BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--REGENERX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (AMEX:RGN) (www.regenerx.com) announced today that it completed enrollment of its first of four ongoing Phase II clinical trials. The trial is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Company’s topical drug candidate, RGN-137, in seventy-two patients with pressure ulcers who are being treated for up to 84 days or less if fully healed. RGN-137 is a formulation of thymosin beta 4 specifically for topical delivery to dermal wounds. Twenty-two wound care centers and hospitals in the United States have participated in the study. The Company expects to report results in the fourth quarter of 2008.
