Cytopia Commences Second Phase II Study in Br...( MELBOURNE Australia Sept. 4 /- Cy...),Health

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytopia Limited (ASX: CYT) today announced that it is commencing enrolment for its Phase Ib/II study of CYT997, the company's novel vascular-disrupting anticancer agent, in patients with an aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

The GBM clinical trial is the first Phase II efficacy study in highly vascular, solid tumor indications for the company and the second in its suite of Phase II studies designed to investigate the anticancer activity of CYT997. Patient recruitment to the study will now commence, following regulatory approval in Australia and the United States.

The clinical study will investigate the activity of CYT997 in combination with two other marketed anticancer agents in approximately 30 patients at a number of clinical centres in Australia and overseas. Dr Jason Lickliter, Director of Oncology at the Frankston Hospital, will be Study Chairman for the program.

GBM is currently treated by surgical resection, and/or radiation and chemotherapy. Despite these treatments, the condition recurs in most patients, leading to a poor prognosis and median survival of less than 12 months. GBM tumors are highly vascular and heavily dependent on their own abnormal blood supply for growth, rendering them potentially susceptible to destruction by an anti-vascular agent such as CYT997.

The following table provides a summary of the key aspects of the Phase II GBM trial.

Name of trial A Phase Ib/II Study of CYT997 in Combination with

Carboplatin and Etoposide in Relapsed Glioblastoma

Multiforme (CCL08001).

Primary endpoints Assess safety and tolerability of escalating doses

of CYT997 given in combination with standard

carboplatin and etoposide therapy (Ph Ib), and

estimation of progress
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