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- Second instance where survival increase is observed in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving Tavocept in conjunction with standard

chemotherapy

- Median survival increase of 6.5 months seen for patients with

adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer

SAN ANTONIO, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("BioNumerik") today announced that patients with adenocarcinoma (the most frequently occurring form of lung cancer) participating in a Phase II clinical trial of Tavocept(TM) showed a survival increase of approximately 198 days (6.5 months). The trial observations included an approximate 40% reduction in mortality for adenocarcinoma patients receiving Tavocept. The percentage of adenocarcinoma patients in the Tavocept group who were alive after 12 months (One-year survival) was 58% compared to 37% for adenocarcinoma patients in the chemotherapy only group. The median survival time for all non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in the trial showed an increase of approximately one month for patients receiving Tavocept. This is the second Tavocept clinical trial where this pattern of survival increase has been observed. Tavocept is an investigational new drug with potential for oncology and non-oncology indications that was originated and developed by BioNumerik.

The randomized Phase II clinical trial (the "U.S. Tavocept Trial") was performed at multiple sites in the U.S. and involved 151 patients with advanced NSCLC who received the chemotherapy drugs docetaxel (sold under the brand name Taxotere(R)) and cisplatin every two weeks. Approximately half of the patients received Tavocept along with chemotherapy, while the other half received chemotherapy alone.

Additional observations from the U.S. Tavocept Trial included a lower level of treatment discontinuation due to adverse events for the Tavocept group as well as a lower frequency of serio
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