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Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology treats first patient in Phase 1 esophageal implant trial
Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc.
- First patient treated with Cellspan Esophageal Implant (CEI) in Phase 1 clinical trial at Mayo Clinic.
- Phase 1 trial is a feasibility and safety study in up to 10 patients under an FDA-approved IND, with three active clinical sites.
- Primary endpoint: establishment of a continuous biological neoconduit by three months post-surgery; secondary: mucosal lining by 12 months.
- CEI combines a polyurethane scaffold with autologous adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells; scaffold removed endoscopically at 21-42 days.