CytoSorbents’s STAR-T trial reaches second key milestone

CytoSorbents Corporation announces that its pivotal STAR-T randomized, controlled trial has enrolled 80 patients, achieving the second of three key enrollment milestones, and triggering a pre-specified Data and Safety Monitoring Board, DSMB, safety review. Dr. Efthymios N. Deliargyris, Chief Medical Officer of CytoSorbents stated, "We are pleased with the solid enrollment pace of the STAR-T trial, now two-thirds enrolled, and believe it reflects a) the positive enthusiasm and commitment of participating U.S. and Canadian study centers, b) the large unmet medical need and numbers of patients on ticagrelor undergoing cardiothoracic surgery, and c) the laser focus of our clinical team. We expect completion of the second DSMB safety review over the next several months." Dr. Deliargyris continued, "Because of the brisk enrollment of the trial, we continue to project that STAR-T will be fully enrolled this summer. Because of this, as we discussed in our last earnings call in March, we have elected to forego an interim analysis at this stage which would have otherwise taken several months to conclude, and instead race to complete trial enrollment on schedule and initiate the final study analysis, while preserving the full statistical power of the study. This would put us in the position of having top-line data later this year, with the goal of filing for U.S. FDA and Health Canada regulatory approval thereafter."