Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clearmind Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ:CMND) (the "Company" or "Clearmind"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing non-hallucinogenic psychedelic-derived neuroplastogen for scalable treatment of neuropsychiatric, metabolic, and addiction disorders including Alcohol Use Disorder ("AUD"), today announced that the Yale University’s IRB has approved the initiation of patient recruitment for Parts B and C of its Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating CMND‑100.

This approval advances the multicenter study, titled "A Phase I/II Single and Multiple Dose Tolerability, Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of CMND‑100 in Healthy Volunteers and Subjects with AUDand directly enables the Company to accelerate enrollment at Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.

The Yale site now joins other leading centers already approved and actively recruiting patients for the trial, including Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Hadassah Medical Center. The trial at the Yale site is led by Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, a specialist in psychiatry and addiction medicine.

Dr. Adi Zuloff-Shani, Chief Executive Officer of Clearmind, commented: "Yale IRB approval to proceed with Parts B and C is an important milestone for our CMND-100 clinical program. This clearance allows us to immediately expand and accelerate patient recruitment at another world‑class site, alongside Johns Hopkins and Israeli medical centers, as we continue evaluating our proprietary non-hallucinogenic, MEAI-based candidate for individuals with AUD."

As previously announced, Clearmind achieved positive safety results from Part A of its ongoing FDA-regulated Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating CMND-100. Clearmind reported that all 24 participants enrolled across four ascending-dose cohorts successfully completed treatment as planned per-protocol, reinforcing the strength of its proprietary drug candidate, CMND-100. The study achieved its primary endpoint of safety and tolerability. CMND-100 demonstrated a consistent safety profile throughout the dose-escalation phase, including at the highest dose evaluated in the fourth cohort. No serious adverse events were observed, and overall tolerability remained strong and consistent with earlier cohorts, further supporting the compound’s continued clinical advancement.

About Clearmind Medicine Inc.

Clearmind is a clinical-stage neuroplastogens pharmaceutical biotech company focused on the discovery and development of non-hallucinogenic, second generation, neuroplastogen-derived therapeutics to solve widespread and underserved health problems, including alcohol use disorder. Its primary objective is to research and develop psychedelic-based compounds and attempt to commercialize them as regulated medicines, foods, or supplements.

The Company’s intellectual portfolio currently consists of nineteen patent families, including 32 granted patents. The Company intends to seek additional patents for its compounds whenever warranted and will remain opportunistic regarding the acquisition of additional intellectual property to build its portfolio.

Shares of Clearmind are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol "CMND."

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