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- Peregrine Achieves Milestone as Third Phase II Trial in Its Bavituximab

Cancer Program Begins Patient Enrollment and Dosing -

TUSTIN, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM) today announced that patient screening and dosing has begun in a Phase II trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bavituximab in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer. The new trial is the second Phase II study evaluating bavituximab in advanced breast cancer patients, and Peregrine also is conducting a third Phase II combination therapy trial of bavituximab in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The primary objective of the new breast cancer study is to assess the overall tumor response rate to the combination of bavituximab with carboplatin and paclitaxel.

"The combination of bavituximab with the chemotherapy drugs carboplatin and paclitaxel performed well in an earlier Phase I study, and we look forward to learning more about bavituximab's potential in this larger breast cancer study," said Steven W. King, president and CEO of Peregrine. "With three Phase II studies now underway, we look forward to significant clinical data being generated throughout the rest of this year."

In the trial's two-stage design, up to 15 patients with advanced breast cancer will be enrolled initially. The study will then be expanded up to a total of 46 patients if promising results are observed. Secondary objectives of the trial include measuring time to tumor progression, duration of response, overall patient survival and safety parameters. Tumor response will be evaluated using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) parameters. Patients
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