Tapestry Initiates Phase 2 Trial of TPI 287 for the Treatment of Advanced Pancrea...( BOULDER Colo. Oct. 3 /- TapestryP...),Health

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tapestry Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPPH) announced today that it has initiated a Phase 2 open- label, multi-center study of TPI 287 in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. This is the second Phase 2 trial exploring the activity of TPI 287 in various tumor types: the first Phase 2 trial began earlier this year in advanced hormone refractory prostate cancer.

"Currently available taxanes are not approved for pancreatic cancer and effective treatment options for this difficult tumor are quite limited," commented Leonard Shaykin, chairman and chief executive officer of Tapestry Pharmaceuticals. "This pancreatic trial, combined with our experience in both the Phase 1 and in the Phase 2 trial currently running in refractory prostate cancer, will further characterize the safety and efficacy profile of TPI 287 in classically resistant and hard to treat tumors."

Trial Design

The pancreatic cancer trial for TPI 287 is a multi-center, open-label, single arm Phase 2 study for up to 65 patients with advanced stage, unresectable pancreatic cancer who have failed a prior gemcitabine-containing chemotherapy regimen for their disease. The trial will be conducted in approximately 10 to 15 centers in the U.S., Europe and India. Patients will receive TPI 287 administered as a 60 minute (+/- 10 min) IV infusion.

The primary endpoint of the trial will be the six-month survival (percent of patients alive at six months after starting the study). Secondary efficacy endpoints will be the six-month progression free survival (percent of patients whose disease has not advanced by six months), response to therapy (reduction in radiographically measurable disease as d
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