Thursday, July 26, 2012

Another cure from cancer. Again! (Post No 8)


This time we are talking about new drug which is (again!) based on doxorubicin:

CytRx Corporation announced the initiation of a Phase 1b clinical trial to determine the maximum tolerated dose and to evaluate preliminary efficacy of aldoxorubicin (formerly INNO-206) administered in combination with the commonly used chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin in patients with advanced solid tumors who have failed other therapies. Aldoxorubicin is a tumor-targeting conjugate of doxorubicin. The single-center Phase 1b clinical trial will be conducted under the direction of Dr. Chawla and will enroll up to 24 patients. Doxorubicin will be administered at 50% of its maximum tolerated dose in combination with escalating doses of aldoxorubicin to determine the maximum tolerated dose of the combination of these two drugs in this patient population.

And what do we have here is the “novel” targeted magic bullet which supposed to be more efficient and less toxic but not necessarily :(

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