Healthcare Watch: Competitive Technologies Calmare Found Effective For Cancer Treatments

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May 24, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: CTT) has issued an abstract from a study showing the successful treatment of patients suffering from pain associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy using CTT's Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment.

The abstract cites results of the study led by principal investigator, Thomas J. Smith, M.D., of the Thomas Palliative Care Unit Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center, which will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting on June 8, 2010.

Calmare, which treats chronic neuropathic and oncologic pain, received FDA certification for sales in the U.S. in February 2009. In June 2009, clinical investigators at the VCU Massey Cancer Center began the first U.S. independent clinical study, to specifically examine the ability of CTT's Calmare pain therapy treatment to decrease pain associated with CIPN.

Calmare is being used to treat U.S. patients in clinics in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Florida, Connecticut and Rhode Island. In addition to treating pain associated with cancer and cancer treatments, the Calmare device also treats chronic neuropathic pain resulting from shingles, failed back surgery, phantom limb syndrome, sciatica, spinal stenosis and other maladies.

The non-invasive Calmare pain therapy device, which uses the biophysical "Scrambler Therapy" technology, was developed in Italy by CTT's client, Professor Giuseppe Marineo. The Calmare device is currently being manufactured for sale by CTT's partner, GEOMC Co. Ltd. of Seoul, Korea. For more information on the device, visit visit www.calmarett.com.

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