Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Progression-Free Survival Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Picoplatin in Metastatic Colorec...(olina Comprehensive Center and physicia...),Health

Date:5/28/2009

olina Comprehensive Center and physician-in-chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital. Dr. Goldberg also is a member of Poniard's Clinical Advisory Board. "I am encouraged that the Phase 2 data continue to suggest that picoplatin is an active platinum agent in patients with advanced colorectal cancer with comparable clinical benefit to oxaliplatin but with significantly less neurotoxicity."

Picoplatin, the Company's lead product candidate, is a new generation platinum-based chemotherapy agent. Clinical studies to date suggest that picoplatin has an improved safety profile. It is in clinical development for multiple indications and combinations and in two formulations. The picoplatin CRC data will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2009 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., during the General Poster Session on Monday, June 1, from 8:00 a.m. to noon Eastern Time (abstract #4026) in W240A, Level 2, with a discussion of the poster scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in West Hall E1, Level 2.

Phase 2 CRC Trial Design and Updated Results

The randomized, controlled Phase 2 trial is evaluating picoplatin as a neuropathy-sparing alternative to oxaliplatin for the first-line treatment of metastatic CRC in 101 patients who have not received prior chemotherapy. The trial is comparing the safety and efficacy (assessed by objective tumor response, PFS and overall survival) of intravenous picoplatin given once every four weeks in combination with bi-weekly 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (the FOLPI regimen) with oxaliplatin given in combination with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in the FOLFOX regimen.

The Phase 2 data, scheduled for presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting, demonstrated that:

• The median PFS in the intent-to-treat population was 6.8 months for patients randomized and treated with the picoplatin-containing FOLPI regimen compared with 7.0 mo
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