Acute Myeloid Leukemia

ChemGenex publishes two new clinical studies supporting Ceflatonin beyond CML to other leukemias

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 28th, 2006

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (CXS and CXSP) announced the recent publication of two clinical research papers that support the expansion of the clinical development of Ceflatonin to include treatment of both newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients and those with advanced disease resistant to other therapies.

Dr Jean-Pierre Marie of the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris published a study in the British Journal of Cancer. The phase 1 study recruited 18 advanced stage acute AML patients who had previously failed other AML treatments, and found that Ceflatonin (homoharringtonine or HHT) had significant clinical benefits. Eleven of 12...

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