Microbot Medical Receives IRB Approval and Signs Clinical Trial Agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Microbot Medical Inc. has announced that it has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval and signed a clinical trial agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, located in New York City, New York. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will conduct the clinical trial as part of the Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) for LIBERTY®, and the Company expects its results will support the future marketing submission to the FDA and subsequent commercialization.
The clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will be led by Francois Cornelis, MD, PhD. “I’m a great believer in the future of robotics for interventional procedures and the value robotics can bring to physicians and our patients. I am excited to participate in the LIBERTY clinical trial.” said Dr. Cornelis. Dr. Cornelis will also serve as principal investigator for the overall LIBERTY clinical trial.
“We are excited to have a hospital the caliber of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center partnering with us to complete the enrollment of the clinical sites in our trial,” commented Harel Gadot, CEO, President and Chairman of Microbot Medical.
The Company previously announced that Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Baptist Hospital of Miami are both enrolled in the trial and have performed clinical cases.
Source: Microbot Medical Inc.