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Stroke Interventions in Clinical Trials
Printable Version
Fibroblast growth factor
Fiblast® Trafermin, bFGF

Action
Trophic factor.

Status
North American phase II/III trial halted 5/98 after review of data on 300 patients. "This decision was based on an unfavorable risk-to-benefit ratio in these stroke patients treated with Fiblast versus those treated with placebo." European Phase II/III trial was continued. Stroke trials discontinued 10/99. Trials for dermal wounds, peripheral vascular disease, and coronary artery disease ongoing. Trial results unpublished as of 1/2002.

Trial(s)
  = Ongoing
  = Completed

Fiblast Phase 2 Clinical Safety Trial of Intravenous Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Acute Stroke
Fiblast Phase 3 European-Australian Fiblast (Trafermin) in Acute Stroke

Web Links and Publications
Scios Inc. Web Site.

Fiblast (trafermin) in acute stroke: results of the European-Australian phase II/III safety and efficacy trial.
Cerebrovascular Diseases 2002; 14:239-251.

Trafermin. CAB 2001, KCB 1, Fiblast.
Drugs R D. 1999 Jan;1(1):40-1.

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