Nile Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Phase 1b Safety and Pharmacodynamics Study of CD-NP in Patients with Hea...(ge total urine volume was 2217 ml. ...)

"Worsening renal function is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality in heart failure. The data from this study show that administration of CD-NP in heart failure patients resulted in evidence of enhanced renal function as well as diuresis comparable to furosemide," said Joel Neutal, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at University of California in Irving and Medical Director of Clinical Pharmacology at Orange County Research Center. "The unique profile of CD-NP could satisfy an unmet need for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure."

"We are very pleased with the results of this Phase 1b study which support the hypothesis that the administration of CD-NP in heart failure patients results in diuresis and enhanced renal function with minimal blood pressure effects," said Peter Strumph, Chief Executive Officer of Nile. "These data, in combination with the recently announced interim Phase 2a data, give us important clinical insight into the activity and tolerability of CD-NP and confirm our belief that CD-NP can provide a novel therapeutic profile for the treatment of heart failure."

Information regarding this study is available at the U.S. government's clinical trials database at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov.

About Heart Failure

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition in which the heart cannot effectively pump enough blood to the body's other organs. HF is a major and growing public health problem affecting 5.3 million Americans, with over 650,000 new cases diagnosed every year. The annual mortality rate for heart failure is 19%. Treatment of heart failure generates annual costs of approximately $35 billion, of which approximately $3 billion is spent on drugs and $19 billion is spent in the acute hospital setting. Heart Failu
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