France-based firm NicOx has completed the enrollment of 417 osteoarthritis patients with controlled hypertension in two clinical pharmacology studies in the USA.
The trials are designed to assess the blood pressure profile of naproxcinod, in comparison to ibuprofen and naproxen, using the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring technique. Results of both studies are expected in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Naproxcinod is in the Cyclooxygenase-Inhibiting nitric oxide-donating class of anti-inflammatory agents.
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