New pill could fight dangerous fungal infections
NCT ID NCT05178862
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tested a new oral antifungal drug, ibrexafungerp, for treating serious Candida infections in the blood or internal organs. 68 adults received an IV antifungal followed by either ibrexafungerp or standard oral fluconazole. The trial was stopped early, so the results are not conclusive.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ibrexafungerp (oral antifungal)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new oral option for treating serious fungal infections, potentially reducing hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 68 participants, so results are limited. It is unclear if ibrexafungerp is better than existing treatments.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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68 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Subject is a male or female adult ≥ 18 years of age on the day the study informed consent is signed. * Subject has a diagnosis of candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis, defined as evidence of Candida spp in either a bloodstream or tissue culture from a normally sterile site (excluding eye, cardiac tissue, bone tissue, central nervous system or prosthetic device) collected ≤ 4 days (within 96 hours) prior to initiation of IV echinocandin accompanied by any related clinical signs and/or symptoms (e.g., fever \[on one occasion \> 38°C\], hypotension, or local signs of inflammation). Key Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has any of the following forms of invasive candidiasis at Screening: * Septic arthritis in a prosthetic joint (septic arthritis in a native joint is allowed), * Osteomyelitis, * Endocarditis or myocarditis, * Meningitis, endophthalmitis, or any central nervous system infection, * Chronic disseminated candidiasis, * Urinary tract candidiasis due to ascending Candida infection secondary to unresolved obstruction or non-removeable device in the urinary tract, * Patients with a sole diagnosis of mucocutaneous candidiasis, i.e., oropharyngeal, esophageal, or genital candidiasis; or Candida lower urinary tract infection or Candida isolated solely from respiratory tract specimens, * Patients with concurrent invasive fungal infection other than Candida spp., e.g., cryptococcosis, mold infection or endemic fungal infection, * Patients who failed a previous antifungal therapy for the same infection, * Subject has an inappropriately controlled fungal disease source (e.g., indwelling vascular catheter or device that cannot be removed or an abscess that cannot be drained) that is likely to be the source of the candidemia or invasive candidiasis. * Subject has abnormal liver test parameters: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels \> 10-fold the upper limit of normal (ULN). * Subject has severe hepatic impairment and a history of chronic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh score \> 9). * Subject has received more than 48 hours of non-echinocandin antifungal therapy for the treatment of invasive candidiasis (including candidemia) within 96 hours preceding initiation of IV echinocandin. o Exception: Receipt of antifungal therapy to which any Candida spp. isolated in qualifying culture is not susceptible. * Baseline QTcF ≥ 500 msec.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States
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Banner University Medical Center-Tucson
Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States
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Big Metropolitan Hospital Niguarda Regional Health Authority
Milan, 20162, Italy
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CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Central Friuli University Healthcare Company
Udine, Italy
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Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Litwinsky, Israel
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Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Jinghai, Tianjin Municipality, 301617, China
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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FCRN Clinical Trials Centre
Vereeniging, Gauteng, 1935, South Africa
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Frankfurt University Clinic
Frankfurt, 60596, Germany
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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Gangnam Severance Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
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General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos"
Athens, Greece
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General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos", 1st Department of Critical Care
Athens, Greece
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General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Ippokratio"
Thessaloniki, Greece
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General University Hospital Gregorio Maranon
Madrid, Spain
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Hainan General Hospital
Haikou, Hainan, 572000, China
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Helios Clinic Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Germany
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Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, 08036, Spain
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Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Huashan Hospital, Institute of Antibiotics
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200040, China
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IRCCS- University Hospital San Martino-IST
Genoa, Liguria, 16132, Italy
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Keimyung University - Dongsan Medical Center
Daegu, South Korea
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LAIKO General Hospital
Athens, Greece
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LSU Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103, United States
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Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Unit
Haifa, Israel
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Lakeview Hospital
Benoni, Gauteng, 1500, South Africa
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Life Groenkloof Hospital
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0181, South Africa
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Lishui People's Hospital
Lishui, Zhejiang, 323000, China
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Liuzhou People's Hospital
Liuzhou, Liuzhou, 530021, China
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Mayo Clinic - Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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Mediclinic Victoria
Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 4400, South Africa
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Mercury Street Medical Group, PLLC
Butte, Montana, 59701, United States
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Municipal Hospital Munich GMbH/Hospital Neuperlach
Munich, Germany
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Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University
Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510420, China
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Nantes University Hospital Center
Nantes, 44093, France
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Netcare Jakaranda Hospital
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0002, South Africa
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Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States
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Paris University Hospitals Center- Cochin Hospital
Paris, France
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Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Qingyuan People's Hospital
Qingyuan, Guangdong, 511518, China
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Rambam Health Care Campus, Institute of Infectious Diseases
Haifa, Israel
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Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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Ruijin Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200025, China
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Saint Luc University Hospital
Brussels, Belgium
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Saint-Louis Hospital
Paris, France
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, South Korea
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Shanghai 10th People's Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200072, China
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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, Yuzhong, 400042, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Guandong, Guangzhou, 510230, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University
Guandong, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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The First Hospital of Kunming
Kunming, Yunnan, 650034, China
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The Miriam Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02906, United States
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The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel
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The Third Affiliated Hospital Of Sun Yat-Sen University (ZSSY)
Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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The first affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Xiaobailou, Tianjin Municipality, 300052, China
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UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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UCSF School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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Univeristy Hospital Jena
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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University Clinical Hospital of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
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University General Hospital "Attikon"
Athens, Greece
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University Health Network- Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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University Hospital Center of Poitiers
Poitiers, France
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University Hospital Cologne
Cologne, 50937, Germany
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University Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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University Hospital Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
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University Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda
Madrid, Spain
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University Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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University Hospital Virgen Macarena
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
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University Hospital de La Princesa
Madrid, Spain
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University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Eurohospital Plovdiv", Plovdiv, Department of Surgery
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich"
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine "N.I. Pirogov", Sofia, Clinic of Purulent-Septic Surgery
Sofia, Bulgaria
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University Polyclinic Hospital of Modena
Modena, 41124, Italy
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University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe
Valencia, Spain
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University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama, 70121, United States
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University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado, 80291, United States
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University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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University of Minnesota Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260, United States
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University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital
Pretoria, South Africa
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Victor Dupouy Hospital Center Argenteuil
Argenteuil, 95107, France
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Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Wonju Severance Christian Hospital
Wŏnju, South Korea
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Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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Zhejiang Provincal Hospital of Chinese Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0002, South Africa
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