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NCT Number: NCT05178862

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind Study for Patients With Invasive Candidiasis Treated With IV Echinocandin Followed by Either Oral Ibrexafungerp or Oral Fluconazole

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind study of two treatment regimens for invasive candidiasis including candidemia. Subjects will receive intravenous echinocandin followed by oral ibrexafungerp (SCY-078) vs intravenous echinocandin followed by oral fluconazole.

Why the study stopped: Strategic decision not related to safety or efficacy concerns for Ibrexafungerp.
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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Saint Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

SCY-078

Drug

Oral ibrexafungerp (SCY-078) as step-down therapy.

Other names: Ibrexafungerp

Fluconazole

Drug

Oral fluconazole (SCY-078) as step-down therapy.

Other names: Diflucan

Echinocandin

Drug

Intravenous echinocandin

Other names: Caspofungin, Micafungin, Anidulafungin

Primary outcomes

  1. All-cause Mortality

    Time frame: Day 30

    The number and percentage of subjects in each treatment group who are alive and deceased in the ITT population.

  2. Global Response at End of Treatment (EU European Medicines Agency [EMA] Only)

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

    The percentage of subjects with Successful Global Response, as determined by the Data Review Committee

Secondary outcomes

  1. Global Response at Day 14

    Time frame: Day 14

    The percentage of subjects with Successful Global Response, as determined by the Data Review Committee

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Scynexis, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind Study of Two Treatment Regimens for Candidemia and/or Invasive Candidiasis: Intravenous Echinocandin Followed by Oral Ibrexafungerp Versus Intravenous Echinocandin Followed by Oral Fluconazole (MARIO)

Acronym: MARIO

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jan 5, 2022
Registry last updated
Aug 10, 2026

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