Trial & Business Updates: 10/15/2010

Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing the Frequency of Major Erythroid Response (MER) to Treatment with Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) Alone and in Combination with Epoetin Alfa (Procrit®) in Subjects with Low- or Intermediate-1 Risk MDS and Symptomatic Anemia

A Randomized Phase III Study Comparing 5-FU, Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin versus 5-FU, Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin and Bevacizumab in Patients with Stage II Colon Cancer at High Risk for Recurrence to Determine Prospectively the Prognostic Value of Molecular Markers

A Prospective Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Consolidation Therapy with or without Strontium-89 Following Induction Chemotherapy in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer

A Phase II Trial Evaluating Modified High Dose Melphalan (100 mg/m2) And Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Supported Transplantation (SCT) For Patients with AL Amyloidosis or High Risk (greater than or equal to Age 70 or Poor Renal Function)Patients With Multiple Myeloma(A BMT Study)

A Phase II Trial of SCH 727965 (NSC 747135) in Patients with Stage IV Melanoma

Phase III Randomized Study of Concurrent Tretinoin and Chemotherapy With or Without Arsenic Trioxide (AS2O3) (NSC #706363) as Initial Consolidation Therapy Followed by Intermittent Tretinoin Maintenance Therapy Versus Observation for Patients with Untreated Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Phase III Trial of Bisphosphonates as Adjuvant Therapy for Primary Breast Cancer

Iodine-131-Labeled Monoclonal Anti-B1 Antibody (I-131 Tositumomab) in Combination With Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Prednisone and Rituximab Therapy for Patients With Advanced Stage Diffuse Large B-Cell NHL: A Phase II Study

A Randomized Phase II Trial of BAY 43-9006 (Sorafenib; NSC-724772) with Either CCI-779 (Temsirolimus; NSC-683864) or R115777 (Tipifarnib; NSC-702818) in Metastatic Melanoma

A Randomized Phase III Trial to Test the Strategy of Changing Therapy Versus Maintaining Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients who Have Elevated Circulating Tumor Cell Levels at First Follow-Up Assessment

A Phase III Randomized Study of Imatinib, with or without Bevacizumab (NSC-704865), in Patients with Metastatic or Unresectable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Phase III Prospective Randomized Comparison of Depot Octreotide plus Interferon Alpha versus Depot Octreotide plus Bevacizumab (NSC #704865) in Advanced, Poor Prognosis Carcinoid Patients

A Pilot Trial of Cisplatin/Etoposide/Radiotherapy Followed by Consolidation Docetaxel and the Addition of Bevacizumab (NSC-704865) in Three Cohorts of Patients with Inoperable Locally Advanced Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase II Trial of Combination Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Cetuximab and Bevacizumab (NSC-704865) Followed by Cetuximab and Bevacizumab in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase II Trial of Combination Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Cetuximab and Bevacizumab (NSC-704865) Followed by Cetuximab and Bevacizumab in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Phase III Trial of Irinotecan-Based Chemotherapy Plus Cetuximab (NSC-714692) or Bevacizumab (NSC-704865) as Second-Line Therapy for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer who have Progressed on Bevacizumab with either FOLFOX, OPTIMOX, or XELOX

A Phase II Study of Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) (NSC-703813) for Previously Untreated Non-M3, