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60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals enrolls first patient in tafenoquine babesiosis trial
60 DEGREES PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
- First patient enrolled in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at Tufts Medical Center.
- Study is first and only clinical trial evaluating tafenoquine in human babesiosis patients.
- Endpoints: time to sustained clinical resolution and molecular cure via FDA-approved nucleic acid test.
- Study targets at least 24 and up to 33 patients; interim analysis planned; recruitment during 2024 tick season.
- Tafenoquine (ARAKODA) already FDA-approved for malaria prophylaxis; orphan drug designation for babesiosis.