Proteolix Presents Clinical Data from Two Clinical Studies of Carfilzomib in Multiple Myeloma at the 14th Congress of the European Hematology A...( SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Calif. June 8 /- ...)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Proteolix, Inc. today announced data from ongoing Phase 2 and Phase 1b clinical trials of carfilzomib for the treatment of multiple myeloma at the 14th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) in Berlin, Germany. Carfilzomib is the first in a new class of selective, irreversible proteasome inhibitors being developed by Proteolix for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.

Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Patients Achieve Responses with Single-Agent Carfilzomib

Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B., Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic, Arizona presented positive data from an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of single-agent carfilzomib in relapsed multiple myeloma patients. Patients in the study have relapsed after receiving one to three prior therapies and are stratified according to prior exposure to bortezomib.

A total of 31 patients have been enrolled in the Phase 2 clinical trial to date, of which 45 percent had no prior bortezomib experience and 55 percent relapsed following bortezomib treatment. In both arms, substantial response rates were achieved and sustained. Bortezomib-naive patients achieved an overall response rate of 57 percent with a median duration of response of 8.5 months. The median time to progression in this cohort has not been reached.

Among patients with prior bortezomib exposure, 18 percent achieved partial responses and the median duration of response has not yet been reached in this population. The median time to progression for patients in this cohort was 8.9 months. Ten additional patients achieved stable disease.

"Carfilzomib monotherapy achieves durable responses in relapsed multiple myeloma patients regardless of their prior exposure to bortezomib, and notably, a number of patients remain progression free after twelve cycles," said Dr. Stewart.
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