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Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Cyclacel Expands Phase 2 Sapacitabine Trial in Elderly AML to Include Patients With MDS

Published in Elder Law Weekly, October 1st, 2008

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCC) (NASDAQ:CYCCP) announced that it has advanced sapacitabine into Phase 2 development as a second-line treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The MDS study is designed as a protocol amendment expanding the ongoing Phase 2 trial of sapacitabine in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to include a cohort of patients with MDS. MDS are a group of hematologic cancers in which the bone marrow becomes unable to produce a sufficient number of healthy blood cells. Patients with MDS often progress to AML.

"We have enrolled our first MDS patient under this expanded Phase 2 protocol," said Dr Judy Chiao, M.D., Vice...

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