Sirtex Receives FDA Approval for FAST Clinical Trial

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sirtex, a leading developer of targeted and innovative cancer therapies, has received FDA approval under Investigational Device Exemption to conduct the first clinical trial to evaluate the safety of concurrent administration of FOLFOX6 and bevacizumab, an anti-angiogenic, with Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) using SIR-Spheres®1 microspheres (FAST) as first-line treatment of patients with colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver. Dennis L. Carter, M.D., radiation oncologist, and Charles Nutting, D.O., interventional radiologist, will serve as principal investigators for the FAST trial.

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