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2004 SEP 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: PVCT) announced that it has filed an investigational new drug (IND) application for Provecta, an advanced drug therapy designed to treat breast, liver, prostate and other potentially deadly cancers.
If the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) accepts the application, Provectus expects to begin enrolling patients in clinical trials beginning early 2005.
Provectus has completed a full range of successful preclinical studies in laboratory models. When injected into tumor tissue, Provecta concentrates in the tumor and then quickly dissipates from surrounding, healthy tissue. This characteristic makes the drug potentially safer and more effective than conventional therapies.
Related preclinical studies using Provecta as a radiosensitizer currently are underway at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Because Provecta increases the effects of radiation on tumor tissue, substantially less radiation may be needed, thereby subjecting patients to fewer side effects. Additionally, Provecta has been used to treat a number of ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Pharma company files FDA IND for Provectus, treatment of solid tumors.