Marked and rapid reductions in both pericarditis pain and inflammation
maintained throughout the 26-week study
Episodes of pericarditis per year substantially reduced
MAvERIC-Pilot results support advancing CardiolRx into the Phase II/III MAVERIC-2
and the Phase III MAVERIC-3 clinical trials
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2024) - Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDL) (TSX:CRDL) ("Cardiol" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage life sciences company focused on the research and clinical development of anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapies for the treatment of heart disease, today reported clinical results from its Phase II open-label MAvERIC-Pilot study investigating the impact of CardiolRx administered to patients with symptomatic recurrent pericarditis. The data showed that the marked improvements in both pericarditis pain and inflammation, previously reported at the 8-week primary endpoint, were maintained throughout the extension period of the 26-week study. The data were included in an oral presentation as part of the Laennec Clinician-Educator Award & Lecture at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024. Dr. S. Allen Luis, Co-Director of the Pericardial Diseases Clinic and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, presented on behalf of the MAvERIC-Pilot investigators. These findings support the initiation of a Phase III trial (MAVERIC-3), designed to assess CardiolRx for the treatment of pericarditis patients to prevent recurrence. The MAVERIC-3 trial is expected to run in parallel with the recently announced MAVERIC-2 Phase II/III trial designed to evaluate the impact of CardiolRx in recurrent pericarditis patients following cessation of interleukin-1 blocker therapy.
