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Orqis Gains Momentum with Congestive Heart Failure Device

Orqis Medical slid in under the wire to present late-breaking clinical results for a landmark trial in congestive heart failure at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago in April. Relative to the trial's design, the results were somewhat mixed. The company failed to meet its clinical trial endpoints, but demonstrated significant improvements in a very sick acute heart failure population in a first-of-its kind study, and therefore, proof-of-principle of its novel approach. So, what appears at first glance to be bad news, is actually pretty good news.

Orqis Medical Corp. slid in under the wire to present late-breaking clinical results for a landmark trial in congestive heart failure at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago in April. Relative to the trial’s design, the results were somewhat mixed. The company failed to meet its clinical trial endpoints, but demonstrated significant improvements in a very sick acute heart failure population in a first-of-its kind study, and therefore, proof-of-principle of its novel approach. So, what appears at first glance to be bad news, is actually pretty good news.

The MOMENTUM trial successfully demonstrated that the Orqis percutaneous continual aortic flow augmentation device (called the Cancion System) improved hemodynamic...

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