VIVUS, Enrollment in EQUATE (OB-301) Trial completed

March 4, 2008--VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, announced that it has completed enrollment in the EQUATE study (OB-301). This trial, initiated in December 2007, will study the effects of Qnexa, an investigational drug, in obese patients with and without co-morbidities over 28 weeks. The EQUATE study has enrolled over 700 patients with Body Mass Index ("BMI") ranging from 30 to 45 in 35 clinical sites. The co-primary endpoints for these studies will evaluate the differences between treatments in mean percent weight loss and in the percentage of subjects achieving weight loss of 5% or more... Vivus' Press Release -