NASDAQ: CRME TSX: COM VANCOUVER, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ:CRME/TSX:NASDAQ:COM) today announced positive interim clinical results from its 90-day Phase 2b study of vernakalant (oral). The interim analysis demonstrated statistically significant efficacy for the patient group receiving 500mg b.i.d. of vernakalant (oral) as compared to placebo. The safety data from the interim analysis also suggests that vernakalant (oral) was well-tolerated in the atrial fibrillation population studied during the dosing period under analysis. A Kaplan-Meier analysis of the 446 patients included in the interim dataset demonstrated a significant efficacy benefit for the 500mg dosing group as compared to placebo (two-sided, p