ENDRA Provides Update Following In-person Meeting with FDA
ENDRA Life Sciences (NASDAQ: NDRA), a pioneer in Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS®), announced a significant update following an in-person meeting with the FDA. The meeting focused on the clinical trial design of the TAEUS liver device, which is important for ENDRA's U.S. De Novo filing. ENDRA presented a detailed description of TAEUS technology and a synopsis of their clinical study, which spans a fat fraction range representative of steatotic liver disease in the U.S.
The company provided background clinical data and statistical analyses from 45 historical study participants. The meeting highlighted ENDRA's proposed pivotal clinical study and included a demonstration of the TAEUS procedure. Key ENDRA team members, including technical staff and biostatisticians, attended the meeting. The FDA's feedback was deemed constructive, and ENDRA plans to update its clinical study protocol and statistical plan for FDA submission. This close engagement aims to ensure alignment on the pivotal study design for a future De Novo submission.
- Pre-submission meeting with the FDA considered highly informative.
- FDA provided constructive feedback on the pivotal clinical study design.
- ENDRA presented a detailed description of TAEUS technology and clinical study synopsis.
- Background clinical data and statistical analyses from 45 historical study participants submitted.
- TAEUS procedure demonstrated using anatomical phantoms of the liver.
- ENDRA team included experienced regulatory/clinical leads and biostatisticians.
- Meeting minutes expected in June, allowing for protocol updates and submission to FDA.
- No immediate approval or clear timeline for the pivotal clinical study start.
- Ongoing regulatory engagement may delay the De Novo submission process.
- Potential for additional revisions based on FDA's feedback, extending timelines.
Increases clarity for ENDRA on regulatory path forward for TAEUS
Prior to the meeting, ENDRA provided the FDA with a detailed description of the TAEUS technology to be used in clinical testing, along with a clinical study synopsis outlining a prospective hypothesis-driven, statistically powered multicenter clinical study spanning a fat fraction range representative of steatotic liver disease in the
The meeting was held at FDA's
The ENDRA team in attendance included key technical staff, a regulatory/clinical lead with over 20 years of first-of-a-kind medical device experience, a senior biostatistician familiar to the FDA, and liver ultrasound and MRI radiology experts.
Management believes that the meeting was highly informative and views the FDA’s feedback as very constructive. Based on the feedback received as well as the Meeting Minutes expected in June, ENDRA will update its pivotal clinical study protocol and statistical plan for submission to the FDA as a next step prior to initiating the study.
"ENDRA's new regulatory approach is focused on close engagement with the FDA to ensure alignment on our pivotal study design and statistical plan, in support of a future De Novo submission," said Michael Thornton, ENDRA's Chief Technology Officer. “We believe this in-person meeting with the FDA helped clarify the path forward for ENDRA. We look forward to maintaining close collaboration with the FDA throughout the process."
About ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.
ENDRA Life Sciences is the pioneer of Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS®), a ground-breaking technology that characterizes tissue similar to an MRI, but at 1/40th the cost and at the point of patient care. TAEUS® is designed to work in concert with the more than 700,000 ultrasound systems in use globally today. TAEUS® is initially focused on the non-invasive assessment of fatty tissue in the liver. Steatotic liver disease (SLD, formerly known as NAFLD-NASH) is a chronic liver disease spectrum that affects over two billion people globally, and for which there are no practical diagnostic tools. Beyond the liver, ENDRA is exploring several other clinical applications of TAEUS®, including non-invasive visualization of tissue temperature during energy-based surgical procedures. For more information, please visit www.endrainc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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