Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX, LEXXW), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, today announced that it awarded the contract for clinical research organization (“CRO”) services to California-based InClin, Inc. for its expected upcoming Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)-registered, U.S. phase 1b Investigational New Drug (“IND”) hypertension study HYPER-H23-1 with its patented DehydraTECH-powered cannabidiol (“DehydraTECH-CBD”). According to the announcement, HYPER-H23-1 is entitled “A Phase 1b Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DehydraTECH-CBD in Subjects with Stage 1 or Stage 2 Hypertension.” The study’s primary objective will be to evaluate safety and tolerability in 120 hypertensive patients, and secondary objectives will include efficacy evaluation in reducing blood pressure together with detailed pharmacokinetic testing.
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About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.
Lexaria’s patented drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH(TM), improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream through oral delivery. Since 2016, DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to increase bio-absorption with cannabinoids, antiviral drugs, PDE5 inhibitors and more. DehydraTECH has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 30 patents granted and many patents pending worldwide. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.
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