A study comparing drug-eluting stents made by Biotronik, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) found no statistically significant difference on target vessel failure or stent thrombosis after three years. The 3,514-patient Bio-Resort trial compared Biotronik’s Orsiro biodegradable sirolimus-eluting stent, Medtronic’s thin-strut zotarolimus-eluting Resolute Integrity stent and the Synergy biodegradable everolimus-eluting stent. Three-year results for some 3,393 […]
Medtronic wins FDA approval for new extended-wear infusion set
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said it earned investigational approval from the FDA to proceed with a trial for a new extended-wear infusion set. The goal of the study is to collect clinical data that supports the use of the device for up to seven days, more than twice the amount of time any infusion set can currently […]
Taris Bio, Bristol-Myers Squibb launch bladder cancer trial
Taris Biomedical has announced the dosing of the first patient in a study of its TAR-200 system plus a programmed immune checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). The TAR-200 system continuously delivers the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine in the bladder for multiple weeks. The combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) will be […]
Taris Biomedical touts results of bladder cancer treatment study
Taris Biomedical today announced positive results from the second arm of a study of its TAR-200 system for the treatment of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). The most recent study arm involved 10 patients treated with TAR-200 and yielded positive safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy data, according to Lexington, Mass.-based Taris. Combined data from […]
ADA 2019: Hybrid closed-loop devices take center stage
The American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions is a five-day conference where researchers and healthcare professionals share the latest in diabetes research. More than 180 sessions and over 2,000 research presentations took place during the meeting on June 7-11 in San Francisco. During the meeting, diabetes experts shared data and research from clinical trials. Here […]
Beta Bionics touts results of bionic pancreas system study
Beta Bionics’ iLet bionic pancreas system significantly increased the percentage of time that adults with Type 1 diabetes spent with glucose levels between 70–180 mg/dl when compared to usual care therapy, according to a new study. The study’s results also suggest that the iLet, using either the Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) […]
Abbott touts real-world CGM data at diabetes conference
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today that new data show its FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system significantly reduces hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in certain adults with type 2 diabetes. Presented as a late-breaker at American Diabetes Association (ADA) annual conference in San Francisco, the data represent what Abbott termed the first evaluation of real-world evidence from […]
Senseonics touts strong safety profile in long-term Eversense CGM post-market registry study
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) said yesterday that is presenting long-term safety data on its Eversense CGM from a European post-market clinical follow up registry later this week, touting that results showed the device as having a strong safety profile. The presentation is slated to take place this Saturday as part of the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions in […]
Windtree, Eleison tout feasibility study results
Windtree Therapeutics (OTCQB:WINT) and Eleison Pharmaceuticals have announced positive results of a feasibility study using Windtree’s aerosol delivery system (ADS) to deliver Eleison’s inhaled lipid cisplatin (ILC) for lung cancer. In the study, the ADS technology produced in 20 minutes approximately the same volume of aerosolized ILC that required approximately two hours to produce in […]
Philips touts Stellarex drug-coated balloon data
Patients using Royal Philips’s (NYSE:PHG) Stellarex drug-coated balloon maintained blood flow through the treated segment of diseased arteries at three years in a pair of clinical trials. Stellarex is designed to restore and maintain blood flow in the superficial femoral artery and peripheral arteries. It’s coated using the company’s EnduraCoat technology to elute the drug paclitaxel. […]
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