BioAlliance Pharma Announces the Initiation of the Phase II Clinical Trial with Validive® in the United States
11 June 2013 - 2:15AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News :
BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO) (Euronext Paris - BIO), a
Company dedicated to the development of orphan oncology products
and supportive care products, announces the initiation of its Phase
II clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of Validive®
(clonidine Lauriad®) in the United States in patients with
chemoradiation therapy-induced oral mucositis with head and neck
cancer, as scheduled in the advancement calendar of the
project.
Further to IND approval by the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the first investigational sites have been
initiated in May in the U.S. and are ready to start recruiting
patients. About twenty sites are planned to be initiated in the
U.S. in the coming weeks.
“This extension was set up thanks to our teams’ involvement and
to a marked interest of clinicians from major U.S. centers
specialized in oncology and radiotherapy for Validive®, a drug that
meets a strong medical need in a pathology with currently no
preventive validated treatment,” declares Judith Greciet, CEO of
BioAlliance Pharma.
The clinical trial is also being conducted in Europe in about
thirty centers in 4 countries: France, Germany, Spain and more
recently Hungary.
So far, more than 60% of planned patients have been enrolled in
Europe and the U.S. extension is planned to help accelerate the
recruitment. The trial is expected to be finalized in late
2013/early 2014 with results in 2014.
“Thanks to the initiation of additional sites, especially in the
United States, the acceleration of the Validive® clinical trial
enables the expectation of results as soon as next year. This is a
crucial step to firmly validate the efficacy of Validive® in the
severe oral mucositis, strongly reinforcing the value of this
leading drug of our orphan oncology portfolio,” adds Judith
Greciet.
Severe oral mucositis occurs in more than 60% of patients
treated with radio/chemotherapy for head and neck cancer, and
currently has no validated curative or preventive treatment. It may
induce intense oral pain and eating disability leading to
hospitalization and enteral or parenteral nutritional support. The
disease also frequently requires stopping, sometimes for a
prolonged period, the cancer treatment protocol, thus strongly
impacting treatment efficacy for the patient.
About BioAlliance PharmaDedicated to cancer and
supportive care treatment with a focus on resistance targeting and
orphan products, BioAlliance conceives and develops innovative
products, for specialty markets especially in the hospital setting
and for orphan or rare diseases.Created in 1997 and introduced to
the Euronext Paris market in 2005, BioAlliance Pharma’s ambition is
to become a leading player in these fields by coupling innovation
to patient needs. The company’s teams have the key competencies
required to identify, develop and register drugs in Europe and the
USA.
BioAlliance Pharma has developed an advanced product
portfolio:
Specialty productsLoramyc®/Oravig® (oropharyngeal
candidiasis in immunocompromised patients): Registered in 26
countries (EU, US, Korea), commercialized in Europe and in the
US.Sitavig® (Acyclovir Lauriad®) (labialis herpes): Registered in
the US and in 8 European countries, registration status in the
other European countries.Fentanyl Lauriad® (chronic cancer pain):
Positive preliminary Phase I results
Orphan Oncology productsLivatag® (Doxorubicin Transdrug™)
(primary liver cancer): Phase III on goingValidive® (Clonidine
LauriadTM) (mucositis): Phase II on goingAMEP® (invasive melanoma):
Phase I on going
For more information, visit the BioAlliance Pharma web site at
www.bioalliancepharma.com
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with the AMF on April 18, 2013, which is available on the AMF
website (http://www.amf-france.org) or on BioAlliance Pharma SA's
website (http://www.bioalliancepharma.com).
BioAlliance Pharma SAJudith Greciet, CEOTel: +33 1 45 58
76 00judith.greciet@bioalliancepharma.comorNicolas Fellmann,
CFOTel: +33 1 45 58
71nicolas.fellmann@bioalliancepharma.comorALIZE RPCaroline
CarmagnolTel: +33 6 64 18 99 59caroline@alizerp.comorChristian
BergTel: +33 1 42 68 86 41christian@alizerp.com
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