Navigation Links
Boston Scientific Announces Exclusive Sponsorship and First Enrollments of MADIT-RIT Clinical Trial
Date:10/5/2009

NATICK, Mass., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced its exclusive sponsorship and first enrollments of the MADIT-RIT clinical trial. This new trial follows in the tradition of three previous landmark trials: MADIT, MADIT II and MADIT-CRT, each exclusively sponsored by Boston Scientific and conducted under the leadership of Principal Investigator Arthur J. Moss, M.D., Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester.

MADIT-RIT is designed to determine which device programming strategy best minimizes the occurrence of unnecessary therapy in patients who have received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and have no history of cardiac arrest. Unnecessary therapy has a significant impact on quality of life, especially for patients with no history of cardiac arrest.

The MADIT-RIT trial is a prospective, randomized study that will enroll 1,500 patients at approximately 75 centers globally.

"Clinical science has proved time and again that ICDs are highly effective in reducing death due to arrhythmias in high-risk cardiac patients," said Dr. Moss. "However, some patients receive unnecessary therapy, partly due to the programming of these devices at implant. MADIT-RIT will study the effects of programming on the occurrence of unnecessary therapy in these patients."

The first enrollments in this worldwide trial occurred last month in Graz, Austria at the Medizinische Universitatsklinik Graz (Burkert M. Pieske, M.D., and Daniel Scherr, M.D.); Basel, Switzerland at the Universitatsspital Basel (Beat Schaer, M.D., and Christian Sticherling, M.D.); Detroit, Michigan at the St. John Hospital and Medical Center (Luis Pires, M.D.); and Little Rock, Arkansas at Arkansas Cardiology (Steven Gree
'/>"/>

SOURCE Boston Scientific Corporation
Copyright©2009 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related biology technology :

