Drug Development
U.S. Patients Treated with New Drug-Coated Stent
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, August 3rd, 2007
The first U.S. patients in the pivotal Phase II trial of a potentially revolutionary new type of drug-coated stent designed to prevent blockages in arteries outside the heart were treated at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., Cook Medical announced. The patients were treated by principal investigator Dr. Richard Saxon, assistant clinical professor of radiology at University of California, San Diego, as part of the international Zilver PTX Stent Trial.
The trial is intended to evaluate paclitaxel-eluting stents in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a serious medical condition that affects more than 10 million Americans each year. The study will...
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