Use should be targeted for patients with candidemia/invasive candidiasis who require longer-term therapy and for whom daily intravenous administration with currently approved echinocandins is problematic, Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee says.
The dosing convenience afforded by Cidara Therapeutics, Inc.’ rezafungin warrants the antifungal’s approval for treatment of candidemia/invasive candidiasis in adults with limited or no alternative treatment options, members of a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee said on 24 January.
The Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 14-1 that rezafungin’s benefit-risk assessment is favorable in a limited use indication and would...
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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Proposal to have panelists rate the strength of efficacy and safety evidence on a numeric scale also draws support in written comments on ways to optimize the advisory committee process.
A real-world evidence study also does not meet the regulatory standard for an adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, the agency said. The FDA should allow the accelerated approval drug to remain available like other treatments that failed their confirmatory trials, Intercept said.
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