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NovoCure Ltd. presented results yesterday evaluating the Novo-TTF device in vitro and in a pilot clinical trial that showed the device enhanced the efficacy of standard chemotherapy (temozolomide) treatment in newly-diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients. When used in combination with standard chemotherapy, the Novo-TTF, a non-invasive medical device that uses low intensity alternating electric fields to destroy cancer cells, enhanced the anti-tumor effects of standard chemotherapy, thus prolonging time to disease progression and extending survival.

This pilot trial, which was presented during the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO) annual meeting yesterday in Las Vegas, NV, showed that combination therapy prolonged time to disease progression by nearly 31 months and increased survival by more than 25 months compared to historical results of patients receiving standard chemotherapy alone. Patients in the study did not experience any device-related, systemic, adverse events. The in vitro study, which was also presented during the annual meeting, mirrored these effects when applying both treatments together to GBM cells in culture.

"The pilot study further demonstrated that the NovoTTF device can be applied over an extended period of time without significant toxicity. These results are promising as NovoCure continues to evaluate the use of the device in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapies," said Eilon Kirson, MD, Medical Director, NovoCure Ltd. "This data adds to the growing body of evidence of Novo-TTF's potential to enhance standard therapy and potentially improve patient outcomes."

The Novo-TTF device disrupts cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth by generating low intensity, intermediate frequency, alternating electric fields within a tumor. These electric fields exert forces on polar structures within the dividing cancer cells that prevent tumor growth. In pre-clinical and clinical studies to date, the elec
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