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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2019 Dec 2;17(12):1011–1041. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2019.1694905

Table 3.

Phage and phage lysin therapy in human clinical trials published between January 2007 and March 2019.

Trial Start Trial Registration Number Ref. Phage/Lysin Formulation (Investigator/Sponsor) Bacteria Targeted Treatment Indication Phase Outcome
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]