Cognition Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Memory Results for Phase II Trial of C105 in Multiple...( NEW YORK Dec. 17 /- Cognition Pharmac...),Health

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognition Pharmaceuticals LLC today announced positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of C105 (l amphetamine sulfate) on 151 Multiple Sclerosis patients with documented cognitive dysfunction.

In the six-week placebo-controlled study, Cognition Pharmaceuticals reported, the active group obtained significantly higher scores on secondary outcome measures of memory and learning, including the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test - Revised, Total Recall (p = 0.041) and Delayed Recall (p < 0.01), and the California Verbal Learning Test, Long Delay Free Recall (p = .012). Safety data were unremarkable with a limited side-effect profile.

The company said that C105 demonstrated efficacy in improving memory function in patients with cognitive impairment secondary to MS. At the 30mg peak dose, the active group exhibited statistically significant improvement in performance on measures of both verbal and nonverbal delayed recall as well as improved memory retention.

Merit Designation

A report of the study findings has been awarded a Merit designation by the International Neuropsychological Society (www.the-ins.org) in anticipation of its 2009 conference in Atlanta where the study will be presented. The International Neuropsychological Society is a multi-disciplinary non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing communication among the scientific disciplines which contribute to the understanding of brain-behavior relationships. The Merit designation means that the abstract was identified as being among the most highly rated of all research submitted and reviewed for the meeting.

Study Results

While the results did not reach statistical significance for either of the two primary outcome measures focusing on processing speed and executive function (the Symbol Digit Modal
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