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Liver Cancer

First patient accepted in phase III liver cancer study

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 5th, 2004

Delcath Systems, Inc., (DCTH) said the first patient has been accepted for enrollment in its phase III clinical trial for inoperable cancer in the liver.

The patient will be treated at the Sydney melanoma unit at the Royal Price Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia, the initial clinical site for the company's pivotal trial.

"This is an important milestone for our company and marks the beginning of our final step toward FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] approval," said M.S. Koly, CEO of Delcath. "Now that the first patient is enrolled, the clinical team in Sydney indicated to us that future enrollments should happen at a more rapid pace."

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