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    Calibration

    Tightly calibrated to enable more choices for embolization

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    Drug Loading

    Microsphere sizes remain stable during drug loading and storage; typical size change is less than 5%

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    Fast drug loading times

    30-120 minutes depending on prescription

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    Capable of loading up to 50 mg of drug / ml microspheres:

    - doxorubicin-HCl powder or solution - irinotecan-HCl

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    Three sizes offered in 2 and 3 mL of product per syringe

    From 40 μm to 100 μm

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    Three-year shelf life

    From date of manufacture

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Bibliography

Clinical Trials Evaluating TANDEM and Doxorubicin or Irinotecan

Publication / Study Treatment Disease State & Staging Number of Patients Results Endpoints (*=Primary)
Richter et al, 2018¹
MIRACLE I
DEB-TACE with Doxorubicin HCC
ECOG: 0-2
Child-Pugh: A or B*
25 Freedom From:
30D SAEs: 92%
6M SAEs: 71%
6M tumor progression: 76%
Tumor control: 95%
12M Survival: 56% (w/o ascites 73%)
Safety (30D, 6M), Tumor progression (6M) Time to progression, Local tumor control, Survival (12M)
Mauri et al, 2018²
MIRACLE III
DEB-TACE with Irinotecan mCRC
ECOG: 0-1**
18 30 Day SAE-Free: 100% (18/18)
3M Tumor Control: 88.9% (17/18)
6M Tumor Control: 41.2% (7/17)
12M Tumor Control: 17.6% (3/17)
12M Survival: 44%
Safety (30D), Tumor control (3M), Secondary: Tumor control (6M, 12M), Survival (12M)
  • *One study patient 1/25 (4%) treated was Child-Pugh C.
  • **All study patients 18/18 (100%) treated were ECOG 0.
  • 1 Richter, G., et al., Safety and Feasibility of Chemoembolization with Doxorubicin-Loaded Small Calibrated Microspheres in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of the MIRACLE I Prospective Multicenter Study. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2018) 41:587–593
  • 2 Mauri, G., et al., Transarterial Embolization with Small-Size Particles Loaded with Irinotecan for the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases: Results of the MIRACLE III Study. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2018) 41:1708–1715.

Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating Doxorubicin-TACE for Treatment of HCC

  • Kawai, S., et al., Prospective and randomized clinical trial for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma--a comparison of lipiodol-transcatheter arterial embolization with and without adriamycin (first cooperative study). The Cooperative Study Group for Liver Cancer Treatment of Japan. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 1992. 31 Suppl: p. S1-6.
  • Llovet, J.M., et al., Arterial embolisation or chemoembolisation versus symptomatic treatment in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2002. 359(9319): p. 1734-9.
  • Brown, K.T., et al., Randomized Trial of Hepatic Artery Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Doxorubicin-Eluting Microspheres Compared With Embolization With Microspheres Alone. J Clin Oncol, 2016. 34(17): p. 2046-53.
  • Malagari, K., et al., Prospective randomized comparison of chemoembolization with doxorubicin-eluting beads and bland embolization with BeadBlock for hepatocellular carcinoma. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 2010. 33(3): p. 541-51.
  • Mabed, M., et al., A randomized controlled trial of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with lipiodol, doxorubicin and cisplatin versus intravenous doxorubicin for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl), 2009. 18(5): p. 492-9.
  • Lammer, J., et al., Prospective randomized study of doxorubicin-eluting-bead embolization in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: results of the PRECISION V study. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 2010. 33(1): p. 41-52.
  • van Malenstein, H., et al., A randomized phase II study of drug-eluting beads versus transarterial chemoembolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Onkologie, 2011. 34(7): p. 368-76.
  • Sacco, R., et al., Conventional versus doxorubicin-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2011. 22(11): p. 1545-52.
  • Golfieri, R., et al., Randomised controlled trial of doxorubicin-eluting beads vs conventional chemoembolisation for hepatocellular carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer, 2014. 111(2): p. 255-264.

Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating Irinotecan-TACE for Treatment of mCRC

  • Fiorentini, G., et al., Intra-arterial infusion of irinotecan-loaded drug-eluting beads (DEBIRI) versus intravenous therapy (FOLFIRI) for hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: final results of a phase III study. Anticancer Res, 2012. 32(4): p. 1387-95.
  • Martin, R.C., 2nd, et al., Irinotecan drug-eluting beads in the treatment of chemo-naive unresectable colorectal liver metastasis with concomitant systemic fluorouracil and oxaliplatin: results of pharmacokinetics and phase I trial. J Gastrointest Surg, 2012. 16(8): p. 1531-8.
  • Martin, R.C., 2nd, et al., Randomized controlled trial of irinotecan drug-eluting beads with simultaneous FOLFOX and bevacizumab for patients with unresectable colorectal liver-limited metastasis. Cancer, 2015. 121(20): p. 3649-58.

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