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Trial reportAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2021

First-in-Human Evaluation of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of SPR720, a Novel Oral Bacterial DNA Gyrase (GyrB) Inhibitor for Mycobacterial Infections.

Angela K Talley, Archie Thurston, Grayson Moore, Vipul K Gupta, Myriah Satterfield, Erika Manyak, Suzanne Stokes, Aaron Dane, David Melnick

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angela K TalleySpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Archie ThurstonADME Solutions, Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Grayson MooreSpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Vipul K GuptaSpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8093-5126
Myriah SatterfieldSpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Erika ManyakSpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Suzanne StokesSpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Aaron DaneDaneStat Consulting, Macclesfield, United Kingdom.
David MelnickSpero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4687-6361
Spero Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SPR720 (phosphate prodrug of SPR719) is a novel aminobenzimidazole bacterial DNA gyrase (GyrB) inhibitor in development for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) and pulmonary tuberculosis. SPR719 has demonstrated activity against clinically relevant mycobacteria

Indexed as

MycobacteriumMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousAdministration, OralAnimalsArea Under CurveDNA, BacterialDNA GyraseDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodHumansMiceTopoisomerase II InhibitorsDNA, BacterialDNA GyraseTopoisomerase II InhibitorsaminobenzimidazoleDNA gyrase inhibitorMycobacterium avium complexMycobacterium tuberculosisnontuberculous mycobacteriapharmacokineticsSPR720

Identifiers

PMID34491803
PMCPMC8525492
OpenAlexW3198012509

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