ACT Biotech Announces Positive Interim Phase 2 Results with Telatinib in First-line Gastric Cancer

MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACT Biotech Inc., a privately held biotechnology company based in San Francisco, California, today announced positive interim data from a Phase 2 trial of the Company’s lead oral kinase inhibitor, Telatinib, for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer. This proof-of-concept, multi-center, open label trial was designed to test the efficacy and safety of full-dose Telatinib, administered continuously, as a first-line treatment in combination with a standard regimen of capecitabine and cisplatin in US and European patients. Based on promising preliminary findings in April, 2010, the original planned enrollment of thirty-five patients was expanded to the current forty-eight. Interim findings indicate that the treatment: