Investigational drug therapies currently in early-stage clinical development for the treatment of clostridioides (clostridium) difficile infection

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection (CDI) is an urgent global threat causing ~500,000 infections annually in the United States of America (USA) and is associated with a 36% 30-day attributable mortality rate. Despite the availability of three therapeutic agents, CDI recurrence occurs in 20-40% of patients, with a 30-40% second recurrence rate in these patients. Consequently, there is a need for novel agents for treating CDI.We...