The company says the results also provide a compelling rationale for the evaluation of the product (remestemcel-L) in the current United States Phase 3 randomized controlled trial of 300 patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 ARDS.
Key findings of the trial included that the greater the degree of inflammation, as measured by elevated CRP levels, the greater the signal of efficacy of remestemcel-L treatment in improving moderate to severe lung disease.
Mesoblast says, "the post-hoc analysis from a randomized, placebo-controlled 60-patient Phase 2 trial in patients with COPD showed that remestemcel-L, given in four monthly intravenous doses of 100 million cells, significantly improved respiratory and functional clinical outcomes in patients with elevated levels of the inflammatory biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP)," the company said.
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