{"id":477791,"date":"2021-04-19T07:11:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-fda-approves-cytosorbents-to-initiate-u-s-star-t-trial-for-ticagrelor-removal-during-cardiothoracic-surgery\/"},"modified":"2021-04-19T07:11:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:11:08","slug":"u-s-fda-approves-cytosorbents-to-initiate-u-s-star-t-trial-for-ticagrelor-removal-during-cardiothoracic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/u-s-fda-approves-cytosorbents-to-initiate-u-s-star-t-trial-for-ticagrelor-removal-during-cardiothoracic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. FDA Approves CytoSorbents to Initiate U.S. STAR-T Trial For Ticagrelor Removal During Cardiothoracic Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 19, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=1009198411&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fcytosorbents.com%2F&amp;a=CytoSorbents+Corporation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CytoSorbents Corporation<\/a>\u00a0(NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care leader whose flagship E.U. approved <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=1686042964&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fcytosorb.com%2F&amp;a=CytoSorb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CytoSorb<\/a>\u00ae blood purification technology is intended to treat deadly conditions in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients,\u00a0announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted conditional approval of its investigational device exemption (IDE) application for the U.S. <b>S<\/b>afe and <b>T<\/b>imely <b>A<\/b>ntithrombotic <b>R<\/b>emoval &#8211; <b>T<\/b>icagrelor (<b>STAR-T<\/b>) randomized, controlled trial.\u00a0 Based on this conditional approval, study initiation activities, including clinical trial agreement negotiations and institutional review board (IRB) submissions, can now commence, putting\u00a0the study ahead of the Company&#8217;s internal schedule.\u00a0 The Company has already identified and pre-screened many high-quality U.S. clinical centers that have indicated strong interest to participate in the STAR-T trial.\u00a0 The Company believes conditions for full IDE approval can be appropriately addressed within the 45-day timeframe outlined by the FDA, and once accepted, the Company expects to provide additional detail on the trial.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1096384\/CytoSorbents_Working_To_Save_Lives_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1096384\/CytoSorbents_Working_To_Save_Lives_Logo.jpg\" title=\"CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO) is a leader in blood purification to treat cytokine storm and deadly inflammation in life-threatening illnesses and during cardiac surgery with its flagship product, CytoSorb.  CytoSorb is approved in the European Union and distributed in 67 countries worldwide. (PRNewsfoto\/CytoSorbents Corporation)\" alt=\"CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO) is a leader in blood purification to treat cytokine storm and deadly inflammation in life-threatening illnesses and during cardiac surgery with its flagship product, CytoSorb.  CytoSorb is approved in the European Union and distributed in 67 countries worldwide. (PRNewsfoto\/CytoSorbents Corporation)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"divReleaseHighlightabae\">FDA gives green light to CytoSorbents to begin U.S. STAR-T Trial designed to support U.S. FDA marketing submission<\/div>\n<p>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">David Cox<\/span>, Vice President of Global Regulatory of CytoSorbents stated, &#8220;We are pleased that the FDA has approved our randomized, controlled clinical trial for the removal of ticagrelor (Brilinta\u00ae,AstraZeneca) during cardiothoracic surgery to reduce perioperative bleeding complications.\u00a0 We will promptly address FDA&#8217;s conditions of approval and finalize the IDE protocol to best support a U.S. marketing submission of our FDA Breakthrough Device technology for this application.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Vincent Capponi<\/span>, President and Chief Operating Officer of CytoSorbents added, &#8220;We are very excited to have received the go ahead from the FDA to begin the STAR-T trial, that if successful, is expected to support our first U.S. FDA marketing submission.\u00a0 In the future, we plan to leverage the alignment with FDA and the STAR-T study infrastructure, including the academic leadership, operational framework, and participating clinical trial sites to seek label expansions in antithrombotic removal beyond ticagrelor. \u00a0This IDE approval marks a key first step forward in our long-term U.S. commercialization strategy to become the <i>de facto<\/i> standard of care therapy to remove antithrombotic drugs, generically called blood thinners, during cardiothoracic surgery, with an estimated total addressable U.S. market of <span class=\"xn-money\">$1 billion<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 2020<\/span>, the FDA granted CytoSorbents <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=1186735225&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fdevelopment-update-us-fda-grants-breakthrough-designation-to-cytosorb-for-removal-of-ticagrelor-during-cardiopulmonary-bypass-in-emergent-and-urgent-cardiothoracic-surgery-301043326.html&amp;a=Breakthrough+Device+Designation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Breakthrough Device Designation<\/a> to remove ticagrelor during cardiothoracic surgery, recognizing this major unmet medical need.\u00a0 Each year, ticagrelor is prescribed to millions of cardiovascular patients worldwide to reduce the risk of recurrent hearts attack, stroke or cardiovascular death. Ticagrelor is frequently preferred as first line therapy in patients presenting to hospitals with an acute coronary syndrome in preparation of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and stent placement.\u00a0 However, up to 10% of these patients will require coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) open heart surgery and as several clinical studies, such as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=2515979869&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nejm.org%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1056%2Fnejmoa0904327&amp;a=PLATO+trial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PLATO trial<\/a>, have shown, they face a very high risk of severe or life-threatening bleeding during surgery.