PROLOR Biotech Advances Phase II Clinical Trial of Long-Acting Human Growth Hormone

PROLOR Biotech, Inc. PBTH today reported that patient enrollment and dosing in the Phase II trial of its long-acting version of human growth hormone (hGH-CTP) are proceeding according to plan, with study completion targeted for mid-year 2011. The study is assessing the efficacy of hGH-CTP by measuring IGF-1 levels in growth hormone deficient adults in response to administration of different doses of hGH-CTP, injected once weekly or bi-monthly. Safety and tolerability are also being assessed. PROLOR also announced that a routinely scheduled review on February 9, 2011 by an independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), which includes world-renowned endocrinologists who are not affiliated with PROLOR, concluded that the hGH-CTP trial was safe to proceed as planned, having identified no serious safety issues associated with the investigational drug in either patients who have already completed the study or those still being dosed.