Additional Results From BioCardia's Phase III Pivotal CardiAMP Heart Failure Trial To Be Presented At Three Influential Fall Cardiovascular Congresses

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- BioCardia®, Inc. (OTC: BCDA), a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced that additional data from the open label, roll-in cohort of the ongoing Phase III CardiAMPtm Heart Failure Trial (CardiAMP-HF Trial) are expected to be presented at three upcoming fall cardiovascular congresses. The CardiAMP-HF Trial is a study of the company's autologous, investigational CardiAMP stem cell therapy for the treatment of heart failure developed following a heart attack. Positive six-month outcomes from the first 10 patients were published online in Circulation Research in late August and are expected to be published in print in the September 28, 2018 issue.

Two presentations related to CardiAMP are scheduled at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, one of the world's largest and most important educational meetings specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine. Both presentations are scheduled for Monday, September 24, 2018: 

• "The CardiAMP Heart Failure Study: First Results from Unblinded Roll-In Phase," 9:06 am PDT.
• "Performance of Helix Transendocardial Biotherapeutic Delivery System after 300 Cases," 9:18 am PDT.

An invited presentation ? "The CardiAMP Heart Failure Trial"  ? is anticipated at the Texas Heart Institute International Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine meeting, the leading U.S. conference focused on cardiovascular regenerative medicine, on October 5, 2018.

An abstract has also been accepted for presentation at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2018 conference.  The presentation ? "The CardiAMP Heart Failure Trial: Efficacy Outcomes from Roll-In Phase" ? is scheduled for Monday, November 12, 2018 at 10:15 am CST.

The CardiAMP-HF Trial is a 260-patient biotherapeutics study currently enrolling at up to 40 centers in the U.S. as an FDA-approved pivotal study. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved reimbursement for the trial, which also has grant support from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. 

CardiAMP cell therapy uses a patient's own (autologous) bone marrow cells to potentially stimulate the body's natural healing response through a minimally-invasive, catheter-based procedure.

About BioCardia
BioCardia, Inc., headquartered in San Carlos, California, is developing regenerative biologic therapies to treat cardiovascular disease. CardiAMP and CardiALLO cell therapies are the Company's biotherapeutic product candidates in clinical development. The Company's current products include the Helixtm transendocardial delivery system and the Morph® steerable guide and sheath catheter portfolio. BioCardia also partners with other biotherapeutic companies to provide its Helix systems and clinical support to their programs studying therapies for the treatment of heart failure, chronic myocardial ischemia and acute myocardial infarction.

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