Dr. Sanjiv Shah, a renowned, global expert in the treatment of HFpEF and PH-HFpEF, will present data highlighting the use of levosimendan for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension due to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF)
Presentation will occur at Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT-2024) – in Boston, MA, on March 6, 2024
THT 2024 is an international conference of leading Heart Failure experts focused on innovations in Heart Failure treatment
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX), a Phase 3, development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing products that address cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with high unmet medical need, today announced Dr. Sanjiv Shah, Stone Endowed Professor of Medicine, Director of Research for the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, and Director of the HFpEF Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, will present data and review the scientific basis for the use of levosimendan in PH-HFpEF. Dr Shah’s presentation will occur during a scientific session focused on the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with heart failure at the upcoming Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) Conference in Boston.
THT 2024, Westin Boston Seaport, Boston, MA, 04-06 March
“THT 2024 is an ideal forum for raising awareness about the unique properties of levosimendan and its potential to improve the hemodynamic abnormalities underlying PH-HFpEF,” said Chris Giordano, President & Chief Executive Officer of Tenax Therapeutics. “Our Phase 3 LEVEL study is on the cutting edge of PH-HFpEF drug development, and Tenax is privileged Dr. Shah has chosen to review the scientific rationale for levosimendan use in these patients with the many international heart failure experts attending THT 2024.”
About CRF’s Technology and Heart Failure (THT) Conference
CRF, the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, sponsors the Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics conference, an immersive experience in the latest treatment innovations, focusing on device- and tech-based treatments within the context of drug therapies. THT 2024 is an in-person only conference designed for a multidisciplinary audience that includes anyone interested in heart failure management and a comprehensive overview of existing and investigational interventions. 1 Source: https://tht2024.crfconnect.com/about-tht
The LEVEL Study is a Phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of levosimendan in patients with PH-HFpEF. Approximately 152 subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive an oral dose of levosimendan or placebo 2 mg/day for Weeks 1 to 4 and 3 mg/day for Weeks 5 to 12. The primary outcome measure for the study is six-minute walk distance from Baseline to Week 12. All randomized subjects will have the option to enter the 92-week OLE following the completion of all study events at Week 12.
About Levosimendan (TNX-101, TNX-102, TNX-103)
Levosimendan is a unique, potassium ATP channel activator and calcium sensitizer that affects the heart and vascular system through multiple mechanisms of action. Initially discovered and developed by Orion Corporation in Finland, intravenous levosimendan is approved in 60 countries outside the United States for use in hospitalized patients with acutely decompensated heart failure. Results of Tenax Therapeutics’ Phase 2 HELP study of levosimendan in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) demonstrated that I.V. levosimendan produces potent dilation of the central and pulmonary venous circulations which translates into an improvement in exercise capacity, a discovery that is the basis of LEVEL, the Phase 3 investigation of Tenax Therapeutics’ potential groundbreaking therapy. To date, no other drug therapy has improved exercise tolerance in patients with PH associated with HFpEF, “a growing epidemic with high morbidity and mortality and no treatment. The clear unmet need and lethal nature of PH-HFpEF must be met with novel solutions at all levels of therapeutic development” (AHA Scientific Advisory, “A Call to Action,” 2022).
About Tenax Therapeutics
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. is a Phase 3, development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing products that address cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with high unmet medical need. The Company owns global rights to develop and commercialize I.V., subcutaneous, and oral formulations of levosimendan. Tenax also is developing a unique oral formulation of imatinib. For more information, visit www.tenaxthera.com. Tenax’s common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol “TENX”.
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