Latest Phase II Data Bolster Cidara’s Antifungal

Cidara Therapeutics said new top-line results from the Phase II trial evaluating its lead asset as a first-line antifungal treatment in patients with candidemia and invasive candidiasis supported its ongoing Phase III ReSTORE program.

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Rezafungin is a novel echinocandin antifungal being developed as a once-weekly therapy • Source: Shutterstock

Anti-infectives specialist Cidara Therapeutics Inc. said positive top-line data from Part B of its global Phase II STRIVE trial, which evaluated once-weekly use of its lead asset rezafungin acetate compared with once-daily dosing of caspofungin in patients with candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis, bolstered clinical prospects of the antifungal candidate and its ongoing Phase III ReSTORE program.

On 29 July, Cidara said the Phase II STRIVE B trial of the intravenous treatment met all its objectives for

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