Lung Cancer

Vicus Therapeutics Records Last Patient Visit of Phase 2, VT-122 Trial for the Treatment of Cachexia in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Published in Clinical Trials Week, May 12th, 2008

Vicus Therapeutics, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology supportive care, announced the completion of the last patient visit in its study VT1-CAX-001, a Phase 2 trial of VT-122. The compound was tested for the treatment of cachexia in weight losing subjects with Stage IV, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The Phase 2 clinical trial was conducted in India and the final study report is expected in June 2008.

A total of 59 subjects were deemed eligible for this multi-center, randomized, open-label controlled Phase 2 study in weight losing Stage IV NSCLC patients not on chemotherapy. The 12 subjects randomized to the control arm received best supportive...

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