Episode 26: EPOCH Trial results suggest promising treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patients
I think this is actually a model that can in fact be propagated across multiple types of centers, as long as that communication is there. —Riad Salem, MD, MBA, FSIR, Co-principal investigator, EPOCH Trial
Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with interventional radiologist and EPOCH Trial co-principal investigator Riad Salem, MD, MBA, FSIR, about the results of the trial and the potential for Y-90 treatment with TheraSpheres in patients with colorectal cancer metastases.
NOTE: EPOCH, an IDE pivotal trial, was a 428-patient, open-label, international, multicenter, phase 3 trial. EPOCH evaluated the safety and efficacy of TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres combined with second-line therapy (oxaliplatin- or irinotecan-based chemotherapy) in patients with mCRC of the liver. EPOCH met both primary endpoints of progression free survival and hepatic progression free survival. Learn more from Boston Scientific.
Note: This episode was recorded on Dec. 7, 2021.
Podcast participants
Riad Salem, MD, MBA, FSIR, is an interventional radiologist associated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and is co-principal investigator of the EPOCH Trial.
Host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, is an interventional radiologist in Tampa, Florida.
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