Project description
A new treatment option for chronic back pain
Lower back pain can be chronic and debilitating. Current treatment options include pain medication, physical therapy and acupuncture. An innovative, non-surgical product to permanently alleviate this condition is being designed by Sweden’s Stayble Therapeutics AB. This Swedish life science SME is developing an injectable treatment for chronic lower back pain caused by spinal disc degeneration. In this context, the EU-funded StayAble project will further develop this patent-pending solution, which is expected to bridge the current gap in available treatment options. A feasibility study will put the innovation on the road to global commercialisation.
Objective
Stayble Therapeutics AB is a Swedish life science SME developing an injectable treatment (STA-363) for chronic low back pain (cLBP) caused by spinal disc degeneration. STA-363 aims to considerably reduce the patient´s pain in the long-term. CLBP affects the lives of over 50 million people in the EU and U.S. with the total costs for society in the U.S. alone estimated at 100 B$-200 B$ (80 B€ - 160 B€), making cLBP one of the costliest and most disabling conditions globally. Over two thirds of patients with discogenic cLBP are not helped by the conservative treatment options of painkillers and physiotherapy; and only a small fraction are eligible for a spinal fusion surgery, the last line of treatment. Stayble’s patent-pending solution STA-363 offers a cost-effective disease modifying long-term treatment option to bridge this gap in available treatment options. The treatment is currently in Phase Ib clinical trial with final results expected in Q3/2018. Stayble will lead the development of STA-363 through Phase II proof of concept study, and thereafter partner with pharma companies for further development and global commercialisation. The feasibility study, performed under this SME Phase 1 project, will focus on gaining in-depth market understanding on the patient side as well taking a better look at the potential partners and partnering models. The results will strengthen and provide future innovative direction for company’s business plan and commercialization strategy.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine physiotherapy
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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413 90 GOTEBORG
Sweden
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