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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Phase 1 and Phase 2 Data on KRX-0401 (Perifosine) in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma at 49th Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology
Date:12/10/2007

Dr. Paul Richardson presents Phase 1 results demonstrating clinical

activity of perifosine in combination with bortezomib in patients previously treated with bortezomib, and provides an update on an ongoing

Phase 2 study of perifosine in combination with dexamethasone

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that positive phase 1 & phase 2 data of perifosine (KRX-0401) in patients with advanced, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM) were presented on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. In two separate poster presentations, Dr. Paul Richardson, Clinical Director of the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, MA, provided the phase 1 results on the clinical activity of perifosine in combination with Bortezomib, and an update on an ongoing phase 2 study of perifosine in combination with dexamethasone.

Phase 1 Perifosine + VELCADE(R) (Vel)

Poster 324-I: A MULTICENTER PHASE 1/2 TRIAL OF PERIFOSINE (KRX-0401) + BORTEZOMIB IN RELAPSED OR RELAPSED/REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS PREVIOUSLY TREATED WITH BORTEZOMIB: PHASE I RESULTS

Eighteen patients (median age 64 yrs) with advanced MM (83% relapsed and refractory) were enrolled in one of four cohorts. Patients had a median of 5 lines of prior therapy and 100% of patients were previously treated with at least one course of therapy on bortezomib. Perifosine was escalated from 50 to 100 mg qd while bortezomib was escalated from 1.0 to 1.3 mg/mm2. No dose- limiting toxicity and no grade 3 peripheral neuropathy were reported. Toxicities were generally well
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