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BioXcel's BXCL501 Data In Dementia Patients Reinforce Its Efficacy In Agitation

Company Plans Phase III Discussions In H1 2021

 
• By Alaric DeArment

Execs said data from the institutional setting could be a bridge to other settings, while the duration of response indicates a real-world benefit that could aid adoption.

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BioXcel announced Phase Ib/II data for BXCL501 in demetia-related agitation. • Source: Shutterstock

BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. has further bolstered the case for its drug for agitation, BXCL501, with new early data in patients with dementia that support later-stage data released in the summer of 2020 in patients with agitation related to two other psychiatric conditions.

The New Haven, CT-based company announced on 5 December data from the Phase Ib/II TRANQUILITY study testing BXCL501 at three...

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