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Cara Therapeutics' Stock Buoyed By Positive Korsuva Data For Post-Op Pain

 
• By Sten Stovall

Cara Therapeutics will discuss its options with regulators after positive top-line data from adaptive Phase II/III trial of its Korsuva drug in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries met its prime endpoint and sent the biotech's stock higher.

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Phase II/III Korsuva trial met its primary endpoint in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries • Source: Shutterstock

The market for non-addictive analgesics was in the minds of investors who sent shares in Cara Therapeutics Inc. sharply higher this week on news its investigational drug Korsuva (CR845/difelikefalin) in a Phase II/III trial met its primary endpoint by showing statistically significant reduction in pain intensity in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

The randomized, placebo-controlled study involved 228 patients who underwent ventral hernia surgery and 216 patients who had a hysterectomy. The...

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