MICU studies: KOURAGE

CMZ-207: ‘KOURAGE

🔹 Key Info:

  • 💉 Drug: Auxora (zegocractin)
  • Mechanism: a calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel inhibitor with potent anti-inflammatory and pulmonary endothelial protective properties (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40489964/)
  • 👥 Eligibility: adult patients with AKI who are hypoxemic: P/F<300 (can be imputed from SpO2/FiO2) on HFNC, NIV, or vent
  • Multicenter, phase 2, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled
  • Randomized 1:1 to receive five daily IV doses vs placebo
  • 🎯Objectives: safety, efficacy; days alive, ventilator-free, kidney replacement therapy-free
  • 👩‍🔬PIs/SIs: Drs. Pickens, Wunderink, Jose & Russell
  • Link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06374797

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