QualityStocks would like to highlight Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX), a leader in providing patients and physicians around the world with medical technologies that harness the potential of adult regenerative cells from adipose tissue. The Celution® System family of medical devices and instruments is being sold into the European and Asian cosmetic and reconstructive surgery markets, and is available in the United States only for use as an investigational device under Cytori's FDA approved IDE. The company’s StemSource® product line is sold globally for cell banking and research applications, and their PureGraft® products are available in North America and Europe for fat grafting procedures.
In the
company’s news yesterday,
Cytori has received an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. FDA to begin the ATHENA trial. ATHENA will investigate the use of the Celution® System, an innovative medical device to prepare adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) to treat a form of coronary heart disease, chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI). The IDE application was originally submitted to the FDA in December 2011.
ATHENA is a multi-center, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, pilot trial to investigate the use of autologous, clinical-grade ADRCs, processed at the point-of-care with Cytori's proprietary Celution® System. The trial will enroll up to 45 patients with no-option CMI who have limited therapeutic options. It will evaluate a variety of clinical and functional outcomes, including safety, peak oxygen consumption (mVO2), and clinical outcomes at 12-months.
"Following our pre-IDE meeting with the FDA, we received constructive guidance and implemented the Agency's recommendations, ultimately resulting in rapid approval to initiate the ATHENA trial," said Christopher J. Calhoun, chief executive officer for Cytori. "We look forward to working with the FDA on further defining our clinical strategy in the U.S."
Previously, Cytori reported six and 18-month trial data from PRECISE, a European clinical trial for this same indication showing improvement in mVO2. In Europe, Cytori has applied to expand its Celution® System CE Mark to include no-option CMI claims based on data from the PRECISE trial. Cytori is also enrolling ADVANCE, a European pivotal trial investigating the Celution® System for acute myocardial infarction (heart attacks).
In the U.S., it is estimated that 120,000 to 250,000 patients are diagnosed each year with chronic myocardial ischemia, a subset of the approximate 5.8 million patients who currently have some form of heart failure. CMI patients typically have undergone multiple revascularization procedures that have not improved their condition and are at a stage where they have few therapeutic options remaining.
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