Study of Rezafungin Compared to Caspofungin in Subjects With Candidemia and/or Invasive Candidiasis

Summary

The purpose of this pivotal study is to determine if intravenous Rezafungin is efficacious and safe in the treatment of candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis when compared to caspofungin (followed by optional oral fluconazole).

Timeline

Start

2018-10-07

Primary completion

2021-10-07

Completion

2021-10-07

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper INTERPRETATION: Our data show that rezafungin was non-inferior to caspofungin for the primary endpoints of day-14 global cure (EMA) and 30-day all-cause mortality (FDA). PMID 36442484 ↗

release “ReSTORE trial met both primary endpoints and demonstrated non-inferiority of rezafungin versus current standard of care, caspofungin” mundipharma.com ↗

Publications

• Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Aram JA, Redell M, Thompson GR 3rd, Cornely OA, McKinnell JA, Spec A, Pappas PG. Exploring Early Antifungal Activity of Rezafungin as a Stepping-Stone for Shorter Treatment Duration for Candidemia: Pooled Analysis of 2 Randomized Trials. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 21;13(4):ofag143. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag143. eCollection 2026 Apr.
• Huang H, Feng S, Yu Y, Zhang Y, Yuan Y, Cox L, Zhang Y. Efficacy and Safety of Rezafungin Versus Caspofungin for the Treatment of Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis in a China Cohort of a Double-Blind, Randomised, Phase 3 Trial (ReSTORE China). Mycoses. 2025 Nov;68(11):e70122. doi: 10.1111/myc.70122.
• Honore PM, Bassetti M, Cornely OA, Dupont H, Fortun J, Kollef MH, Pappas P, Pullman J, Vazquez J, Bielicka I, Dickerson S, Manamley N, Sandison T, Thompson GR. Length of hospital and intensive care unit stay in patients with invasive candidiasis and/or candidemia treated with rezafungin: a pooled analysis of two randomised controlled trials. Crit Care. 2024 Nov 11;28(1):361. doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-05152-2.
• Honore PM, Girardis M, Kollef M, Cornely OA, Thompson GR 3rd, Bassetti M, Soriano A, Huang H, Vazquez J, Kullberg BJ, Pappas PG, Manamley N, Sandison T, Pullman J, Nseir S. Rezafungin versus caspofungin for patients with candidaemia or invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit: pooled analyses of the ReSTORE and STRIVE randomised trials. Crit Care. 2024 Oct 28;28(1):348. doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-05117-5.
• Clarke F, Grenfell A, Chao S, Richards H, Korman T, Rogers B. Use of echinocandin outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of infection caused by Candida spp.: utilization, outcomes and impact of a change to weekly dosing. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024 Nov 4;79(11):2896-2900. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae302.
• Soriano A, Honore PM, Cornely OA, Chayakulkeeree M, Bassetti M, Haihui H, Dupont H, Kim YK, Kollef M, Kullberg BJ, Manamley N, Pappas P, Pullman J, Sandison T, Dignani C, Vazquez JA, Thompson GR 3rd. Treatment Outcomes Among Patients With a Positive Candida Culture Close to Randomization Receiving Rezafungin or Caspofungin in the ReSTORE Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 26;79(3):672-681. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae363.
• Smith HL, Bensman TJ, Mishra S, Li X, Dixon CA, Sheikh J, McMaster OG, Joshi A, Rubin DB, Goodwin A, Miller TJ, Danielsen ZY, Syed I, Shukla SJ, Iarikov D, Kim PW, Farley JJ. Regulatory Considerations in the Approval of Rezafungin (Rezzayo) for the Treatment of Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis in Adults. J Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16;230(2):505-513. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae146.
• Thompson GR 3rd, Soriano A, Honore PM, Bassetti M, Cornely OA, Kollef M, Kullberg BJ, Pullman J, Hites M, Fortun J, Horcajada JP, Kotanidou A, Das AF, Sandison T, Aram JA, Vazquez JA, Pappas PG. Efficacy and safety of rezafungin and caspofungin in candidaemia and invasive candidiasis: pooled data from two prospective randomised controlled trials. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Mar;24(3):319-328. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00551-0. Epub 2023 Nov 23.
• Thompson GR 3rd, Soriano A, Cornely OA, Kullberg BJ, Kollef M, Vazquez J, Honore PM, Bassetti M, Pullman J, Chayakulkeeree M, Poromanski I, Dignani C, Das AF, Sandison T, Pappas PG; ReSTORE trial investigators. Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (ReSTORE): a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2023 Jan 7;401(10370):49-59. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02324-8. Epub 2022 Nov 25.
• Ham YY, Lewis JS 2nd, Thompson GR 3rd. Rezafungin: a novel antifungal for the treatment of invasive candidiasis. Future Microbiol. 2021 Jan;16(1):27-36. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0217.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Caspofungin	Other / unclassified	50 mg	Intravenous
Subject	Rezafungin	Other / unclassified	200 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Fluconazole	Small molecule	6 mg/kg	Oral

Indications