MGuard(TM) Coronary Stent System Approved in Israel

...stenosis within the stented segment. Six-month angiographic follow-up has started and enrollment is ongoing. The GUARD Study is a prospective, multi center study, designed to confirm the feasibility, efficacy and safety of MGuard(TM) in acute MI patients. The GUARD study has reached 18 patients (ou...

Kiadis Pharma Announces Positive Clinical Results for ATIR(TM) in Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplantations

...(TM) in combination with a mismatched transplant procedure. Following scientific advice from the EMEA Kiadis Pharma is preparing to initiate a multi center multinational pivotal study starting recruitment early 2009. In this study the efficacy of ATIR(TM) will be investigated in patients diagnosed ...

Concentric Medical to Sponsor Randomized Trial

...trieval System is available in over 250 leading stroke centers around the world, and has been the subject of two successful clinical trials, MERCI and multi MERCI. Concentric Medical estimates that over 9,000 patients have been treated with its devices. For more information about Concentric Medical, please...

Delcath Updates Phase III Patient Enrollment as Pivotal Trial Accelerates, Durable Tumor Responses In Phase II Study Also Cited

...asses one-third of the 92 patients required to complete enrollment of the trial. This represents an acceleration in patient enrollment in this NCI-led multi center trial, and occurs before accrual has begun at the first additional trial site which is the University of Maryland Medical Center. Although th...

Schering-Plough Announces Imperfect Contraceptive Use Impacts Women's Emotional Well-Being

...emergency contraception. Results were presented today in Madrid, Spain, and were published earlier this month in Contraception. The cross-sectional, multi center study was designed to assess the self-described impact of noncompliant behavior among 26,250 current users, aged 18 to 49, of three combined ho...

Multi Merci Trial Results Published in Peer Reviewed Journal

... patients, today announced that the results of its multi MERCI trial will be published in the April 2008 ed...lished by the American Heart Association. In the multi MERCI trial, patients treated with the newer Merci...evascularization was not as stringently defined. multi MERCI was a multi-center, prospective trial includ...

Allegheny General Hospital Performs First Liver Transplant

...ores the impressive level of expertise and sophistication that this program brings to the community. The severity of her liver disease was such that a multi disciplinary team approach was necessary for a successful outcome," said Dr. Cacciarelli. The AGH team performed its second liver transplant on Novem...