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Omeros (OMER) Announces Positive PPAR-Gamma Agonist Phase 2 Data in Cocaine Abuse

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Omeros Announces Positive Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating PPAR-gamma Agonist in Cocaine Abuse

October 19, 2016 7:00 AM EDT

-- Decreases Craving and Protects Brain White Matter Integrity --

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) today announced positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the effects of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma agonist in patients with cocaine use disorder (CUD). The trial, designed and conducted by Joy M. Schmitz, Ph.D. and her colleagues at the Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, demonstrates that the PPAR-gamma agonist reduces craving and improves the integrity of brain white matter in... More