SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today announced that it will present updated results from its Phase 2 trial of picoplatin, including one-year survival data, during a poster discussion session at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC) 12th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul, Korea. Details follow:
Poster number: PD6-1-1
Title: A phase 2 study of picoplatin monotherapy for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who have resistant or refractory disease or have relapsed within 180 days of completing first-line, platinum-containing chemotherapy
Presenter: David A. Karlin, M.D., senior vice president, clinical development and regulatory affairs, at Poniard
Date: Monday, September 3, at 4:00 p.m. local time Location: Room 310 of the Coex Convention Center
About Picoplatin
Picoplatin, the Company’s lead product candidate, is a new generation platinum chemotherapy agent. It was designed to overcome platinum resistance and to prolong the time to relapse after chemotherapy in the treatment of solid tumors, and to have an improved safety profile compared with existing platinum-based chemotherapeutics. Poniard received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2005 for picoplatin for the treatment of SCLC.
Poniard is currently evaluating intravenous picoplatin in the pivotal Phase 3 SPEAR (Study of Picoplatin Efficacy After Relapse) trial in SCLC, which is being conducted under a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement with the FDA. Poniard is also evaluating intravenous picoplatin in an ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial as a first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer and in an ongoing Phase 2 trial in combination with docetaxel (Taxotere(R)) and prednisone in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Oral picoplatin is being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial in solid tumors.
About Poniard Pharmaceuticals
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative oncology products to impact the lives of people with cancer. Picoplatin, the Company’s lead product candidate, is a new generation platinum therapy with an improved safety profile. Picoplatin is designed to overcome and prevent platinum resistance associated with chemotherapy in solid tumors. Intravenous picoplatin is currently being studied in clinical trials for the treatment of small cell lung, colorectal and hormone-refractory prostate cancer, and oral picoplatin is in a clinical trial in solid tumors. As part of the Company’s strategic goal of building a diverse oncology pipeline, the Company is collaborating with The Scripps Research Institute on the discovery of novel, small-molecule, multi-targeted protein kinase inhibitors. For additional information please visit http://www.poniard.com.
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CONTACT: Julie Rathbun, Corporate Communications of PoniardPharmaceuticals, +1-206-286-2517, jrathbun@poniard.com
Web site: http://www.poniard.com/
