Sarcoma Trial for New Cancer Treatment Begins at City of Hope in Los Angeles
March 08 2022 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Australian clinical-stage drug development company Noxopharm
(ASX:NOX) has announced its Phase 1 CEP-2 sarcoma trial is underway
with a first patient enrolled and dosed at City of Hope in Los
Angeles, California.
“We are delighted to have dosed the first patient in the CEP-2
trial,” said City of Hope CEP-2 Principal Investigator Mark
Agulnik, M.D. “The study investigates the use of Veyonda® in
combination with the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin for first-line
treatment of approximately 30 patients with soft tissue sarcoma,
which is an aggressive cancer in urgent need of new treatment
options.”
City of Hope, a world-renowned cancer center in the U.S., is the
first site to commence treatment, but recruitment is ongoing and
Noxopharm plans to open future major U.S. trial sites.
“Partnering with the prestigious City of Hope for this CEP-2
study, along with the MD Anderson Cancer Center and Beverly Hills
Cancer Center for our radiation therapy trial [DARRT] program,
represents the strength of our programs and the talent and
experience of our team at Noxopharm,” said Noxopharm CEO and
Managing Director Gisela Mautner, M.D.-Ph.D., MPH. “We look forward
to adding additional prestigious study sites in the near future as
we all work toward new treatment options.”
The first safety results for the CEP-2 study will be available
after patient cohort 1 has completed the first cycle of combination
therapy. The CEP-2 study is building on the CEP-1 study, which was
a Phase 1a/1b trial that was published in April 2021 in the
peer-reviewed journal Current Therapeutic Research, and showed the
success of Veyonda in boosting the efficacy and safety of
chemotherapy in late-stage cancer patients.
About Noxopharm
Noxopharm Limited (ASX:NOX) is an Australian clinical-stage drug
development company focused on the treatment of cancer and
inflammation. Veyonda® is the Company’s first pipe-line drug
candidate currently in Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.
Noxopharm is running comprehensive drug discovery programs in
both oncology and inflammation, and is the major shareholder of the
US biotechnology company, Nyrada Inc (ASX:NYR), active in the areas
of drug development for cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
To learn more, please visit: noxopharm.com.
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