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STAR-T Pivotal Trial Results to Be Featured as a Late-Breaking Presentation at the 2024 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting
PRINCETON, N.J., April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the
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[{"type":"text","content":"PRINCETON, N.J., April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and cardiac surgery using blood purification via its proprietary polymer adsorption technology, today announced that topline results from its pivotal U.S. and Canadian Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal of Ticagrelor (STAR-T) randomized controlled trial will be featured as a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), taking place Friday, April 26 through Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in Toronto, ON, Canada.Details of the STAR-T presentation are as follows: 104th American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual MeetingSession: Adult Cardiac Scientific Session: Trials and TrendsTitle: A Pivotal Randomized, Sham-controlled Trial Examining the Safety And Efficacy of Intraoperative Removal of Ticagrelor In Patients Undergoing Urgent Cardiac SurgeryPresenter: Michael J. Mack, M.D. Session presentation date & time: April 28, 2024 at 7:30-9:00 AM EDTLocation: Metro Toronto Convention Center, Room 718B Following the presentation at AATS, CytoSorbents will be hosting a Virtual KOL and Investor Day on Monday, May 6th at 11:30 AM to provide a review of the STAR-T pivotal trial results by the study’s Principal Investigators. Additionally, the program will feature a discussion of real-world usage of CytoSorb®, that uses an equivalent polymer technology to DrugSorb-ATR and is already approved for this application in the European Union. Click here for more details and to register. About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO) CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and in cardiac surgery through blood purification. Its lead product, CytoSorb®, is approved in the European Union and distributed in 75 countries worldwide. It is an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber that reduces “cytokine storm” or “cytokine release syndrome” in common critical illnesses that can lead to massive inflammation, organ failure and patient death. In these diseases, the risk of death can be extremely high, and there are few, if any, effective treatments. CytoSorb is also used during and after cardiothoracic surgery to remove antithrombotic drugs an...