PEG-Hemoglobin Trial Underway

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 5 No 8
Volume 5
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PISCATAWAY, NJ--Enzon, Inc. has begun a multidose, multicen-ter clinical trial of its hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, PEG-hemoglobin, in cancer patients receiving radiation therapy. The agent was developed as a radiosensitizer to increase oxygenation of hypoxic tumors cells that may be resistant to irradiation. Patients will receive once-a-week infusions of PEG-hemoglobin followed by 5 days of radiation therapy, repeated weekly for 3 weeks.

PISCATAWAY, NJ--Enzon, Inc. has begun a multidose, multicen-terclinical trial of its hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, PEG-hemoglobin,in cancer patients receiving radiation therapy. The agent wasdeveloped as a radiosensitizer to increase oxygenation of hypoxictumors cells that may be resistant to irradiation. Patients willreceive once-a-week infusions of PEG-hemoglobin followed by 5days of radiation therapy, repeated weekly for 3 weeks.

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