28-day all-cause mortality.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. Age 18 years or older 2. Hospitalized with a diagnosis of confirmed cIAI or HAP/VAP 3. Confirmed infection with MBL-producing CRE 4. Received on label use of ATM-AVI treatment for ≥24 hours 5. Informed consent will be obtained or waived.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Confirmed or suspected infection caused by Gram-negative species not expected to respond to ATM-AVI 2. Currently enrolled in an interventional clinical tria

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Hospitalized adult patients with MBL-producing CRE infections treated with ATM-AVI.; The study population consists of hospitalized adult patients with MBL-producing CRE infections treated with ATM-AVI. Investigators will start eligibility screening and recruitment from adult patients who have received ≥24 hours of ATM-AVI.	Drug: Aztreonam-Avibactam; Hospitalized adult patients with MBL-producing CRE infections treated with ATM-AVI.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The primary efficacy outcome measure is the proportion of patients who had a clinical response of clinical success, failure, and indeterminate, respectively, which will be assessed at the EOT visit.	The primary descriptive efficacy analysis will be the estimate of the clinical response rate along with nominal 95% CIs using the Clopper-Pearson method.	From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
• Collaborators: The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University; Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 25, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 17, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 25, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): December 8, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 23, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2026
• Last Verified: November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Pneumonia; Cross Infection; Iatrogenic Disease; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
• Other Study ID Numbers: 98628137

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: The study will include interim report and a final clinical study report. Upon completion of the study and finalization of the study report, the results of this NI study will be submitted for publication and/or posted in a publicly accessible results database. Publications will adhere to the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No