InspireMD Engages Hart Clinical Consultants to Conduct Clinical Trial for CGuard Carotid Stent System in the United States
InspireMD (NYSE American: NSPR) has engaged Hart Clinical Consultants to conduct a U.S. clinical trial for its CGuard Carotid Stent System. This trial is pivotal for the commercial registration of CGuard in the U.S., a key market for the device aimed at preventing strokes caused by carotid artery disease. The company has secured $20.7 million through a public offering to finance the trial, which will be overseen by lead investigator Dr. Chris Metzger. InspireMD aims to establish CGuard as a new standard of care in stroke prevention.
- Engaged Hart Clinical Consultants for U.S. clinical trial, enhancing credibility.
- Secured $20.7 million in a public offering for trial funding.
- CGuard aims to set a new standard for stroke prevention, backed by unique MicroNet technology.
- Clinical trial results remain uncertain until completion.
- Intense competition in the medical device industry poses risks.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE American: NSPR), developer of the CGuard™ Embolic Prevention System (EPS) for the prevention of stroke caused by carotid artery disease, announced today that it has engaged Hart Clinical Consultants (HCC), a leading Contract Research Organization (CRO) to conduct the clinical trial for its CGuard Carotid Stent System in the United States.
“HCC is ideally suited to manage this trial having supported clinical trial operations for a variety of products and indications, including with multiple carotid intervention procedures,” stated Marvin Slosman, InspireMD’s CEO. “This is an important step in our goal to achieve commercial registration of the CGuard System in the United States, one of the largest and most important markets for the sale and distribution of our device. This will be the first U.S.-based study of CGuard and our opportunity to demonstrate its potential for the prevention of stroke caused by carotid artery disease in patients in the United States. Now that we have also identified our stellar lead investigator in Dr. Chris Metzger and closed a
“We look forward to working with InspireMD on this pivotal trial of the CGuard System to help establish a new standard of care for the management of carotid artery disease and stroke prevention. We differentiate our organization from other CRO’s in that our staff has either direct interventional cath lab or cardio-thoracic operating room experience. This allows us to function extremely well in technical areas when carrying out clinical trial operations or conducting device training,” said Jim Hart, CEO of HCC.
About the CGuard® EPS
The CGuard® Embolic Protection System is an advanced platform solution designed to deliver the flexibility of the traditional open-cell stent with advanced protection from peri-procedural and post-procedural embolic events caused by plaque prolapse through the stent strut that can lead to stroke. CGuard’s unique MicroNet® technology mitigates the prolapse and associated embolization and has shown superior clinical outcomes for patients against alternative carotid stent types, conventional and next-generation double-layer stents, as well as invasive procedures such as endarterectomy, a major surgical procedure. InspireMD’s CGuard™ has created a new dimension in the protected treatment of carotid artery disease and has the potential to establish a new standard of care for the management of carotid artery disease and stroke prevention.
About InspireMD, Inc.
InspireMD seeks to utilize its proprietary MicroNet® technology to make its products the industry standard for carotid stenting by providing outstanding acute results and durable, stroke-free, long-term outcomes. For more information, visit www.inspiremd.com. InspireMD routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the Investors section of its website.
About Hart Clinical Consultants
Hart Clinical Consultants (HCC) is a specialized Functional Service Provider (FSP) that partners innovators of technical, novel medical devices with highly skilled clinical research professionals. HCC specializes in clinical trial operations, study execution, physician training and case proctoring.
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Investor Contacts:
Craig Shore
Chief Financial Officer
InspireMD, Inc.
888-776-6804
craigs@inspiremd.com
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