Treatment Outcomes Among Patients With a Positive Candida Culture Close to Randomization Receiving Rezafungin or Caspofungin in the ReSTORE Study.
Publication year
2024Source
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79, 3, (2024), pp. 672-681ISSN
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Article / Letter to editor
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Internal Medicine
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Clinical Infectious Diseases
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vol. 79
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iss. 3
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p. 672
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p. 681
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Internal Medicine - Radboud University Medical CenterAbstract
BACKGROUND: Rezafungin, a novel, once-weekly echinocandin for the treatment of candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis (IC) was noninferior to caspofungin for day 30 all-cause mortality (ACM) and day 14 global cure in the phase 3 ReSTORE trial (NCT03667690). We conducted preplanned subgroup analyses for patients with a positive culture close to randomization in ReSTORE. METHODS: ReSTORE was a multicenter, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized trial in patients aged ≥18 years with candidemia and/or IC treated with once-weekly intravenous rezafungin (400 mg/200 mg) or once-daily intravenous caspofungin (70 mg/50 mg). This analysis comprised patients with a positive blood culture drawn between 12 hours before and 72 hours after randomization or a positive culture from another normally sterile site sampled between 48 hours before and 72 hours after randomization. Efficacy endpoints included day 30 ACM, day 14 global cure rate, and day 5 and 14 mycological response. Adverse events were evaluated. RESULTS: This analysis included 38 patients randomized to rezafungin and 46 to caspofungin. In the rezafungin and caspofungin groups, respectively, day 30 ACM was 26.3% and 21.7% (between-group difference [95% confidence interval], 4.6% [-13.7%, 23.5%]), day 14 global response was 55.3% and 50.0% (between-group difference, 5.3% [-16.1%, 26.0%]), and day 5 mycological eradication was 71.1% and 50.0% (between-group difference, 21.1% [-0.2%, 40.2%]). Safety was comparable between treatments. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the efficacy and safety of rezafungin compared with caspofungin for the treatment of candidemia and/or IC in patients with a positive culture close to randomization, with potential early treatment benefits for rezafungin.
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