ChemoCentryx Completes Enrollment of PROTECT-1, a Phase II/III Clinical Trial of CCR9 Antagonist CCX282-B (Traficet-EN(TM)) in Crohn... ( Company Also Reports Significant Pr...)

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ChemoCentryx Completes Enrollment of PROTECT-1, a Phase II/III Clinical Trial of CCR9 Antagonist CCX282-B (Traficet-EN(TM)) in Crohn's Disease

Date:6/12/2008

Company Also Reports Significant Progress in Advancing Second-Generation

CCR9 Drug towards Clinic

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemoCentryx, Inc., today announced the completion of enrollment of 436 patients in the company's PROTECT-1 (the Prospective Randomized Oral Therapy Evaluation in Crohn's disease Trial), a Phase II/III clinical trial of Traficet-EN(TM) (CCX282-B) in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease. This innovative clinical trial comprises three discrete phases which allows for evaluation of efficacy and safety of Traficet-EN in inducing a clinical response or remission, as well as maintaining response/remission in Crohn's disease over a combined total of 12 months. Traficet-EN is an orally-active inhibitor of the chemokine receptor known as 'CCR9', which is selectively expressed by inflammatory T cells to migrate to the digestive tract in a process that ultimately results in the persistent inflammation underlying the disease. Targeting the CCR9 chemokine receptor represents a novel approach for the treatment of Crohn's disease and other inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal system. The company is on track to report data from the induction phase of this trial in the fourth quarter of 2008.

PROTECT-1 is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study that includes a 12-week 'Induction Period', during which patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease will receive either Traficet-EN or a placebo in order to evaluate the drug's ability to induce a clinical response or remission. The induction phase of the study is followed by a four-week, open label 'Active Period', during which all subjects receive Traficet-EN. Patients who achieve a pre-specified reduction in disease severity are re-randomized to active drug or placebo for an additional 36-week 'Maintenance Period', thereby permitting an evaluation of the drug's ability to maintain a treatment response. The prim
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