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Rheumatoid Arthritis

CombinatoRx drug candidate CRx-102 demonstrates positive Phase 2 results in rheumatoid arthritis

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, December 6th, 2006

CombinatoRx, Incorporated (CRXX) announced positive preliminary results of its randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial of CRx-102 in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

The trial compared CRx-102 plus a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) to placebo plus DMARD (control) in subjects with RA. In this trial, CRx-102 demonstrated statistically significant improvements on primary and secondary endpoints:

- CRP: 50% median reduction from baseline to day 42 compared to 19% with control (p=0.024)

- ACR 20: 63% response at day 42 compared to 30% with control (p=0.025)

- DAS28: -1.6 mean change...

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