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Breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment

Published on October 14, 2009 at 7:05 AM · No Comments

Epeius Biotechnologies (www.epeiusbiotech.com) confirms the first real breakthrough for pancreatic cancer seen in years; publishes a landmark report of tumor-targeted Rexin-G as stand-alone therapy in chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer. Following Phase I studies at the Mayo Clinic, which affirmed the general safety of Rexin-G, advanced U.S. Phase I/II studies were undertaken, which included a Phase II efficacy component and examined progressive dose escalations of Rexin-G, while monitoring objective tumor responses in a comprehensive manner. Employing these higher doses of Rexin-G led to improved tumor responses, as assessed by all available measures (RECIST, Intl. PET and CHOI criteria) and nearly tripled the expected survival time, all in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, this U.S. study serves to establish a critical pharmacological threshold of bioactivity, for this otherwise intractable disease, by demonstrating an increase in overall survival time (measured as % surviving 12 months) from virtually nil using low doses to more than 28% of the patients using high doses surviving beyond one year.

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