RenovoRx advances TAMP into borderline resectable pancreatic cancer; first patient enrolled

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RenovoRx, Inc. ("RenovoRx" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: RNXT), a life sciences company developing innovative targeted oncology therapies and commercializing RenovoCath(R), a patented, FDA-cleared drug-delivery device, announced today that the first patient has enrolled in PRISM-TAMP, "PDAC Regression and Intraoperative Surgical Margin With Neoadjuvant TAMP," an investigator-initiated trial (IIT) sponsored by the University of Vermont (UVM). One week after the IIT began, a second patient is also progressing toward TAMP treatment. PRISM-TAMP is evaluating the approved chemotherapy gemcitabine delivered through RenovoRx's Trans-Arterial Micro-Perfusion (TAMP) platform, enabled by RenovoCath, as neoadjuvant treatment before surgery in patients with borderline Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC). PRISM-TAMP is the first RenovoRx supported IIT to advance to patient enrollment. UVM plans to enroll approximately 10 patients and is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07477418). The primary focus of PRISM-TAMP is to assess PDAC tumor regression, the impact on intraoperative surgical margins following neoadjuvant (pre-surgical) treatment, and overall safety and tolerability. In borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, the tumor involves nearby blood vessels to a degree that can make complete surgical removal difficult. Patients typically receive chemotherapy, with or without radiation, before surgery, and typically receive such treatment systemically, rather than administered locally near the tumor site as TAMP is designed to do. "For patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, treatment before surgery can influence both whether surgery is possible and how completely the tumor can be removed," said Conor O'Neill, MD, Assistant Professor at the UVM Larner College of Medicine and surgical oncologist at the UVM Medical Center, and principal investigator of PRISM-TAMP. "PRISM-TAMP will assess whether delivering chemotherapy directly near the tumor through TAMP before surgery can improve local therapeutic response and surgical outcomes. We are pleased to have enrolled our first patient in this important study." "As TAMP becomes more well known in the marketplace, physicians have asked how TAMP could be used in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer and other settings beyond locally advanced pancreatic cancer, which is the focus of our ongoing Phase III clinical trial," said Leesa Gentry, Chief Clinical Officer of RenovoRx. "Enrolling the first PRISM-TAMP patient marks an important step for our IIT program as it moves from concept to clinical execution. These capital-efficient trials enable independent investigators to generate safety and tolerability data of new applications for TAMP, while we remain focused on completing the Phase III TIGeR-PaC trial and reporting topline data in the second half of 2027." UVM is evaluating RenovoRx's novel drug-device combination oncology product candi