Oral Mucositis

L-glutamine formulation helps prevent, treat common chemotherapy side effect

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 29th, 2004

Aesgen, Inc., a privately held, emerging pharmaceutical company, announced results from its pivotal Phase III trial that show Saforis (L-glutamine) for oral suspension significantly reduced the severity and duration of clinically significant oral mucositis in breast cancer patients receiving standard chemotherapy treatments.

These data reinforce earlier study results that show Saforis reduces the severity and duration of oral mucositis and the need for narcotic pain control in a range of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

The study was presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-06-29)

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