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Small Cell Lung Cancer

Introgen's p53 Immunotherapy Drug Candidate to Advance Into Second Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Small Cell Lung Cancer With National Cancer Institute

Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, September 20th, 2007

Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN) and Moffitt Cancer Center announced plans to begin a phase 2 randomized, controlled study of INGN 225, Introgen's investigational immunotherapy product in patients with metastatic small-cell lung cancer (termed extensive stage SCLC).

INGN 225 is an immunotherapy using a patient's own cells to stimulate an anti-tumor immune response to fight cancer. The immunotherapeutic targets a molecular abnormality found in over half of all solid cancers.

The National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute awarded a grant of approximately $1.3 million to fund this trial, which is expected to enroll as many as 80...

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