Cardiol Therapeutics Announces FDA Investigational New Drug Application (IND) Authorization for Multicenter Phase II Open-Label Pilot Study of CardiolRx(TM) for Recurrent Pericarditis
Recurrent pericarditis is an orphan disease in the United States, thereby making CardiolRx eligible for orphan drug status under the FDA's Orphan Drug Designation program.
- Recurrent pericarditis is an orphan disease in the United States, thereby making CardiolRx eligible for orphan drug status under the FDA's Orphan Drug Designation program.
- Cardiol's study is expected to enroll 25 patients at major clinical centers specializing in pericarditis in the United States.
- The NRS is a validated clinical tool used across multiple conditions with acute and chronic pain, including previous studies of recurrent pericarditis.
- Cardiol believes there is a similar opportunity to develop its oral CardiolRx formulation as an orphan drug for the treatment of recurrent pericarditis.