Vital Therapies Announces First Quarter Financial Results
SAN DIEGO, May 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTL), a biotherapeutic company developing ELAD®, a cell-based therapy targeting the treatment of acute forms of liver failure, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Key Recent Developments
- Opened the eighth site for VTL-308, the Company’s phase 3 randomized, controlled, open-label trial, designed to evaluate the ELAD System in subjects with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis (sAAH). The Company expects to have most of the 40 sites targeted for participation opened for enrollment by the fourth quarter and continues to anticipate enrollment of the trial’s first subject during the current quarter.
Key Recent Developments
- Opened the eighth site for VTL-308, the Company’s phase 3 randomized, controlled, open-label trial, designed to evaluate the ELAD System in subjects with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis (sAAH). The Company expects to have most of the 40 sites targeted for participation opened for enrollment by the fourth quarter and continues to anticipate enrollment of the trial’s first subject during the current quarter.