HAIFA, Israel, April 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:PSTI) (TASE:PLTR), today announced that following completion of three and six month clinical follow-up, data from its two open-label, dose-escalation, Phase I clinical trials conducted in the US and Germany suggests that Pluristem's placenta-derived cell therapy, PLX-PAD, is safe, improves quality of life, and is potentially effective in treating patients and reducing amputations in those suffering from Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI), the end-stage of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). Among the 27 patients treated with PLX-PAD, only one amputation was recorded, representing a 3.7% amputation rate. This represents a 75% reduction in amputation rate compared to historical data, which varies from 20-40%.
