German drug major Boehringer Ingelheim says that the last patient has completed treatment in the RE-LY study. The landmark Phase III trial is comparing the long-term efficacy and safety of its novel, oral direct thrombin inhibitor Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) with the current standard therapy, warfarin, for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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