WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT) today announced the presentation of data from a Phase 2 clinical proof of concept trial to assess TC-5619 as an augmentation therapy to improve cognition in patients with schizophrenia at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Results presented at ICOSR showed statistically significant superiority of TC-5619 over placebo on secondary efficacy outcome measures assessing improvement on cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Targacept announced that TC-5619 met protocol-defined success criteria on the study’s primary efficacy outcome measure, the Groton Maze Learning Task (GMLT) of the CogState Schizophrenia Battery, and other top-line results in January 2011.
