CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (OTC/BB:NVIV.ob - News), a company focused on the development of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI), today announced that in a rodent contusion model of SCI the Company’s proprietary biopolymer scaffold showed positive preliminary data that indicate a therapeutic effect. The technology tested was a biomaterial scaffold implant without drugs or cells and is the subject of a proposed 10-patient pilot study in humans in acute spinal cord injury, which the Company hopes to begin next year.
The data demonstrate evidence of efficacy with respect to decreased scarring, decreased lesion size, and increased neural survival following the implantation of the Company’s lead technology in an acute SCI model. The results are consistent with InVivo’s prior published peer-reviewed findings in hemisection models in both rodents and non-human primates.
“We are very excited that results from the most applicable injury model to humans, the contusion model, appear to confirm our findings in the hemisection model,” said Rick Layer, PhD, Research & Development Manager at InVivo Therapeutics.
Jonathan Slotkin, MD, Medical Director at InVivo Therapeutics, added, “I am looking forward to finalizing this analysis and to submitting the data to a peer-reviewed journal, as well as to presenting it at upcoming scientific meetings. These data provide further encouragement as we work with the FDA on our recently submitted application.”
About InVivo Therapeutics
InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. is focused on utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function in individuals paralyzed as a result of traumatic spinal cord injury. The company was founded in 2005 on the basis of proprietary technology co-invented by Robert Langer, ScD. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Joseph P. Vacanti, M.D., who is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital.
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