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TransMedics Announces Publication of OCS™ Liver PROTECT Trial Results in JAMA Surgery
"The PROTECT trial showed superior short-term and mid-term clinical outcomes and higher numbers of donor livers used for transplant," said Dr.
"We believe these superior clinical results represent a groundbreaking milestone for liver transplantation," said
About the OCS™ Liver PROTECT Trial
The OCS™ Liver PROTECT Trial was a two-armed, multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled pivotal trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the OCS™ Liver to preserve and assess donor livers intended for transplantation. The trial enrolled 300 patients, with 153 patients randomized to transplantation using the OCS™ Liver and 147 patients randomized to the control group, which used cold storage methods. Enrollment was completed in
The primary effectiveness endpoint for the study was the incidence of EAD in the first 7 days following transplant procedures. The primary safety endpoint for the study was the average number of liver graft related serious adverse events (SAEs) per patient measured over 30 days following transplant procedures. The study also measured the rate of DCD & DBD donor utilization, the incidence of ischemic biliary cholangiopathy, and other clinical endpoints throughout the first year after liver transplantation.
The study results demonstrated that the primary effectiveness end point was met by a significant decrease in EAD (27 of 150 [18%] vs 44 of 141 [31%]; P = .01) and that the OCS™ Liver preserved livers had significant reduction in histopathologic evidence of ischemia-reperfusion injury after reperfusion (eg, less moderate to severe lobular inflammation: 9 of 150 [6%] for OCS™ Liver vs 18 of 141 [13%] for ischemic cold storage (ICS); P = .004). The OCS™ Liver resulted in significantly higher use of livers from donors after cardiac death (28 of 55 [51%] for the OCS™ Liver vs 13 of 51 [26%] for ICS; P = .007). The OCS™ Liver was also associated with significant reduction in incidence of IBC 6 months (1.3% vs 8.5%; P = .02) and 12 months (2.6% vs 9.9%; P = .02) after transplant.
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This press release contains forward looking statements with respect to future events, including the commercialization of the OCS Liver. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this press release may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Some of the key factors that could cause actual results to differ include: that we continue to incur losses; our need to raise additional funding; our existing and any future indebtedness, including our ability to comply with affirmative and negative covenants under our credit agreement to which we will remain subject to until maturity, and our ability to obtain additional financing or refinance existing indebtedness on favorable terms or at all; the fluctuation of our financial results from quarter to quarter; our ability to use net operating losses and research and development credit carryforwards; our dependence on the success of the OCS; the rate and degree of market acceptance of the OCS [including our efforts to develop a national OCS program]; our ability to educate patients, surgeons, transplant centers and private and public payors of benefits offered by the OCS; the impact of the outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus and associated containment, remediation and vaccination efforts; our ability to improve the OCS platform and to develop the next generation of our OCS technology platform; our dependence on a limited number of customers for a significant portion of our net revenue; the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals or clearances for our OCS products; our ability to adequately respond to FDA follow-up inquiries in a timely manner; the timing of and our ability to commercialize and market our OCS products; the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; the timing or results of post-approval studies any any clinical trials for the OCS; our manufacturing, sales, marketing and clinical support capabilities and strategy; attacks against our information technology infrastructure; the economic, political and other risks associated with our foreign operations; our ability to attract and retain key personnel; our ability to protect, defend, maintain and enforce our intellectual property rights relating to the OCS and avoid allegations that our products infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of third parties; the pricing of the OCS, as well as the reimbursement coverage for the OCS in
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