646. Clinical and microbiological outcomes of omadacycline for pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus complex
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) is a difficult-to-treat infection due to antibiotic resistance. Our study aimed to assess omadacycline’s (OMC) clinical and microbiological outcomes for the treatment of pulmonary MABC. Methods A retrospective study was carried out across 12 US medical institutions from 1/2018-4/2023 to examine the clinical outcomes, and tolerability of OMC treatment for pulmonary MABC. Patients aged ≥ 18 years who were treated with OMC for ≥ 3 months were included. The primary outcome was clinical success at 3, 6, and 12 months. The secondary outcomes were sputum culture conversion rate, adverse effects, and clinical success by subspecies and macrolide susceptibility. Results Thirty-five patients were included in this analysis. Most patients were female (74.3%) and Caucasian (74.3%), with a median (IQR) age of 61 years (51–70). Subspeciation was performed for 22 isolates with predominant M. abscessus subspecies (77.3%). Moreover, coinfection with other NTM species was present in 28.6% of cases where Mycobacterium avium complex was present in 8 cultures. Sixty-eight percent of the MABC isolates were confirmed to be macrolide resistance; half (12/24, 50.0%) were evident by the presence of functional erm gene, while the other half by antimicrobial susceptibility (Table 3). Of the remaining isolates, 14% were macrolide-susceptible, while no information was reported in 17%. The median (IQR) treatment duration of OMC was 8 months (3.9 – 15.7). The most commonly co-administered antibiotics were intravenous amikacin, imipenem/cilastatin, inhaled amikacin and clofazimine with the same percentage (42.9%) (Table 1). Overall, MABC clinical success was observed in 71.4%, 89.7%, and 90.9% in 3-, 6- and 12 months, respectively (Table 3). Adverse effects reported in 34.3%. The most common side effects were gastrointestinal intolerance (25.7%) and hepatoxicity (11.4%), which led to drug discontinuation in 22.9%. Conclusion OMC treatment showed clinical success in > 70% of patients with pulmonary MABC including patients with macrolide resistant strains for more than 3 months. However, larger studies are needed to validate the outcomes beyond 12 months. Disclosures Kaylee E. Caniff, PharmD, BCIDP, T2Biosystems: Honoraria Michael J. Rybak, PharmD, PhD, MPH, Abbvie, Melinta, Sionogi, Merck, T2Biosystems: Advisor/Consultant|Abbvie, Melinta, Sionogi, Merck, T2Biosystems: Grant/Research Support|Abbvie, Melinta, Sionogi, Merck, T2Biosystems: Speaker
Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Authors: Mohammed Al Musawa, Raaga Vemula, Mehriban Mammadova, Carly Wadle, Anahit Muscarella, Christo Cimino, John Zeuli, Catessa A Howard, Saira Butt, Carlos Mejia-Chew, Yasir Hamad, Aaron Ong, Keira A Cohen, Emily A Kaip, Maria G Tupayachi-Ortiz, Christina T Fiske, Chloe Judd, Kaylee E Caniff, Michael J Rybak
Institutions: Wayne State University, The University of Texas at Tyler, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, West Virginia University, West Virginia University Hospitals, Indiana University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Johns Hopkins University, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, University of Miami, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of Michigan
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,053
OpenAlex ID: W4406948957
