Alzheimer Disease

Biotech company announces results of Alzheimer study

Published in Clinical Trials Week, November 8th, 2004

Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ:PRAN)(NASDAQ:ASX:)(NASDAQ:PBT) announced the results of the open label 84-week "extension study" of its phase II clinical trial of PBT-1 (clioquinol) study, also known as the CQAD study.

The data from the formal treatment phase of the study was published in the December 2003 issue of Archives of Neurology.

All participants from the original 36-week blinded and placebo-controlled portion of the phase II trial were offered the opportunity to continue the PBT-1 treatment on an open label basis for an additional 48 weeks. 18 (66.7%) out of 27 patients elected to start the CQADEX extension study. Nine patients...

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