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Three-fold Lower Incidence of Severe Cardiac Toxicity With Equivalent

Complete Remission Rates Reported

ATLANTA, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTAX: CTIC) announced today that preliminary data from its phase II/III randomized study comparing CPOP-R to CHOP-R in the first-line treatment of patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) showed patients who received pixantrone experienced less severe (grade 3/4) toxicities including severe infection and febrile neutropenia when compared to patients treated with standard doxorubicin-based therapy. A preliminary analysis of the study, known as PIX203, which is ongoing, was presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

"While preliminary, these randomized trial results are encouraging in supporting the preclinical findings that pixantrone is associated with a lower incidence of severe cardiac damage as evidenced by substantial declines in ejection fraction than standard anthracylines such as doxorubicin when administered as part of combination chemotherapy in the front line treatment of aggressive NHL," said Jack W. Singer, Chief Medical Officer of CTI. "Although preliminary, these data suggest that there may be reductions in other clinically important toxicities such as febrile neutropenia and severe infections without a loss in anti-tumor activity. These findings, along with its robust preclinical profile, suggest that pixantrone is an ideal drug candidate for further investigation in clinical trials for NHL, breast cancer and other diseases where anthracyclines are standard of care."

CHOP-R (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, rituximab) Compared to CPOP-R (cyclophosphamide, pixantrone, vincristine, prednisone, rituximab) in 1st Line Therapy of Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): An Interim Analysis

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