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Summit Therapeutics plc
(‘Summit’ or the ‘Company’)
Summit Therapeutics to Present Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Ridinilazole at ID Week 2019
Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA, US, 24 September 2019 – Summit Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: SMMT, AIM: SUMM) and collaborators will present new data analyses from the Phase 2 clinical trial of ridinilazole in patients with C. difficile infection (‘CDI’) at ID Week 2019, taking place 2-6 October 2019 in Washington, DC. These data further strengthen the connection of ridinilazole’s microbiome preservation to its superior clinical outcomes over the standard of care, vancomycin, in a Phase 2 clinical trial as well as provide insight into the beneficial effect of ridinilazole treatment on the physical and mental effects of CDI in the trial. Details of the poster presentations are below.
Date: Thursday, 3 October 2019
Time: 12:15-1:30pm EDT
Title: Quality of Life Changes in Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Ridinilazole (RDZ) Compared to Vancomycin (VAN)
Session: 068. Novel Antimicrobials and Approaches Against Resistant Bugs
Authors: S. Paul, R. Vickers and K. Garey
Date: Saturday, 5 October 2019
Time: 12:15-1:30pm EDT
Title: Narrow-spectrum Antibiotic Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection Improves Preservation of Intestinal Metabolic Profile
Session: 267. Microbiome, Antibiotics and Pathogenesis
Authors: S. Park, K. Yanagi, A. Kane, D. Snydman, R. Vickers, C. Thorpe and K. Lee
Date: Saturday, 5 October 2019
Time: 12:15-1:30pm EDT
Title: Effect of Broad vs. Narrow Spectrum Clostridioides difficile Treatment on Human Stool Bile Acid Composition Over Time
Session: 267. Microbiome, Antibiotics and Pathogenesis
Authors: C. Thorpe, X. Qian, K. Yanagi, A. Kane, N. Alden, D. Snydman and K. Lee
Copies of the presentations will be available at the start of the poster sessions in the Publications section of Summit’s website, www.summitplc.com.
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