Resverlogix Announces Ninth Positive Data Safety Monitoring Board Recommendation for Phase 3 Study of Apabetalone

BETonMACE trial to continue as planned without modification

CALGARY, Alberta, March 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Resverlogix Corp. (“Resverlogix” or the "Company") (TSX:RVX) today announces the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) has completed a ninth planned safety review for the Company's Phase 3, BETonMACE trial for high-risk cardiovascular disease patients and recommended the study continue without modification. The DSMB reviewed available safety data and commented that no safety concerns were identified. Resverlogix, the clinical steering committee, and all investigators remain blinded to the trial data.

The BETonMACE trial is currently expected to be completed within the first half of calendar 2019. The study is an event-based trial and will continue until at least 250 major adverse cardiac events (MACE), defined as cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and stroke, have occurred. Third party adjudication of all MACE events are anticipated to be available within two to three months past trial completion. The topline results of the study will be made available shortly thereafter.

About Resverlogix

Resverlogix is developing apabetalone (RVX-208), a first-in-class, small molecule that is a selective BET (bromodomain and extra-terminal) inhibitor. BET bromodomain inhibition is an epigenetic mechanism that can regulate disease-causing genes. Apabetalone is a BET inhibitor selective for the second bromodomain (BD2) within the BET proteins. This selective inhibition of apabetalone on BD2 produces a specific set of biological effects with potentially important benefits for patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis, neurodegenerative disease, Fabry disease, peripheral artery disease and other orphan diseases, while maintaining a well described safety profile.

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