( ...)CombinatoRx Provides Topline Results from Phase 2 RA Study with,CRx-139 and Very Low Dose Prednisolone,Health

ACR 20 ACR 20 (Per (Intent To Protocol) Treat) ------------------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- CRx-102-002 CRx-102 63% 54% ------------------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- CRx-139-002 3mg prednisolone 36% 37% ------------------------------------------------ ---------- ----------

"This trial confirms that the strong clinical activity previously reported with CRx-102 should not be attributed to the effect of its low dose prednisolone component alone," said Alexis Borisy, President and CEO of CombinatoRx. "We are pleased to have this additional validation of our combination sciences approach to selective steroid amplification, and we look forward to rapidly advancing CRx-102 as our lead dissociated steroid combination for the treatment of RA and OA."

CRx-139 Misses Primary Endpoint, Shows Significance on Multiple Other Endpoints, Requires Further Analysis

While CRx-139 was not statistically significant vs. 3mg prednisolone as measured by ACR 20 at day 70, CRx-139 did achieve statistical significance vs. 3mg prednisolone alone as measured by ACR 20 and ACR 50 at earlier time points. Full analysis of the CRx-139 data is ongoing.

In this trial, CRx-139 was generally well tolerated and there were no drug-related serious adverse events reported for subjects treated with CRx-139. The most common adverse events observed with CRx-139 that occurred with a frequency of greater than 5% (9% or less) were headache and nausea, known side effects of paroxetine, one of the two components of CRx-139.

About the Trial Design

This trial was a multi-center, blinded, randomized study evaluating the effectiveness of two doses of CRx-1
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