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OCRX - Ocera Announces Enrollment Completion From Phase 2a NIH-Sponsored Study of OCR-002 in the Treatment of Patients with Acute Liver Failure

PALO ALTO, Calif. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 21, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (OCRX), today announced completion of enrollment in STOP-ALF, a Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Ornithine Phenylacetate in patients with Acute Liver Failure. The study was conducted by the Acute Liver Failure Study Group, an NIH-sponsored network of university tertiary care liver transplant sites, with support and supply of study medication from Ocera.

“We are excited to announce the completion of STOP-ALF and to report there were no serious safety issues attributable to study medication observed at any dose level,” said William M. Lee, M.D., principal investigator of the study. “We are currently examining additional safety and tolerability parameters, and pharmacokinetic findings for OCR-002 in these acutely ill patients. A late-breaker abstract of top-line findings has been submitted to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) for presentation at “The Liver Meeting®” being held in mid-November.

source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ocera-announces-enrollment-completion-phase-200500094.html