Compound ID | 2883
Synonym(s): CF370
Class: Bacteriophage and/or bacteriophage-derived product
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-negative |
| Details of activity: | Active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; disrupts integrity of outer membrane and hydrolyses peptidoglycan |
| Description: | Engineered lysin with fused outer-membrane permeabilizing peptide; shows synergistic effect with bata-lactams, aminoglycosides, quinolones, or polymyxins |
| Institute where first reported: | Contrafect |
| Year first mentioned: | 2023 |
| Highest developmental phase: | Preclinical |
| Development status: | Inactive as of 2024 |
| Reason Dropped: | Reported to proceed to Phase I in late 2023 but Contrafect declared bankruptcy on December 2023 |
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| Citation: | https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiae027/7608873?login=true |