A Study To Determine The Efficacy And Safety Of Tigecycline Compared With Imipenem/Cliastatin to Treat Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection

The clinical response was to be determined by the investigator and was classified as 1 of the following: cure (relevant clinical signs and symptoms of infection at baseline disappeared or recovered to normal and relevant non microbiological results of laboratory tests returned to normal level or the resolution of signs and symptoms so that at no further therapy was required), failure (participant required additional surgical or radiologic intervention and/or received additional anti-infection therapy to cure the infection since administration of study drug until TOC; or death after study Day 2 due to the infection or a treatment related AE or discontinuation due to a treatment related AE or received greater than 120% of the prescribed number of investigational product doses), or indeterminate (lost to follow-up; or died within 2 days after the first dose of study drug for any reason; or died after study Day 2 but prior to the TOC assessment because of non infection related reasons).

The clinical response was to be determined by the investigator and was classified as 1 of the following: cure (relevant clinical signs and symptoms of infection at baseline disappeared or recovered to normal and relevant non microbiological results of laboratory tests returned to normal level or the resolution of signs and symptoms so that at no further therapy was required), failure (participant required additional surgical or radiologic intervention and/or received additional anti-infection therapy to cure the infection since administration of study drug until TOC; or death after study Day 2 due to the infection or a treatment related AE or discontinuation due to a treatment related AE or received greater than 120% of the prescribed number of investigational product doses), or indeterminate (lost to follow-up; or died within 2 days after the first dose of study drug for any reason; or died after study Day 2 but prior to the TOC assessment because of non infection related reasons).

The clinical response was to be determined by the investigator and was classified as 1 of the following: cure (relevant clinical signs and symptoms of infection at baseline disappeared or recovered to normal and relevant non microbiological results of laboratory tests returned to normal level or the resolution of signs and symptoms so that at no further therapy was required), failure (participant required additional surgical or radiologic intervention and/or received additional anti-infection therapy to cure the infection since administration of study drug until TOC; or death after study Day 2 due to the infection or a treatment related AE or discontinuation due to a treatment related AE or received greater than 120% of the prescribed number of investigational product doses), or indeterminate (lost to follow-up; or died within 2 days after the first dose of study drug for any reason; or died after study Day 2 but prior to the TOC assessment because of non infection related reasons).

The microbiological response at the subject level was described according to the following definitions of efficacy. Eradication (documented or presumed): none of the baseline pathogens were present in repeat intra-abdominal cultures from the original site of infection taken during the study or a clinical response of cure precluded the necessity of a repeat intra-abdominal culture. Persistence (documented or presumed): documented: any baseline intra-abdominal pathogen was present in the cultures obtained from the original site of the intra-abdominal abscess, peritonitis, or surgical wound infection during the study; Presumed: repeat microbiological data were not obtained for a participant with a clinical response of failure. Superinfection: Emergence of a new pathogen during therapy, at the site of infection with emergence or worsening of clinical signs and symptoms of infection.

An AE was any untoward medical occurrence without regard to causality in a participant who received study drug. A SAE was an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. AEs included both AEs and Non-SAEs.