Agile Therapeutics Presents Additional Twirla® Phase 3 SECURE Study Results at NAFFP 2017

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Agile Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: AGRX), a women's healthcare company, today announced the presentation of additional results from the Phase 3 SECURE trial of its investigational low-dose combination hormonal contraceptive patch, Twirla® (AG200-15). Anita Nelson, MD, Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, presented new data on the Twirla bleeding profile during a poster presentation at the 2017 North American Forum on Family Planning (NAFFP), "The Forum" in Atlanta, GA.

The poster presentation provided detailed analyses on scheduled (withdrawal) and unscheduled (breakthrough) bleeding and/or spotting episodes.  Rates of unscheduled bleeding and/or spotting decreased during the study period.  Similarly, the mean length of both unscheduled and scheduled bleeding and/or spotting episodes decreased during the study period.  Few subjects discontinued from the trial for bleeding-related issues, and rates of unscheduled bleeding and/or spotting decreased over the 12-month study period.

The Phase 3 SECURE trial was a multicenter, single-arm, open-label, 13 cycle trial designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Twirla in 2032 healthy women, aged 18 years and over, at 102 investigational sites across the United States. Bleeding information was self-reported by subjects on a daily basis in electronic diaries. Subjects were asked about both scheduled and unscheduled bleeding and spotting, using definitions described by Mishell et al (Recommendations for Standardization of Data Collection and Analysis of Bleeding in Combined Hormone Contraceptive Trials; Contraception 75; 11-15).

Dr. Nelson commented, "The use of electronic diaries to collect daily bleeding data during the SECURE trial has yielded a robust package of data on the bleeding profile of Twirla.  These new analyses provide information that will be very helpful to providers to guide counseling of patients considering use of the Twirla patch, if approved."

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About Agile Therapeutics, Inc.

Agile Therapeutics is a forward-thinking women's healthcare company dedicated to fulfilling the unmet health needs of today's women. Our product candidates are designed to provide women with contraceptive options that offer freedom from taking a daily pill, without committing to a longer-acting method. Our lead product candidate, Twirla®, (ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel transdermal system), also known as AG200-15, is a once-weekly prescription contraceptive patch that recently completed Phase 3 trials. Twirla is based on our proprietary transdermal patch technology, called Skinfusion®, which is designed to provide advantages over currently available patches and is intended to optimize patch adhesion and patient wearability. For more information, please visit the company website at www.agiletherapeutics.com. The company may occasionally disseminate material, nonpublic information on the company website.

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