Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. searched for efficacy in a Phase II cystic fibrosis study for its only clinical drug candidate, anabasum (JBT-101; resunab), but the signal highlighted by the company was found in a data point outside of the trial's pre-defined endpoints.
Corbus Cystic Fibrosis Data May Justify Longer, Larger Study
Safety was the primary endpoint in a Phase II study for the inflammation-targeting drug anabasum, but Corbus believes an efficacy signal viewed outside of the secondary endpoints justifies further development.

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