PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cytogen Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTO) announced today the initiation of the first human clinical study of CYT-500, a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody targeted to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). The Phase 1 clinical trial will investigate the safety and tolerability of CYT-500 and determine the optimal antibody mass and therapeutic dose for further studies. The clinical trial is being conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center under a Cytogen-sponsored Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in May 2006, and is expected to enroll up to 36 patients.
