Genta Announces Presentations for Two Lead Compounds, Genasense® and Tesetaxel, at 2009 Annual ASCO Meeting
Genta Incorporated (News) (OTCBB: GNTA.OB) announced today that data from clinical trials of the Company's late-stage compounds, Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection and tesetaxel, will be presented at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held from May 29- June 2, 2009 in Orlando, FL.
Genta has now completed enrollment into AGENDA, the second of two large randomized Phase 3 trials of Genasense plus dacarbazine chemotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma. In parallel, the Company has also sponsored a pilot dose-ranging study in advanced melanoma using Genasense combined with different chemotherapy, including Temodar® (temozolomide; Schering Plough, Inc.) plus Abraxane® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) [albumin bound]; Abraxis Oncology, Inc.). This trial employs a new brief intravenous infusion schedule for Genasense, as well as a biomarker for targeting patient selection similar to that employed in AGENDA. At ASCO, results of long-term survival from this pilot non-randomized trial will be reported.
Genta has also sponsored a clinical and pharmacokinetic study of tesetaxel, a leading oral taxane in clinical development, in patients with advanced cancer who were treated at doses up to and including the maximally tolerated dose. Prior trials have employed tesetaxel dosed according to height and weight parameters (i.e., milligrams of drug per square meter of body surface area) that are difficult to precisely administer in clinical practice using an oral drug. At ASCO, dosing and pharmacokinetic data based on conversion of tesetaxel from weight-based to flat dosing (e.g., a prescribed single dose of 50 mg) will be presented. Titles, dates and times of these presentations appear below.
Survival of advanced melanoma patients with normal LDH treated with oblimersen, temozolomide, and nab-paclitaxel. (Abstract #9080). Monday June 1, 2009. Poster Session: Melanoma/Skin Cancer: 8 am-12 pm.
Pharmacology and safety factors affecting use of flat (rather than weight-based) dosing of tesetaxel, an orally administered taxane. (Abstract #2510). Monday June 1, 2009. Poster Session: Developmental Therapeutics: 2-6 pm; Discussion Session: 5-6 pm.
About Genta
Genta Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company with a diversified product portfolio that is focused on delivering innovative products for the treatment of patients with cancer. Two major programs anchor the Company?s research platform: DNA/RNA-based Medicines and Small Molecules. Genasense® (oblimersen sodium) Injection is the Company's lead compound from its DNA/RNA Medicines program. The leading drug in Genta?s Small Molecule program is Ganite® (gallium nitrate injection), which the Company is exclusively marketing in the U.S. for treatment of symptomatic patients with cancer related hypercalcemia that is resistant to hydration. The Company has developed G4544, an oral formulation of the active ingredient in Ganite, that has recently entered clinical trials as a potential treatment for diseases associated with accelerated bone loss. The Company is also developing tesetaxel, a novel, orally absorbed, semi-synthetic taxane that is in the same class of drugs as paclitaxel and docetaxel. Ganite and Genasense are available on a ?named-patient? basis in countries outside the United States. For more information about Genta, please visit our website at:
www.genta.com. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-Presentations-bw-15009194.html?.v=1Wenn sich die Genta auf der American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) präsentiert,
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