Cala, the bioelectronic medicine leader setting a new standard of care for chronic disease, announced meeting the primary endpoint on an interim analysis of a prospective, randomized, controlled study. This study, “RWE Study Utilizing the Cala Trio Device in Patients With Essential Tremor” demonstrated that adding TAPS therapy to the patient’s care plan improved outcomes.
The study met its primary endpoint, demonstrating patients adding TAPS therapy had significantly reduced tremor power than patients not adding TAPS therapy to their care plan in the first 261 patients who have completed the randomized portion of the study. 84% of patients experienced tremor reduction and 43% of patients experienced greater than 2-fold tremor improvement after a single month of therapy. Patients adding TAPS therapy also had significantly greater improvement in Bain & Findley Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Additionally, patients using TAPS therapy experienced significantly improved tremor power before and after TAPS and significantly reduced baseline tremor only with 1 month of repeated use.
These findings were presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) on March 23, 2023, which recognized the abstract with a Bronze ribbon award for its relevance, originality, quality and clarity.
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“There is a significant unmet need for patients living with essential tremor, which is often disabling,” said Stuart Isaacson, MD, Board-certified Movement Disorder Neurologist, Director, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton. “Drug therapy is only variably effective and associated with difficult to tolerate side effects, leading to high discontinuation rates. These results demonstrate that adding Cala TAPS therapy improves patient outcomes in a real-world setting.”
Additional validation for TAPS therapy recently came from ECRI, the global independent nonprofit authority on healthcare technology and safety. ECRI recently upgraded its assessment of the clinical evidence supporting TAPS therapy (scoring 4 on a 5 point scale).
Medicare also recently recognized the unique value of TAPS therapy through new national pricing. Additionally, Cala TAPS therapy is now in-network with several Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans, Zellis and MultiPlan. The company is committed to expanding coverage and reimbursement options to enable healthcare professionals and patients to more easily access TAPS therapy.
SOURCE: Businesswire