Peregrine opens breast cancer drug trial

4 February 2008

The USA's Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted therapies for cancer and hepatitis C virus infection, says patient screening has begun in a clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bavituximab in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer.

The primary objective of the study is to assess the overall response rate to the combination of bavituximab with docetaxel, a chemotherapy drug commonly used in this indication.

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