Propeller Health today touted results from a nationwide study that indicated a direct association between daily air pollution and rescue inhaler use. Results from the study, which spanned five years and involved more than 2,800 individuals with asthma, were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Madison, Wisc.-based company said. Researchers in […]
Clinical Trials
Eyenovia launches Ph3 trial for pupil dilation tech
Eyenovia (NSDQ:EYEN) said today that it enrolled the first patient in the first of two Phase III trials of the company’s MicroStat program. The Mist-1 and Mist-2 trials are slated to study the safety and efficacy of the company’s 2.5% phenylephrine, 1% tropicamide eye solution, delivered as a micro-dose using the Optejet device. The company […]
Intersect ENT touts pooled analysis of steroid-releasing sinus implants
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) last week touted the publication of a pooled analysis of the company’s Propel Contour and Propel Mini steroid-eluting sinus implants. The company’s devices are designed to prop open the sinus ostia following endoscopic sinus surgery. As the implant dissolves, medicine is delivered directly to the sinus lining. The analysis, published in the International Forum […]
Lyndra touts positive results for long-acting drug-delivery tech
Lyndra Therapeutics reported positive results from a pharmacokinetics study of its once-weekly drug-delivery capsule, touting that it successfully transitioned a once-daily therapy to a weekly dosage form. The Watertown, Mass.-based company’s oral drug-delivery technique is designed to provide sustained release of one or more drugs for up to a week. Lyndra’s star-shaped capsule opens when […]
Philips launches below-the-knee PAD trial for drug-coated balloon
Philips (NYSE:PHG) said yesterday that it enrolled the first patient in a U.S. investigational device exemption trial for its Stellarex drug-coated balloon. The 354-patient Illumenate Below-the-Knee study is designed to assess the device’s safety and effectiveness compared to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in people with critical limb ischemia. “Several studies have shown the safety and durability […]
VIVA 2018 Roundup: Surmodics reports positive one-year data for SurVeil drug-coated balloon
By Sarah Faulkner & Fink Densford Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) touted data this week from an early feasibility study of the company’s SurVeil drug-coated balloon in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease due to de novo lesions of the femoral and popliteal arteries. All of the study’s 13 subjects met the acute success measures of safety at […]
TriSalus touts data for pressure-enabled drug-delivery tech
TriSalus Life Sciences touted results today from a Phase Ib trial of its pressure-enabled drug-delivery tech for immunotherapy. The company reported that delivering a concentrated dose of CAR-T cells at the site of a solid tumor using its technology was safe and contributed to positive clinical results. In the early-stage trial, five patients with carcinoembryonic […]
Boston Scientific’s Eluvia drug-eluting stent succeeds in long lesions
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) touted one-year data today from an analysis of its Eluvia drug-eluting vascular stent system, showing that the device is safe and effective in patients with long, complex, calcified lesions. The data were presented by Boston Scientific at the annual Vascular Interventional Advances meeting. The company’s Imperial trial included a 50-patient, single-arm analysis of Eluvia […]
Medtronic touts five-year data for In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today touted five-year data for its In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon, highlighting the durability and efficacy of its device in people with peripheral artery disease in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. The company presented five-year results from its pivotal In.Pact SFA trial at the 2018 Vascular Interventional Advances conference. “Since the entrance of DCBs […]
OncoSec shares fall on preliminary data from skin cancer trial
Shares in OncoSec Medical (NSDQ:ONCS) fell nearly -60% this morning after the company revealed preliminary data from its Phase IIb trial of intratumoral delivery of Tavo in people with unresectable, advanced melanoma. OncoSec’s lead product, Tavo, uses electroporation to deliver IL-12 directly into a patient’s tumor, triggering an immune response. As of Sept. 1, 21 people […]