Table 3.
Trial Start | Trial Registration Number | Ref. | Phage/Lysin Formulation (Investigator/Sponsor) | Bacteria Targeted | Treatment Indication | Phase | Outcome |
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2006 | [21] | WPP-201 cocktail (Southwest Regional Wound Care Center) | Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus | Infected venous leg ulcers | I | No adverse effects observed | |
2009 | [61] | T4 coliphage cocktail: AB2, 4, 6, 11, 46, 50, 55, JS34, 37, 98, D1.4 (Nestlé) | E. coli | Dysentery | I/II | No adverse effects or benefits noted; study prematurely discontinued | |
2009 | EudraCT 2004–001691–39 | [247] | Biophage-PA (Biocontrol Ltd) | P. aeruginosa | Otitis externa | I/II | No adverse effects noted; at 42 days post-treatment, phage-treated cohort exhibited reduced median bacterial abundance compared to placebo group |
2015 | [21] | PhagoBurn (Pherecydes Pharma) | P. aeruginosa, E. coli | Infected burn wounds | I/II | No adverse effects noted; time to “sustained bacterial reduction” longer in phage treatment arm; study prematurely discontinued | |
2017 | N/A | SAL200 (Tonabacase) (iNtRON Biotech) | S. aureus | S. aureus bacteremia | II | Ongoing | |
2017 | [137] | Exebacase (ContraFect Corp) | S. aureus | Bacteremia, including endocarditis (single intravenous dose added to standard of care antibiotics) | II | Well tolerated; higher clinical response rate compared to standard of care antibiotics alone in methicillin-resistant but not methicillin-susceptible S. aureus subgroups | |
2017 | N/A | Pyophage (Tzulakidze National Center of Urology) | Enterococcus species, E. coli, Proteus mirabilis, staphylococci, streptococci, P. aeruginosa | Urinary tract infections | II/III | Results pending (personal communication, Thomas Kessler) | |
2019 | N/A | EcoActive (Intralytix, Inc.) | Adherent invasive E. coli (AIEC) | Exacerbation of inflammation in Crohn disease secondary to AIEC | I/II | Recruitment ongoing | |
2019 | N/A | PhagoPied (Pherecydes Pharma) | S. aureus | Diabetic wounds | I/II | Not yet recruiting |
Table reproduced from [174]