Seven Cancer Centers in United States Open for Enrollment in Amended Trial
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline earlier today by Delcath Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: DCTH), please note the first sentence of the first paragraph should read: "Delcath Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: DCTH), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic cancer centers of the liver, announces the addition of six major cancer centers in the United States that have adopted the amended trial protocol for the company’s registration trial in ocular melanoma liver metastases." Complete corrected text follows.
Delcath Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: DCTH), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the liver, announces the addition of six major cancer centers in the United States that have adopted the amended trial protocol for the company’s registration trial in ocular melanoma liver metastases. These centers join Stanford Medical Center in initiating enrollment in the amended trial, giving the company wide geographic coverage in the United States. Joining Stanford Medical Center are:
- Moffitt Cancer Center - Tampa, FL Center 1
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Philadelphia, PA
- Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
- Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN
- The University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
- Ohio State University Cancer Care Center – Columbus, OH
The trial, A Single-arm, Multi-Center, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Melphalan/HDS Treatment in Patients with Hepatic-Dominant Ocular Melanoma (The FOCUS Trial), is enrolling a minimum of 80 patients with ocular melanoma metastatic to the liver. The Company expects approximately 30 leading cancer centers in the U.S. and Europe to participate in the amended FOCUS Trial.
“Our team has been working diligently with participating medical centers to expedite the adoption of the new single-arm protocol,” said Jennifer K. Simpson, PhD, MSN, CRNP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Delcath Systems. “These additional centers provide greater geographic coverage for this trial, which will help improve patient access. We look forward to the adoption of the amended protocol by additional centers in both the United States and Europe in the coming weeks and are working hard to achieve our goal of completing trial enrollment by the end of the first half of 2019.”
About Delcath Systems
Delcath Systems, Inc. is an interventional oncology Company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. Our investigational product – Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection for use with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS) – is designed to administer high-dose chemotherapy to the liver while controlling systemic exposure and associated side effects. We have commenced a global Registration clinical trial for Patients with Hepatic Dominant Ocular Melanoma (OM) called The FOCUS Trial and have initiated a global Phase 3 clinical trial for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) called The ALIGN Trial. Melphalan/HDS has not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for sale in the U.S. In Europe, our system has been commercially available since 2012 under the trade name Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System for Melphalan (CHEMOSAT), where it has been used at major medical centers to treat a wide range of cancers of the liver.
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