Conditions: Urinary Tract Infections
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 6
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that MK0826 is comparable to Meropenem in the treatment of complicated Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in adults.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: MK0826 (ertapenem) arm 2: meropenem

Interventions: intervention 1: MK0826 (ertapenem) intervention 2: Comparator: meropenem
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: A single dose of 1.0g IV infused over a 30 minute interval at hour 0 intervention 2: 500 mg IV infused over a 30 minute interval at hours 0, 8, and 16 for at least 4 days

Protocol document: