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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 19, 2016
 
OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DELAWARE
 
001-35119
 
63-1192270
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of
 
 
 
Identification No.)
incorporation)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
525 University Avenue, Suite 610
 
 
Palo Alto, CA
 
94301
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (650) 475-0150
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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  Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 19, 2016, Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical study of orally available OCR-002 (ornithine phenylacetate) in patients with cirrhosis for the prevention of chronic hepatic encephalopathy and provided an enrollment update for the Company's ongoing Phase 2b “STOP-HE” clinical trial of intravenously administered OCR-002. The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)          Exhibits
 
 
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description

 
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. dated September 19, 2016.










SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 19, 2016
 
Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Linda S. Grais, M.D.
 
 
Name: Linda S. Grais, M.D.
 
 
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer