LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, MA, and SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - December 09, 2008) - Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) announces that new data showing durable responses in patients treated with its novel chemotherapy drug AS1413 were presented yesterday at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in San Francisco. These findings result from extended follow-up of patients in a large phase II trial, in which AS1413 was administered together with cytarabine as a first-line treatment for secondary acute myeloid leukaemia (secondary AML). They were presented by trial investigator Dr Steven L. Allen of North Shore University Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, and provide further support for the ongoing phase III trial evaluating AS1413 in secondary AML.
