Experimental Spasticity Drug Being Tested, Will Enter Multiple Sclerosis Trials in Early 2015

Stuart SchlossmanAlternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Symptoms

Spasticity in MSConcert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will announce their latest results from the Phase 1 data of CTP-354, a drug developed to treat spasticity — a chronic condition associated with patients with brain disorders, including Multiple Sclerosis – at the next American Neurological Association’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Phase 1 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, was performed in 30 healthy individuals with the primary endpoint to evaluate the drug’s safety and tolerability with three different dosages — 2 mg, 6 mg. and 12 mg — to be administered over the course of 10 days.
The results to be presented will show CTP-354 was well tolerated, with a plasma half-life of 20 hours observed in all tested doses and without interference in both fasted and fed states.
According to these latest results and together with results obtained from a previous phase trial (that determined support for CTP-354 once a day dose and a sustained occupancy of GABBA receptors in the brain), Concert Pharmaceuticals announced a Phase 2 trial will be initiated by the end of this year. The Phase 2 trial will focus on the effects of CTP-354 in spasticity associated with spinal cord injury and spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis.

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