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Cardiol Therapeutics Announces All Collaborating Clinical Research Centers Now Initiated and Eligible to Enroll Patients in ARCHER, a Phase II Trial of CardiolRx(TM) for the Treatment of Acute Myocarditis
Recruitment Accelerating and Full Patient Enrollment Anticipated to be Completed During Q3 2024, ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Cardiol Therapeutics Announces All Collaborating Clinical Research Centers Now Initiated and Eligible to Enroll Patients in ARCHER, a Phase II Trial of CardiolRx(TM) for the Treatment of Acute MyocarditisRecruitment Accelerating and Full Patient Enrollment Anticipated to be Completed During Q3 2024, up to Six Months Ahead of Schedule Multi-Center, International, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial Randomizing 100 PatientsToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 19, 2023) - Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDL) (TSX: CRDL) (\"Cardiol\" or the \"Company\"), a clinical-stage life sciences company focused on the research and clinical development of anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapies for the treatment of heart disease, today announces that all collaborating research centers have been initiated and are eligible to enroll patients in ARCHER, the Company's Phase II, multi-center, international, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial designed to study the safety and tolerability of CardiolRx™, as well as its impact on myocardial recovery, in patients presenting with acute myocarditis. ARCHER is expected to enroll 100 patients at major cardiac centers in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Israel.\"Initiation of all clinical research centers coupled with the current rate of randomizations, as well as an expected increase in acute myocarditis cases as the northern hemisphere enters the viral infection seasons of autumn and winter, provide us a high degree of confidence to forecast that ARCHER will complete full patient enrollment ahead of schedule,\" commented Dr. Andrew Hamer, Cardiol Therapeutics' Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research & Development. \"This is a significant milestone in expanding the reach of ARCHER worldwide and contributing to evaluating the clinical potential of CardiolRx™ in acute myocarditis, an inflammatory condition of the heart muscle characterized by chest pain, impaired heart function, arrhythmias, and conduction disturbances. The data generated from patients who enroll in ARCHER will provide important information in support of the use of CardiolRx™ as a novel small molecule therapeutic approach for this debilitating rare disease, which is an important cause of acute and fulminant heart failure and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death ...