SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                               (Amendment No. 1)*


                       Incara Pharmaceuticals Corporation
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Stock
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   45324E103
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                                 (CUSIP Numbers)

                               December 31, 2001
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            (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

     [_] Rule 13d-1(b)
     [_] Rule 13d-1(c)
     [X] Rule 13d-1(d)


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     *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).



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      Name of Reporting Person
 1    I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person (Entities Only)

        W. Ruffin Woody, Jr.
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      Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
 2                                                              (a) [_]
      Not Applicable                                            (b) [_]
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      SEC Use Only
 3
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      Citizenship or Place of Organization
 4
      United States
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                          Sole Voting Power
                     5
     NUMBER OF            482,780
      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------------------
                          Shared Voting Power
   BENEFICIALLY      6
     OWNED BY             0
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       EACH               Sole Dispositive Power
                     7
    REPORTING             482,780
      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------------------
                          Shared Dispositive Power
                     8
                          0
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      Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
 9
      482,780
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      Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
10    (See Instructions)

      Not Applicable                                                [_]
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      Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
11
      3.8%
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      Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
12
      IN
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Item 1(a)         Name of Issuer

                  Incara Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Item 1(b)         Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices

                  79 T.W. Alexander Drive, 4401 Research Commons, Suite 200,
                  P.O. Box 14287 Research Triangle Park, NC  27709-4287

Item 2(a)         Name of Person Filing

                  W. Ruffin Woody, Jr.

Item 2(b)         Address of Principal Business Office, or, if None, Residence

                  P.O. Box 381
                  124 B South Main Street, Roxboro, NC  27573

Item 2(c)         Citizenship

                  United States

Item 2(d)         Title of Class of Securities

                  Common Stock

Item 2(e)         CUSIP Number
                  45324E103

Item 3.           Filing Pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)

                  Not Applicable

Item 4.           Ownership

                  (a)  As of December 31, 2001, Mr. Woody beneficially owned
                       an aggregate of 482,780 shares of the Issuer's Common
                       Stock which includes 467,900 shares owned and 14,880
                       shares issuable upon exercise of warrants.

                  (b)  Percent of class:

                       3.8%. This final Schedule 13G is being filed because the
                       ownership has decreased to less than 5% due to th e
                       issuance of additional shares of common stock by Incara
                       Pharmaceuticals


         (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

            (i)   Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 482,780
            (ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0
            (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 482,780
            (iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0


Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

             Not Applicable


Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

             Not Applicable


Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
         Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company

             Not Applicable

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

             Not Applicable

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group

             Not Applicable

Item 10. Certification

             Not Applicable







     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

February 6, 2002
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Date

/s/ W. Ruffin Woody, Jr.
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W. Ruffin Woody, Jr.