Poniard Announces Positive First-line Efficacy And Safety Data From Ongoing Phase 2 Trial Of Picoplatin In Patients With Metasta

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today presented preliminary safety and efficacy data from its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of picoplatin in combination with docetaxel and prednisone, the standard of care for the first-line treatment of metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Results demonstrated that picoplatin can be safely administered with full doses of docetaxel. In addition, the prostate specific antigen (PSA) response rate was 69 percent in 26 patients evaluable for PSA. The Company presented the Phase 2 data (abstract #5153) in the General Poster Session during the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) at McCormick Place in Chicago. P...