LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) today announced positive results of additional animal stroke studies indicating that CytRx’s lead drug candidate arimoclomol significantly accelerated the recovery of sensory and motor function in an experimental rat model of stroke, even when treatment was withheld as long as 48 hours after stroke was induced. These data confirm and expand upon preclinical data announced by CytRx in December 2006. Orally-administered arimoclomol is currently in clinical evaluation as a therapeutic treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease). Based on these impressive results, CytRx will begin planning a potential Phase II clinical trial with arimoclomol in stroke patients.
