Studies show that Cancidas treatment can lead to favourable responses in patients with fungal infections, including improvement of symptoms and the clearing of fungus from patient’s body.

In a study of 239 adults with invasive candidiasis, 73% of the adults treated with Cancidas who could be assessed had a favourable response (80 out of 109), compared with 62% of the adults treated with amphotericin B (71 out of 115).

In an invasive aspergillosis study involving 69 adults, 41% had a favourable response to Cancidas at the end of the study (26 out of 63). Of the adults who did not respond to other treatments, 36% responded to Cancidas (19 out of 53). Of those who did not tolerate other treatments, 70% responded to Cancidas (7 out of 10).

Similar responses were seen in a study in 49 children and adolescents with either invasive candidiasis or invasive aspergillosis: 50% of those with invasive candidiasis (5 out of 10) and 81% of those with invasive aspergillosis (30 out of 37) responded to Cancidas.

Finally, in 2 studies of patients with suspected fungal infection who were treated empirically, Cancidas was as effective as amphotericin B. In one of studies involving around 1,000 adults, 34% of patients had a favourable response with either Cancidas or amphotericin B Similar results were seen in the second study, which involved 82 children aged between two and 17 years.