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Capponi continued, &#8220;CytoSorbents&#8217; blood purification technology offers a simple solution to mitigate bleeding risk by being placed in the cardiopulmonary bypass machine blood circuit to directly remove ticagrelor during cardiothoracic surgery.\u00a0 We are working collaboratively with FDA under Breakthrough Device Designation to aggressively pursue this opportunity and address this major unmet clinical need. \u00a0This approval accelerates our internal timeline, and with the identification of clinical sites already completed, we are now in a position to move agressively forward with the execution of the STAR-T trial.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=827939954&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fquote%2FCTSO%3Fp%3DCTSO%26.tsrc%3Dfin-srch-v1&amp;a=CTSO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTSO<\/a>) <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=254013564&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcytosorbents.com%2F&amp;a=CytoSorbents+Corporation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CytoSorbents Corporation<\/a>\u00a0is a leader in critical care immunotherapy, specializing in blood purification. Its flagship product, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=3566612071&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cytosorb.com%2F&amp;a=CytoSorb%C2%AE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CytoSorb\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0is approved in the European Union with distribution in 67 countries outside of the US, as an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber designed to reduce the &#8220;cytokine storm&#8221; or &#8220;cytokine release syndrome&#8221; that may result in massive inflammation, organ failure and death in common critical illnesses. These are conditions where the risk of death may be extremely high, yet no effective treatments exist.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=3566612071&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cytosorb.com%2F&amp;a=CytoSorb%C2%AE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CytoSorb\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0is also being used during and after cardiac surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to post-operative complications, including multiple organ failure. CytoSorb\u00ae has been used in more than 121,000 human treatments to date.\u00a0 CytoSorb has received CE-Mark label expansions for the removal of bilirubin (liver disease), myoglobin (trauma), and both <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=2411845307&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fcytosorb-is-approved-and-available-for-the-removal-of-ticagrelor-a-leading-anti-platelet-drug-during-cardiopulmonary-bypass-in-the-eu-300995215.html&amp;a=ticagrelor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ticagrelor<\/a>\u00a0and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=3175302496&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fcytosorb-is-eu-approved-to-remove-rivaroxaban-a-leading-factor-xa-inhibitor-and-novel-oral-anticoagulant-during-on-pump-cardiothoracic-surgery-301057276.html&amp;a=rivaroxaban\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rivaroxaban<\/a>\u00a0during cardiothoracic surgery.\u00a0 CytoSorb has also received <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=4116694171&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fus-fda-grants-cytosorb-emergency-use-authorization-for-use-in-patients-with-covid-19-infection-301039293.html&amp;a=FDA+Emergency+Use+Authorization\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FDA Emergency Use Authorization<\/a>\u00a0in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> for use in critically ill COVID-19 patients with imminent or confirmed respiratory failure, in defined circumstances.\u00a0 CytoSorb has also been granted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=3730262481&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fdevelopment-update-us-fda-grants-breakthrough-designation-to-cytosorb-for-removal-of-ticagrelor-during-cardiopulmonary-bypass-in-emergent-and-urgent-cardiothoracic-surgery-301043326.html&amp;a=FDA+Breakthrough+Designation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FDA Breakthrough Designation<\/a>\u00a0for the removal of ticagrelor in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during emergent and urgent cardiothoracic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>CytoSorbents&#8217; purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic substances from blood and other bodily fluids by pore capture and surface adsorption. Its technologies have received non-dilutive grant, contract, and other funding of more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$38 million<\/span> from DARPA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Air Force Material Command (USAF\/AFMC), and others. The Company has numerous products under development based upon this unique blood purification technology protected by many issued U.S. and international patents and multiple applications pending, including ECOS-300CY\u2122, CytoSorb-XL\u2122, HemoDefend-RBC\u2122, HemoDefend-BGA\u2122, VetResQ\u2122, K<sup>+<\/sup>ontrol\u2122, DrugSorb\u2122, ContrastSorb, and others.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0For more information, please visit the Company&#8217;s websites at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=1258812892&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcytosorbents.com%2F&amp;a=www.cytosorbents.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.cytosorbents.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=995329267&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cytosorb.com%2F&amp;a=www.cytosorb.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.cytosorb.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow us on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=3583720851&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcytosorbents&amp;a=Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3132979-1&amp;h=812474142&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FCytoSorbents&amp;a=Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Forward-Looking Statements<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>This press release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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