Developing combinations of CO-ACTIVE antimicrobials and non-antimicrobials
Project description
Resistance to antibiotics is increasing worldwide and alternatives are sought for antimicrobial treatment.
Aim
The overall purpose was to explore and identify antibiotics and non-antibiotics more active in combination than alone (called synergism) against multi- drug resistant bacteria. The tasks of the EMC involved the overall coordination of the project, identification of synergistic combinations and studies in rodents to determine activity of the combinations in vivo.
Collaborators
CO-ACTION is a JPIAMR project involving 6 partners in Europe.
(Expected) results
The results indicate clear synergism in of polymyxin B combined with either rifampicin or minocycline. An important part was to generate and provide data to our other partners to use for modelling and prediction. The parametrization of the models used helps to optimize dose finding, reduce development time and reduce the use of animal experiment in the future. The coordination and exchange of data, procedures and workflow helps to accelerate drug development.