Exact Sciences Corp.’s long-term analysis of results from the Detecting cancers Earlier Through Elective mutation-based blood Collection and Testing (DETECT-A) study found that all patients diagnosed and treated for stage I or II cancers identified through its blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test remained cancer-free more than four years after diagnosis. Half of all the participants with cancer detected remained alive at four years, notable because most of the detected cancers had no recommended screening tests or standards. The results will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting June 2-6.
Renal denervation (RDN) was described as the “comeback kid” at the recent EuroPCR conference in Paris where participants argued that following the success seen in several sham-controlled trials, there is now no doubt about the safety and the efficacy of the technology as a treatment for hypertension. The device-based procedure should now be used as a therapy option to reduce high blood pressure in patients, delegates heard.
Tissium SA reported the close of a series D funding round, raising $54 million from investors both new – such as Mérieux Développement SAS – and long-term, including Cathay Capital Co. Ltd., Crédit Mutuel Innovation SAS and original investors, Sofinnova Partners SAS.
The U.K. government has announced £121 million (US$148 million) in funding to reboot the commercial clinical trials system after a sharp decline saw the number of industry-sponsored studies falling by 44% from 2017 to 2021.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Cytek Biosciences, Flowmetric, Nox Health, Pear.
Researchers from the French institute of health and medical research (INSERM) and the University of Bordeaux, France, have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to leverage hospital data for trauma patients. They have published results for a new algorithm capable of classifying trauma-related emergency room visits in the Journal of Medical Internet Research – Artificial Intelligence. “Thanks to this new AI tool, we have generated highly accurate data that allows us to accurately classify the mechanisms of trauma, which represent one third of emergency room visits in France,” said Gabrielle Chenais, research specialist and data scientist at the Bordeaux Population Health (BPH) Research Centre. BPH is a research body run by INSERM and the University of Bordeaux.
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