Vandalia Health CAMC becomes first site activated for Bioflow-48 stent study
PRESS RELEASE:
Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center, in collaboration with the CAMC Clinical Trials Center, is the first site in the world to be activated for the Bioflow-48 stent study and has enrolled the first three patients globally. This international study evaluates a new, longer Orsiro® Mission 48-mm Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System to treat complex blockages in the heart’s arteries.
The study will enroll 100 participants across up to 35 sites, including up to 15 in the U.S.
CAMC interventional cardiologists performed the first three cases in the world.
“That means that we are very advanced center,” said Dr. Haytham Alkhaimy, CAMC Interventional Cardiologist. “We are proud to provide all the new treatments, technology and devices to our community.”
Doctors want to know if using this stent is better for patients by covering long lesions with a single stent instead of using multiple overlapping stents.
The CAMC Clinical Trials Center study team includes Kaylea Hoffman, Morgan Bush, Brittany Barnes, Wisam Alzoebie and Jordan Campanelli.
CAMC investigators contributing to this study are principal investigator Elie Gharib, MD; Mitchell Rashid, MD; Elise Anderson, DO; Haytham Alkhaimy, MD; Sangeeta Mandapaka, MD; Joseph Choo, MD; and Richard Han, MD.
To learn more about the CAMC Clinical Trials Center, visit camcmedicine.edu/ClinicalTrials.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine provides continuing medical education, outreach education and research support to physicians, allied medical professionals, as well as patient and consumer health service projects in West Virginia and the region. The institute also operates a school of nurse anesthesia affiliated with Marshall University and the University of Charleston, as well as 19 graduate medical education residency/fellowship/intern programs sponsored by CAMC and in affiliation with West Virginia University Charleston Division and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. Additionally, CAMC sponsors three pharmacy residency programs, a clinical psychology internship, interventional cardiology, gastroenterology and cardiology, oral maxillofacial, pulmonology critical care and vascular surgery fellowships. There are over 1,000 learners in CAMC’s facilities on any given day. For more information, visit camcmedicine.edu.
About Vandalia Health
Vandalia Health, headquartered in Charleston, is a multi-state health system with locations across West Virginia as well as in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Made up of CAMC Health System, Davis Health System and Mon Health System, Vandalia Health has 17 hospitals, over 220 ambulatory locations, more than 13,000 employees and more than 2,000 doctors and advanced practice providers. For more information or a map of locations visit vandaliahealth.org.