1. Boston Biotech R&D Conference to Showcase Next-Generation Newsmakers and Massachusetts as Leader in Biotech Discovery
2. Boston Scientific Announces Release of Next-Generation iLab(R) System Software
3. Boston Scientific Completes Enrollment in Pivotal Workhorse Trial for Next-Generation Everolimus Stent
4. Boston Scientifics Urology/Gynecology Business Forms Marketing Alliance with Bladder Health Network
5. Boston Scientific Statement on the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy
6. Boston Scientific to Webcast Conference Call Discussing Results of Landmark MADIT-CRT Trial
7. Boston University Periodontal Study on Imagenetix Compound Published in The Journal of Periodontology
8. Boston Scientific Announces European Approval for Its LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System
9. Boston Scientific to Participate in Wachovia Conference
10. Boston Scientifics SpyGlass(R) Direct Visualization System Featured in Broad Range of Clinical Studies at Upcoming Digestive Disease Week(R)
11. FDA Clears Boston Scientifics SpyScope(R) Access and Delivery Catheter for Use in Endoscopic Procedures Throughout Pancreatico-Biliary System
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:6/18/2013)... , June 18, 2013  regulated information — Global ... Klauk today announced the launch of a new ... ones. The Pledge empowers the ... stand and make a personal commitment to demand more: ... health care team and additional partial-onset seizure control.  More ...
(Date:6/18/2013)... 18, 2013 The "Bioinformatics Market By Sector ... Management Tools & Data Analysis Services) & Application (Genomics, Proteomics ... Major Market Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities in North ... Asia-Pacific and Rest of World. Browse ... 22 Figures 364 Pages ...
(Date:6/18/2013)... This webinar will examine the history ... and review the basic FDA regulations and guiding ... these principles through real world case studies and ... on FDA regulations and guidance related to prescription ... traditional and newer forms of promotional materials for ...
(Date:6/18/2013)... , June 18, 2013   Lexicon ... a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering breakthrough treatments ... Northcott has joined the company as its ... Mr. Northcott brings extensive commercial experience to Lexicon, ... a variety of therapeutic areas. Mr. ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Professional Golfer Jeff Klauk Tees Off New Pledge Campaign for People Living with Epilepsy 2Professional Golfer Jeff Klauk Tees Off New Pledge Campaign for People Living with Epilepsy 3Professional Golfer Jeff Klauk Tees Off New Pledge Campaign for People Living with Epilepsy 4Professional Golfer Jeff Klauk Tees Off New Pledge Campaign for People Living with Epilepsy 5Professional Golfer Jeff Klauk Tees Off New Pledge Campaign for People Living with Epilepsy 6Bioinformatics Market Worth $7.5 Billion by 2017 2Bioinformatics Market Worth $7.5 Billion by 2017 3Drug Advertising and Promotion Labeling: FDA Regulations, New Webinar Hosted by Xtalks 2John Northcott Joins Lexicon as Vice President of Marketing, Commercial Strategy and Operations 2John Northcott Joins Lexicon as Vice President of Marketing, Commercial Strategy and Operations 3
... CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 31, 2011 Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ... participate in a panel discussion at Citi,s 6th Annual Biotech ... the Ritz Carlton, Boston, and present corporate overviews at the ... 2:40 p.m. ET at the InterContinental New York Barclay, New ...
... SynCardia Systems, Inc. ( www.syncardia.com ), manufacturer of the ... launched company pages on Facebook , Twitter ... audience about the world,s only FDA, Health Canada and CE ... 950 implants of the Total Artificial Heart, accounting for more ...
... VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS ) today ... Officer; Timothy Morris, Chief Financial Officer, and Wesley W. ... three investment conferences during the month of September.   ... Stifel Nicolaus 2011 Healthcare Conference Wednesday, September ...
Cached Biology Technology:SynCardia Goes Social on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn 2SynCardia Goes Social on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn 3SynCardia Goes Social on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn 4VIVUS to Participate in Three Investor Conferences in September 2
(Date:6/17/2013)... locations with central nervous system infections may well be ... according to a study to be published in ... Society for Microbiology. Researchers have detected the virus in ... central nervous system infections of unknown cause, and in ... pigs and poultry, suggesting animals may serve as reservoirs ...
(Date:6/17/2013)... JOLLA, CA June 17, 2013 An international ... (TSRI), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein ... highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis ... represent an effort to help solve one of the ... TB and its dangerous drug-resistant strains," said Peter G. ...
(Date:6/17/2013)... On June 6, professors in Wayne State ... National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates ... an opportunity to do cutting-edge research in astrophysics, ... According to Alexey Petrov, Ph.D., professor of physics ... principal investigator and program director of the grant, ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):New virus discovered in patients with central nervous system infections 2New virus discovered in patients with central nervous system infections 3New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis 2New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis 3New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis 4Wayne State welcomes undergraduates from around the US for physics research experience 2
... the prowl, the split-second neural processing required to see, track, and ... survival. To scientists, it,s a window into how our brain ... sidestep an errant skateboarder, and otherwise make our way in a ... better understood, thanks to a team of scientists that imaged the ...
... Technologies in Newport News, Virginia, was walking her employer,s Westie ... a large, mysterious blob floating in the water. Co-worker ... was walking by the lake, saw the object, and asked ... Tracy thought it was "a huge dead snake." Charlie ...
... York University,s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed ... central to most biotechnology devices that monitor changes in ... work, which is described in the journal Physical ... how biological systems function and could enhance methods and ...
Cached Biology News:Zebrafish yield clues to how we process visual information 2Zebrafish yield clues to how we process visual information 3VIMS scientists help solve mystery of 'alien pod' 2NYU Courant researchers develop algebraic model to monitor cellular change 2
... The MyCycler thermal cycler system is used ... This system includes the MyCycler personal thermal ... for use with 0.2 ml tubes or ... and both algorithm and block modes of ...
... arrays have been developed for affinity ... A variety of ProteinChip chemical surfaces ... to their unique biochemical properties. Each ... side-by-side sample comparison, and the chips ...
... Pro system with colony-picking capabilities, 110-120 V, ... DNA, proteins, oligonucleotides, carbohydrates, lipids, and other ... microarray applications. This system can also be ... 300 micrometers in diameter and for inoculating ...
Freeze 'N Squeeze DNA gel extraction spin columns use a quick freeze-and-thaw cycle and centrifugation to draw 50-23,000 bp DNA out of agarose gel slices. Supplied as 25 columns....
Biology Products: