Delcath Announces 100th Commercial CHEMOSAT Treatment Completed at Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
8:00 AM ET, 07/09/2018 - GlobeNewswire
NEW YORK, July 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (OTCQB:DCTH), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the liver, announces that physicians at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands, led by Dr. Mark C. Burgmans, completed their 100th treatment with PHP® Therapy using the company’s Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System (CHEMOSAT). CHEMOSAT was launched in select European markets in 2012, and physicians there have used it to treat a variety of cancers of the liver.
Jennifer K. Simpson, PhD, MSN, CRNP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Delcath Systems, said, “The LUMC team’s achievement is the third 100-treatment milestone in a major European medical center, demonstrating continued clinical adoption of CHEMOSAT in the European market.” Dr. Simpson added “this achievement also builds upon our recent news that the Dutch Health Authorities included CHEMOSAT in their published treatment guidelines for ocular melanoma liver metastases, a step toward potential reimbursement coverage of CHEMOSAT in the Dutch market.”
Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) Therapy with Melphalan/HDS was developed by Delcath Systems as a targeted, whole organ therapy for the liver. It is commercially available as a medical device in Europe, where it is marketed under the tradename CHEMOSAT. The system has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is currently undergoing Phase 3 clinical testing in the U.S. as an investigational product.
