ARCA biopharma Announces Clinical Trial Agreement for GENETIC-AF Trial

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WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically-targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases, and Duke University’s Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the world’s largest academic clinical research organization (ARO), today announced a new agreement under which ARCA and the DCRI will work together to execute GENETIC-AF, a planned Phase 2B/3 genetically-targeted, comparative effectiveness clinical trial evaluating Gencaro™ (bucindolol hydrochloride) as a potential treatment for the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with heart failure. Patient enrollment in GENETIC-AF is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014.

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