{"title":"hIL-13-PE38QQR. NeoPharm.","authors":"S Barth","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>NeoPharm, under license from the NIH and the FDA, is developing a chimeric human IL-13 fused in frame to a genetically engineered truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE38QQR) molecule, for its potential as an antitumor agent [266296], [281418], [290480]. NeoPharm filed an IND in 1999 for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and glioma [319690], [325001]; an additional IND was filed in March 2000 for the treatment of glioblastoma. In December 2000, NeoPharm initiated phase I/II trials of IL-13-PE38QQR involving patients with refractory glioblastoma multiforme. This trial was being conducted by the New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy, a research consortium sponsored by the NCI. At that time, the first patient with brain cancer had completed treatment with IL-13-PE38QQR [393197]. In October 1999, NeoPharm initiated phase I trials of hIL-13-PE38QQR for the treatment of patients with RCC [343878]. In February 2000, Dirks & Co estimated the potential US market for hIL-13-PE38QQR to be $5.8 billion [414515].</p>","PeriodicalId":101403,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000)","volume":"2 9","pages":"1309-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
NeoPharm, under license from the NIH and the FDA, is developing a chimeric human IL-13 fused in frame to a genetically engineered truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE38QQR) molecule, for its potential as an antitumor agent [266296], [281418], [290480]. NeoPharm filed an IND in 1999 for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and glioma [319690], [325001]; an additional IND was filed in March 2000 for the treatment of glioblastoma. In December 2000, NeoPharm initiated phase I/II trials of IL-13-PE38QQR involving patients with refractory glioblastoma multiforme. This trial was being conducted by the New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy, a research consortium sponsored by the NCI. At that time, the first patient with brain cancer had completed treatment with IL-13-PE38QQR [393197]. In October 1999, NeoPharm initiated phase I trials of hIL-13-PE38QQR for the treatment of patients with RCC [343878]. In February 2000, Dirks & Co estimated the potential US market for hIL-13-PE38QQR to be $5.8 billion [414515].