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Marinus Pharmaceuticals Announces Commencement of Phase 2 Trial of Ganaxolone for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Date:4/21/2011

ce President, R&D of Marinus. "We are pleased that the INTRuST Consortium is conducting this trial and await the results expected in 2012".

About Ganaxolone

Ganaxolone is a synthetic neurosteroid and a derivative of the naturally occurring neuromodulator, allopregnanolone.  Ganaxolone has been administered to more than 950 healthy adult volunteers and patients in Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies. Completed Phase II epilepsy studies have generated data supportive of the efficacy and safety of ganaxolone in the treatment of both children and adults suffering from refractory epilepsy (patients who continue to have seizures despite taking multiple anticonvulsant drugs). Scientific research has suggested that ganaxolone therapy may be useful in the treatment of several other central nervous system disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Fragile-X syndrome (FXS). Ganaxolone is being developed as a first in class treatment in epilepsy, PTSD and FXS.

Marinus has successfully developed several proprietary and novel patented formulations of ganaxolone.

About Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event, overwhelming the individual's ability to cope. As an effect of psychological trauma, PTSD is less frequent and more enduring than the more commonly seen acute stress response.

Diagnostic symptoms for PTSD include re-experiencing the original trauma(s) through flashbacks or nightmares, avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma, and increased arousal – such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, anger and hyper-vigilance. PTSD symptoms cause significant impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning.

Lifetime prevalence is at least 1% and may be as high as 15% in the U.S. population. A national comorbidity survey conducted in the early 1990s found that women are twice as l
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