Alpha Tau receives IDE from FDA for study evaluating Alpha DaRT, chemo combo

The company also announced the receipt of an IDE from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to conduct a clinical study examining the combination of Alpha DaRT and first-line chemotherapy in 12 patients with newly diagnosed metastatic pancreatic cancer, as well as the receipt of regulatory approval from France’s Ministry of Health to initiate a French multi-center study examining the use of Alpha DaRT alongside capecitabine in treating locally advanced pancreatic cancer in 40 patients who have responded or had stable disease with first-line FOLFIRINOX.