Minimal important difference

Healthcare Management Administrators and Omada Health Partner to Control Rising Musculoskeletal Costs

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Management Administrators (HMA), a pioneer in self-funded health benefit programs and one of the nation's largest third-party administrators, today announced that it is partnering with Omada Health to offer virtual-first physical therapy and musculoskeletal (MSK) care.

Key Points: 
  • BELLEVUE, Wash., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Management Administrators (HMA), a pioneer in self-funded health benefit programs and one of the nation's largest third-party administrators, today announced that it is partnering with Omada Health to offer virtual-first physical therapy and musculoskeletal (MSK) care.
  • Musculoskeletal system disorders consistently drive high costs to plans and are acknowledged across the healthcare industry as a top concern for employers.
  • "With Omada, members don't have to choose between clinical quality and convenience," said Todd Norwood PT, DPT, Senior Director of Clinical Services at Omada.
  • HMA's new MSK Program through Omada Health will go live in January 2024.

DiscGenics Announces Positive Two-Year Clinical Data from Study of Discogenic Progenitor Cell Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease

Retrieved on: 
Monday, January 23, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DiscGenics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine, today announced positive two-year clinical data from its first-in-human clinical study of IDCT (rebonuputemcel), an allogeneic discogenic progenitor cell therapy for lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).

Key Points: 
  • SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DiscGenics, Inc. , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine, today announced positive two-year clinical data from its first-in-human clinical study of IDCT (rebonuputemcel), an allogeneic discogenic progenitor cell therapy for lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
  • In the low dose IDCT group (3,000,000 cell/mL; n=20), there was a trend in improvement of clinical outcomes, though inconsistent.
  • The 60-subject study was designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of IDCT for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease versus vehicle and saline controls.
  • DiscGenics has submitted a full clinical study report to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT).

Biophytis: Biophytis presents Sarconeos (BIO101) Development Program in Sarcopenia at the 12th annual International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) in Boston April 20-22, 2022

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

ICFSR is the key international scientific event on Frailty and Sarcopenia and is attended by leading researchers, physicians and Biotech/Pharma in this field.

Key Points: 
  • ICFSR is the key international scientific event on Frailty and Sarcopenia and is attended by leading researchers, physicians and Biotech/Pharma in this field.
  • Jean Mariani, MD, PhD (Board Director) will give an oral presentation on the results of the Phase 2 SARA-INT trial for the treatment of Sarcopenia.
  • The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) for the 400MWT in sarcopenia is 0.1 m/s.
  • The objective is to have a FPI (First patient In) for this new study at the end of H2 2022.