Stockholm 25 October 2021 – Promore Pharma AB, a Swedish biopharmaceutical company that develops peptide-based drug candidates, announces that a peer-reviewed scientific article describing the results of a clinical study with ropocamptide for the treatment of venous leg ulcers has been published in the journal Wound Repair and Regeneration.
In 2020, Promore Pharma completed a clinical trial, HEAL LL-37, a phase IIb double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of a new drug, LL-37 / ropocamptide for local administration in combination with compression therapy. The study was performed on 148 patients suffering from difficult-to-heal venous leg ulcers.
Today, the company announces that a scientific article has been published in the journal Wound Repair and Regeneration, which is the journal of the international society in wound care, Wound Healing Society. Co-authors of the article are several internationally renowned subject area experts, including professors Jan Apelqvist, Arkadiusz Jawien, and Folke Sjöberg.
“We are very content that the results of HEAL LL-37 are now published and available to the scientific community and the general public. The publication is a confirmation of the quality of the completed clinical study“, says Jonas Ekblom, CEO of Promore Pharma.
“Once again, we thank all the staff at the healthcare facilities who have participated in the study for their valuable contributions,” says Margit Mahlapuu, CSO of Promore Pharma.
The published article is entitled “Evaluation of LL-37 in Healing of Hard-to-Heal Venous Leg Ulcers: a Multicentric Prospective Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial” and can be read in its entirety via the following link:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/wrr.12977