MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a
critical care immunotherapy leader commercializing its CytoSorb® blood purification technology to treat deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery
patients around the world, announced the selection of its REFRESH I cardiac surgery "Late-Breaking Clinical Trial" abstract
for podium presentation at the American Association
for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Centennial Conference in Boston, April 29
- May 3, 2017.
Dr. Robert Bartlett, Chief Medical Officer of CytoSorbents, stated, "The competitive selection
of our REFRESH I abstract by an independent scientific review committee for presentation validates the clinical importance of
treating uncontrolled inflammation during cardiac surgery and the potential of our CytoSorb blood purification approach."
AATS Centennial
Conference
- Session Name: Perioperative Care Simultaneous Scientific Session
- Title of Presentation: "Use of a Novel Hemoadsorption Technology to Reduce Plasma Free Hemoglobin during Complex
Cardiac Surgery: Results from the Randomized Controlled Safety and Feasibility REFRESH I Trial"
- Presenter: Dr. Thomas G. Gleason, MD, Chief - Division of Cardiac Surgery and Ronald
V. Pellegrini Endowed Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine
- Where: Room 306, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
- When: Monday, May 1, 2017, between 2:00-5:15PM
About the American Association
for Thoracic Surgery
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is an international organization of over 1,300 of the world's foremost
cardiothoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. Founded in 1917, its members have a proven record of distinction within the
specialty and have made significant contributions to the care and treatment of cardiothoracic disease throughout the world.
In 2017, the Association will commemorate its 100th Anniversary at this year's AATS Centennial Conference.
About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO )
CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in critical
care immunotherapy, specializing in blood purification. Its flagship product, CytoSorb® is approved in the European Union with distribution in 43 countries around the world, as a safe and
effective extracorporeal cytokine adsorber, designed to reduce the "cytokine storm" or "cytokine release syndrome" that could
otherwise cause massive inflammation, organ failure and death in common critical illnesses such as sepsis, burn injury, trauma,
lung injury and pancreatitis, as well as in cancer immunotherapy. These are conditions where the risk of death is extremely high,
yet no effective treatments exist. CytoSorb® is also being used during and after cardiac surgery to remove inflammatory
mediators, such as cytokines and free hemoglobin, which can lead to post-operative complications, including multiple organ
failure. CytoSorbents has completed its REFRESH (REduction in FREe Hemoglobin) I trial - a multi-center, randomized controlled
study that has demonstrated the safety of intra-operative CytoSorb® use in a heart-lung machine during complex cardiac
surgery. In 2017, the company plans to initiate a pivotal REFRESH 2 trial intended to support U.S. FDA approval.
CytoSorb® has been used safely in more than 20,000 human treatments to date.
CytoSorbents' purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic
substances from blood and other bodily fluids by pore capture and surface adsorption. Its technologies have received non-dilutive
grant, contract, and other funding in excess of $18 million from DARPA, the U.S. Army, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI), U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and others. The Company has numerous products under development based upon this
unique blood purification technology, protected by 32 issued U.S. patents and multiple applications pending worldwide, including
CytoSorb-XL, HemoDefend™, VetResQ™, ContrastSorb, DrugSorb, and others. For more information, please visit the Company's
websites at www.cytosorbents.com and www.cytosorb.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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