$ARTH radar, news out! Arch Therapeutics Reports A
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FRAMINGHAM, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 31, 2016) - Arch Therapeutics, Inc. ( OTCQB : ARTH ) ("Arch" or the "Company"
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In particular, in this newly reported analysis of the primary and secondary outcomes for wounds among patients treated with an antiplatelet agent, the primary objective of safety throughout the surgical procedure and until the end of a 30-day follow-up period post procedure was met and AC5 was well tolerated. Moreover, AC5 shortened time to hemostasis ("TTH"
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Terrence W. Norchi, MD, President and CEO of Arch Therapeutics, said, "We have eagerly awaited initial data to support the hypothesis that the mechanism of action of AC5 is independent of a patient's underlying bleeding or coagulation status. These results are an important first step in highlighting an important differentiating feature of AC5 and our self-assembling peptide technology platform."
Jack Kelly, MD, Principal Investigator of the study, and a plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland, said, "We have been impressed with how patients in this study responded to treatment and how easy AC5 was to use. The favorable safety and efficacy profile of AC5 in the overall study was supported when looking at the subset of patients taking antiplatelet therapy, which is particularly noteworthy. Many patients have perturbed hemostasis pathways, whether from natural disease or the use of prescribed or over the counter blood thinners, therefore we always have a concern about more bleeding in these patients. AC5 may provide their care providers a valuable tool to address those challenges."
As previously reported, this first study assessing the safety and performance of AC5 in humans served to evaluate the safety and performance of AC5 in patients scheduled to undergo excision of skin lesions on their trunk or upper limbs. Of the 46 patients enrolled in the human study, 10 patients were taking an antiplatelet agent and 36 were not. Each patient had two wounds, of which one was treated with AC5 and the other received standard care plus a sham treatment according to a randomization process. Consequently, each patient served as her/his own control.
The study's overall primary objective of safety throughout the surgical procedure and until the end of a 30-day follow-up period post procedure was met and AC5 was well tolerated. No serious adverse events were reported. A secondary endpoint was performance as assessed by time to hemostasis. The median time to hemostasis of wounds in the AC5 treatment group was 41% faster than for those in the control group. This result was statistically significant (p<0.001, Wilcoxon signed rank test). An additional secondary endpoint of healing of treated wounds was assessed as measured by the ASEPSIS wound score at Days 7 and 30. The majority of patients had an ASEPSIS score of 0 in both wounds on both days, and all AC5-treated wounds healed satisfactorily as per wound healing scoring criteria.
Previously, Arch's clinical advisory committee deemed the study results to be clinically significant and have recommended submitting a manuscript to a peer-reviewed medical journal for publication. In light of this new data, the committee added, "This first human study assessing the safety and performance of AC5 has revealed an impressive and statistically significant result in patients on an antiplatelet agent, indicating that it may have broad potential scope in different applications."
The advisors include Arthur Rosenthal, PhD, Professor of Practice, Emeritus, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, and a former member of Arch's Board of Directors; Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and past President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons; Paresh Shah, MD, Vice Chair of Surgery, Director of General Surgery and Professor of Surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University Langone School of Medicine; and William Denman, MD, anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, past Chief Medical Officer of GE Healthcare and past Chief Medical Officer of Covidien.
The Company expects to submit further study details and data to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. The Company also plans to include data from this trial in its regulatory filings, including in a CE mark application for AC5, which is currently anticipated to be filed at the earliest by the end of this year. Arch is currently planning its next clinical-regulatory steps for both the EU and the US.
The study, conducted at University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland, was carried out in collaboration with CÚRAM, Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices and the HRB Clinical Research Facility based at National University of Ireland Galway.
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