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Delcath Continues Expansion of Clinical Trial Centers Offering PHP(TM)

Date:4/9/2009

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER JOINS PHASE III TRIAL FOR METASTATIC MELANOMA

NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH) announced today that The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute has joined Delcath's Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of metastatic melanoma in the liver. Ohio State is the twelfth center to join this multi-center trial testing the Company's Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP(TM)) System for the isolated, high-dose delivery of the anti-cancer agent melphalan.

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Delcath and Ohio State have entered into a clinical research agreement to conduct the Phase III National Cancer Institute (NCI) led study. Dr. Mark Bloomston, a surgical oncologist specializing in regional cancer therapy, will serve as the Principal Investigator. Commenting on joining this trial, Dr. Bloomston stated, "The Delcath PHP System(TM) is a welcome addition to the currently available therapies for liver cancer, and we look forward to treating patients in this trial. Metastatic melanoma, once it reaches the liver, has few viable treatment options. This technology offers a very promising approach for targeting the disease in the liver and we are eager to provide this modality to our patients."

Commenting on this twelfth center joining the trial, Richard L. Taney, President and CEO of Delcath,
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