Drugs / Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres
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Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres

also known as TheraSphere
Developed for
hepatocellular carcinoma
Investigated by
Boston Scientific Corporation

Trials 1

20222023202420252026
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 3 NCT05016245 Sep 2021 → Feb 2026 overdue hepatocellular carcinoma Boston Scientific Corporation Active not recruiting No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 3

DateIssuerRelease
2021-09-20 Boston Scientific Corporation Results Late-Breaking Data Demonstrate Improved Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer After Treatment with Boston Scientific TheraSphere™ Y-90 Glass Microspheres bostonscientific.com ↗
The clinical findings were presented today as late-breaking data at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021 and will be published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology .
2021-03-25 Boston Scientific Corporation Results Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Data for TheraSphere™ Y-90 Glass Microspheres Demonstrates Improved Survival in Primary Liver Cancer bostonscientific.com ↗
Data confirmed treatment was safe and well tolerated, with only 4.8% of patients experiencing adverse events, defined in the primary endpoint as ≥ Grade 3 hyperbilirubinemia.
2021-03-18 Boston Scientific Corporation Regulatory Boston Scientific Receives FDA Approval for TheraSphere™ Y-90 Glass Microspheres bostonscientific.com ↗
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the TheraSphere™ Y-90 Glass Microspheres, developed for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Evidence & citations 2 cited values

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Known as Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT05016245 ↗
Known as TheraSphere “TheraSphere™ Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres TheraSphere™ is steam sterilized and supplied in 6 standard dose sizes: 3 GBq, 5 GBq, 7 GBq, 10 GBq, 15 GBq, 20 GBq.” NCT05016245 ↗