FRAMINGHAM, MA and HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - June 30, 2008) - At the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and the International Society of Oral Oncology’s 2008 International Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC / ISOO) held last week in Houston, Texas, The GI Company reported secondary endpoints relating to Oral Mucositis Assessment Scale (OMAS) scores from the Company’s Phase II clinical study, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its lead clinical compound, Intestinal Trefoil Factor (rhITF) Oral Spray, in development for oral mucositis. Currently, there is no effective treatment approved to prevent oral mucositis or shorten its duration. This condition can affect as many as 80 percent of bone marrow / blood stem cell transplant patients and 40 percent of chemotherapy / radiation therapy patients. In addition, Phase I results detailing dosing and kinetic properties in the oral cavity were also reported. rhITF is an oral spray in development for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis.
