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DOORwaY-90 study for SIR-Spheres® therapy as first-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma enrolls first patient
May 10, 2021 GMT
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First prospective multicenter U.S.-based trial for indication expansion of SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres taking place in 15 sites across the U.S.
WOBURN, Mass., May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sirtex Medical (“Sirtex”), a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, announced that the first patient has been enrolled in DOORwaY-90, a study evaluating the safety and efficacy of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) using SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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WOBURN, Mass., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sirtex Medical (Sirtex), a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, and BlackSwan Vascular, Inc. (BlackSwan), a Bay Area-based private company developing groundbreaking therapies in endovascular embolization, announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the LAVA Study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the BlackSwan Lava™ liquid embolic system (LES) for the embolic treatment of arterial hemorrhage in the peripheral vasculature.
The LAVA Study, which stands for
Liquid Embolization of
Arterial Hemorrhages in Peripheral
Vasculature, is a prospective, multicenter single-arm study of 113 subjects at 20 investigational sites in the U.S. The first subject has been enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where a clinical team successfully treated a patient with a bleeding hypervascular tumor in the liver using
Sirtex Medical receives positive recommendation from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) using SIR-Spheres
WOBURN, Mass., Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. ( Sirtex ), a leading manufacturer of targeted cancer therapies, received positive guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regarding the use of selection internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with SIR-Spheres Y-90 microspheres for the treatment of adults with unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
NICE recommends the use of SIRT using SIR-Spheres in England and Wales as a fully funded and reimbursed option for adult patients with HCC, on the conditions that it is used for people with Child-Pugh grade A liver impairment when conventional transarterial therapies are inappropriate, and that the company provides SIR-Spheres according to the commercial arrangement.
Sirtex Medical announces collaboration update with OncoSec Medical
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TAVO™ for the treatment of advanced melanoma
WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. ( Sirtex ), a leading manufacturer of targeted cancer therapies, announced an advancement in its strategic collaboration with OncoSec Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCS) relating to OncoSec s lead product candidate TAVO™ (tavokinogene telseplasmid) and its electroporation (EP) gene delivery system.
The collaboration update provides Sirtex with the option to acquire the right to co-promote TAVO™ and its related EP gene delivery system in the United States in the lead target indication of treating anti-PD-1 refractory locally advanced or metastatic melanoma. Sirtex has the right to exercise the option until 90 days following the filing of a Biologics License Application (BLA) by OncoSec.