A Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) device coated with less of the controversial drug paclitaxel than one made by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is just as safe and effective for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a study published this week. The prospective, randomized controlled trial compared the lower-dose (2 μg/mm2 of paclitaxel) Boston Scientific Ranger drug-coated […]
Orchestra BioMed wins breakthrough nod for Virtue SEB
Orchestra BioMed said today that it received breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its Virtue sirolimus-eluting balloon for the treatment of below-the-knee peripheral artery disease. The Virtue SEB is the first and only non-coated below-the-knee sirolimus-eluting angioplasty balloon system to receive a breakthrough nod, Orchestra BioMed said in a release. The New Hope, Pa.-based […]
Cook Regentec launches blood filtration trial for critical limb ischemia
Cook Medical’s Regentec division today announced the launch of a clinical trial to evaluate its HemaTrate blood filtration system to treat patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) due to peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Indianapolis-based Cook Regentec said the HemaTrate system is designed to produce an autologous, peripheral blood-derived total nucleated cell (TNC) concentrate for intramuscular […]
Medtronic’s In.Pact AV DCB meets endpoints in trial
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said last week that its clinical study comparing the In.Pact AV drug-coated balloon to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) met primary safety and effectiveness endpoints. The study pitted the In.Pact AV DCB against PTA in patients with de novo or non-stented restenotic arteriovenous fistulae lesions. Results were presented at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society […]
FDA wants more study of paclitaxel-eluting devices’ long-term safety
The FDA said yesterday that it wants more long-term safety and effectiveness studies done on paclitaxel-eluting stents and balloons, and urged physicians to carefully consider when to use them. In a letter to healthcare providers, the agency recommended discussing the risks and benefits of the devices with patients and continue “diligent monitoring” of patients who […]
FDA panel wants more, better data on paclitaxel-eluting devices
An FDA advisory panel on paclitaxel-eluting devices for treating peripheral artery disease yesterday found that the mortality signal indicated by a meta-analysis last year exists but that further study is needed to determine whether it’s a class effect and to pin down the cause of death. A meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Heart Assn. last December […]
FDA: More data needed on paclitaxel devices
More data is needed on devices that elute the drug paclitaxel to determine if they pose a higher mortality risk than non-eluting devices in treating peripheral artery disease, the FDA said ahead of an advisory panel meeting today. A meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Heart Assn. last December suggested that PAD patients treated with paclitaxel-coated balloons […]
Mercator MedSystems adds $3m
Mercator MedSystems said last week that it added more than $3 million to the $11 million Series D it pulled in last year.* The California-based company is developing catheter-guided micro-infusion systems for non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents across blood vessels as a treatment for peripheral artery disease. In June of last year, Mercator MedSystems raised […]
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. […]
EuroPCR 2019: Paclitaxel meta-analysis a ‘typhoon in a teapot’
The meta-analysis that suggested there was a link between paclitaxel-coated devices and heightened mortality compared to bare devices was described as a “typhoon in a teapot” at this year’s EuroPCR meeting, according to a report from MedScape. Dr. Alexandra Lansky of Yale University School of Medicine, who authored the organization’s formal statement on the matter, reportedly […]
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