WALTHAM, Mass., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN - News) today announced that the Company has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate the use of RG1068, synthetic human secretin, as an agent to improve the detection of structural abnormalities of the pancreatic ducts during MRI imaging of the pancreas. This is a multi-center, baseline controlled, single dose study in which 80 patients with a history of pancreatitis will receive a secretin-enhanced MRI and an unenhanced MRI of the pancreas. This study will assess the sensitivity and specificity of secretin-enhanced MRI to improve the ability to detect pancreatic duct abnormalities relative to unenhanced MRI as well as the safety of secretin in combination with MRI. This study is being initiated at approximately 8-10 clinical sites. Discussions with the FDA have resulted in a consensus on the design of a clinical study to support this indication including patient selection, study operations and endpoints.
