COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CELSION CORPORATION (AMEX:CLN) today reported that Dr. Bradford J. Wood, Chief, Interventional Radiology Research at the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute presented the progress of a Phase I dose escalation study, using ThermoDox, to treat unresectable liver cancer. ThermoDox, a heat activated liposomal formulation of doxorubicin, in conjunction with Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) was used with limited and manageable toxicity to treat 22 patients, 8 with primary hepatocellular carcinoma and 14 with metastatic liver cancer, at doses of up to 60 mg/m². The study is being performed at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), under the leadership of Dr. Wood and Dr. Steven K. Libutti, Senior Investigator, Head, Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Surgery Branch, CCR, NCI; and at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong under the leadership of Dr. Ronnie T.P. Poon, MD, Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong. Dr. Wood presented the abstract and poster at the ASCO-GI meeting in Orlando, Florida.
