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Theralase Technologies Inc. V.TLT

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Theralase Technologies Inc. is a Canada-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the research and development of light activated compounds and their associated drug formulations. The Company operates through two divisions: Anti-Cancer Therapy (ACT) and Cool Laser Therapy (CLT). The Anti-Cancer Therapy division develops patented, and patent pending drugs, called Photo Dynamic Compounds (PDCs) and activates them with patent pending laser technology to destroy specifically targeted cancers, bacteria and viruses. The CLT division is responsible for the Company’s medical laser business. The Cool Laser Therapy division designs, develops, manufactures and markets super-pulsed laser technology indicated for the healing of chronic knee pain. The technology has been used off-label for healing numerous nerve, muscle and joint conditions. The Company develops products both internally and using the assistance of specialist external resources.


TSXV:TLT - Post by User

Comment by Pandoraon Sep 06, 2022 2:17am
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Post# 34943059

RE:RE:how can an NR become not an NR?

RE:RE:how can an NR become not an NR?Not sure if it is answering my own question but in going back a bunch of pages, I found a Gebremeskel post of August 23rd that discusses/shows another category called "Pending" as posted in the MD&A -- this 'pending' number being separate from PR. I then went to the August 30 MD&A in Sedar and found the company did not produce a chart in a similar format to the May 30 issue. They give "percentages only" for the various categories and then a "Total Evaluable" number for each time period across the bottom - and of course no number for 'pending'. ie. so I can't compare apples to apples.
Maybe all the numbers are in a newsletter but I do not have access to those.
Anyway a "Pending" category should answer my question about why the numbers don't seem to balance.
Gebremeskel's data (one time period only):

  270 Days
CR 8
PR 2
NR 13
Pending 15
Total 38


My apologies for running on -- especially to those that apparently have all the numbers and a good understanding of them.

Pandora wrote:
DJDawg wrote:
I'm happy with the most recent data but I have a dumb question. How does a NR patient get revised to a PR or NR. If you look at the 270 day data (copied from Eoganatch post), 14 NR's became 12 NR's. I thought that an NR implied malignancy in the urine cytology AND visible disease on cystoscopy. I can see that a PR could be revised if the cells found in the urine cytology are found to come from a location in urethra or ureter (outside the field of treatment of TLT + light). I just don't get how you revise a NR when it implies that they visualized some tumour in the bladder.

Thoughts?
- maybe a site investigator give a patient an NR designation because they saw something with the scope and then revised it later based on second opinion from a top investigator?

Any other explanations?

May 30, 2022 - Number of Patients      
           
  90 Days 180 Days 270 Days 360 Days 450 Days
CR 17 16 10 5 5
PR 8 7 2 4 2
NR 12 9 14 14 15
           
Total Evaluable 37 32 26 23 22
           
August 29, 2022 - Number of Patients      
           
  90 Days 180 Days 270 Days 360 Days 450 Days
CR 19 16 13 9 5
PR 6 9 7 3 3
NR 13 9 12 14 16
           
Total Evaluable 38 34 32 26 24


I should probably just leave it alone but I won't because my "fuzzy" logic can't balance the numbers.

What tends to confuse me is what I consider the "missing" category - I have probably said this before. I assume "Total Evaluable" is not actually "Total Patients in the Trial". The title says "Number of Patients" but then they use the term "Total Evaluable" in totaling the columns. Is there a difference?

For example:

As of May 30, 2022 the Total Evaluable number at 90 days is 37.

And, as of May 30, 2022 the number at 180 days is 32.

As of Aug 29, 2022 (90 days later) everyone has moved 90 days so I assume those 37 patients that were at 90 days are now at 180 days, but the number at 180 days, as posted, is only 34. Where are the other 3? I just have trouble rationalizing the numbers -- i.e. my logic works in a different mode -- so I tend to just give them a quick scan to avoid getting overly confused and knowing there will be lots of massaging.

On May 30,2022 the number having achieved 90 days is 37.
On August 29,2022 - 90 days later -  the number having achieved 90 days is 38.
So in a 90 day period we had one additional patient achieve the 90 day mark but 3 less achieve the 180 day mark?

Please tell me what is wrong with my logic - front to back, back to front? - so I possibly can
better understand what I see.


"What is the difference between the number of subjects enrolled and the number evaluable?"

"The Enrolled total is the number of subjects who consent to participate in the study. For a retrospective study, it would be the number of charts reviewed or specimens received. The Evaluable number is the total of the subjects that reach the required endpoint for the study.

Example: 100 subjects might enroll, 10 fail screening, and 20 drop out before the final study visit that is required for assessing the primary efficacy endpoint. The enrolled number is 100, the evaluable number is 80 and 90 subjects will be included in the safety analysis."



So if 450 days is the end point is it correct in using "Evaluable" at all time intervals?

Yes - totally confused in the format and presentation of the data! I'm sure it will generate a fair amount of response.

 



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