InVivo Therapeutics Announces Sixth Patient Conversion in The INSPIRE Study of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold™
-Patient Converts from Complete Paralysis to Partial Paralysis-
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Jan 24, 2017) – InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV) today announced that the patient enrolled in December in the INSPIRE study of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold has improved from a complete AIS A spinal cord injury to an incomplete AIS B spinal cord injury in the time between discharge and the one-month evaluation. This is the sixth out of the eleven patients (54.5% conversion rate) in follow-up to have had an AIS grade improvement. Two patients who have not yet converted are early in follow-up, with conversion possible before the six-month endpoint. The INSPIRE conversion rate is considerably higher than rates observed in a range of SCI natural history databases.
Domagoj Coric, M.D., of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, said: “I have been encouraged by the data generated to date in the INSPIRE study, including the two conversions in patients that I have implanted with the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold.” Dr. Coric, Chief of Neurosurgery at the Carolinas Medical Center and a member of the INSPIRE Study Steering Committee performed the implantation with his partner at Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, Samuel Chewning, M.D.
“The AIS conversion rate observed thus far in the INSPIRE study has exceeded expectations,” CEO and Chairman Mark Perrin said. “We look forward to following this patient’s progress, and we’re hopeful that we will continue to observe positive INSPIRE results as we work towards completing enrollment.”
