Valeritas (NSDQ:VLRX) today released results from the VERDICT study of its V-Go wearable insulin delivery device, touting improved A1c levels with less insulin. Data in the study came from a retrospective analysis of 139 patients with type 2 diabetes using the V-Go device, the Bridgewater, N.J.-based company said. The V-Go device is worn like a patch […]
Clinical Trials
Cook Medical releases patient-level data from Zilver PTX paclitaxel-coated balloon study
Cook Medical said today that it is releasing de-identified patient-level data from a clinical trial of its Zilver PTX peripheral paclitaxel-eluting stent. The move comes only a month after the FDA said that its preliminary review of long-term follow-up data found a “potentially concerning signal” of increased long-term mortality in people with peripheral artery disease […]
Surmodics ticks up on renewed SurVeil DCB trial enrollment
Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) shares have ticked up today after the company updated on the TRANSCEND clinical trial of its SurVeil drug-coated balloon, saying that it has resumed patient enrollment. Last month, the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company paused enrollment after the FDA wrote a letter to doctors detailing a trend of heightened mortality in people with peripheral artery disease […]
PolarityTE launches two chronic wound treatment trials
PolarityTE (NSDQ:PTE) said it has begun enrolling patients in two new randomized clinical trials of its SkinTE regenerative tissue product for chronic wounds. The trials will evaluate the SkinTE’s effectiveness in treating diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs). SkinTE is a human cellular and tissue-based product designed to regenerate full-thickness, functional skin […]
Breath Therapeutics launches Ph3 trial for inhaled liposomal cyclosporine A therapy
Privately-held Breath Therapeutics said today that it kicked off a Phase III clinical program for its liposomal formulation of cyclosporine A for the treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. The company’s primary drug candidate, L-CsA-i, is an inhaled therapy delivered via Pari Pharma‘s investigational eFlow nebulizer. The Boston-1 trial is slated to enroll people with BOS […]
Johnson & Johnson touts drug-releasing lens studies for itchy eyes
Contact lenses imbued with an antihistamine drug reduced itchy eyes in a pair of older studies funded by the vision business at Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), the company said today. The Phase 3 studies, conducted in 2007, involved a total of 244 patients, divided into three cohorts. In the first patients wore a plain lens […]
Novocure launches pivotal ovarian cancer trial
Novocure (NSDQ:NVCR) said today that it kicked off a Phase 3 pivotal trial testing its Tumor Treating Fields therapy combined with paclitaxel in people with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The 540-patient trial has a primary endpoint of overall survival, with secondary endpoints that include progression-free survival, objective response rate, severity and frequency of adverse events and […]
Novo Nordisk seeks FDA nod for oral diabetes pill
Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) said this week that it submitted applications to the FDA for its oral formulation of semaglutide, a once-daily glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy. The company is hoping its pill will be approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with Type 2 diabetes. Novo Nordisk also […]
Surmodics shares down following FDA’s paclitaxel device update
Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) shares fell last week after the FDA wrote a letter to doctors detailing a trend of heightened mortality in people with peripheral artery disease who were treated with paclitaxel-coated devices. In an SEC filing, the company said that it’s working with the FDA to clarify how the company should proceed with an ongoing clinical […]
Xeris launches Ph2 trial of ready-to-use liquid glucagon
Xeris Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:XERS) said today that it dosed the first patients in a Phase II trial of its ready-to-use liquid glucagon in people with Type 1 diabetes. The Chicago-based company expects to report top-line data from the study in the second half of 2019. The trial is slated to assess Xeris’ room-temperature stable liquid glucagon as […]