Rexahn to Use MedAvante Centralized Ratings in MDD Phase 2b Study

MedAvante, Inc. and Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RNN) announced that Rexahn will use MedAvante 's Remote Centralized Ratings™ in their randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b clinical study assessing the efficacy of Serdaxin® in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). MedAvante's centralized ratings were chosen to reduce bias and variability associated with CNS trials.

Rexahn is the latest in a growing number of pharmaceutical companies deciding to use centralized raters, who are free of study biases, for CNS trials. This approach has empirically demonstrated the ability to reduce rater variability and the placebo effect.