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Ovarian Cancer

Interim Phase II Results with Irofulven Announced

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 22nd, 2000

MGI Pharma, Inc. (MOGN), Minneapolis, Minnesota, announced the release of interim Phase II clinical trial results for irofulven in ovarian cancer patients.

The data were released at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), San Francisco, California, during April 2000. Irofulven (also known as MGI 114, hydroxymethylacyfulvene, or HMAF) is the first product candidate being developed by MGI Pharma from its family of proprietary cancer therapy compounds called acylfulvenes.

The primary objective of this trial, which is being sponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) under a Clinical Trials Agreement...

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