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Conditions
Brief summary
CYT997 is an experimental anticancer agent with vascular targetting activity. This Phase I trial aims to determine the safety and tolerability of CYT997 when given as a 24-hour intravenous infusion.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
(i) Patients must have solid malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative anti-neoplastic treatments do not exist or are no longer effective.(ii) Life-expectancy of greater than 3 months(iii) No anti-cancer chemotherapy or hormonal therapy for the preceding 4 weeks(iv) Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function(v) Willing to give informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
(i) Patients must not have received other investigational agents within the preceding 4 weeks(ii) Patients with known brain metastases are excluded from the trial(iii) As CYT997 may have vascular targetting activity, patients with various cardiovascular risk factors (including MI or stroke within 6 months; unstable angina; symptomatic peripheral artery disease etc) are excluded(iv) Pregnant women and patients with immune deficiency are also excluded.