Two hundred twenty-four patients were included in the primary efficacy analysis (MITT analysis) of response at the end of IV study therapy; favourable response rates for the treatment of invasive candidiasis were comparable for caspofungin (73% [80/ 109]) and amphotericin B (62% [71/ 115]) [% difference 12.7 (95.6% CI -0.7, 26.0)].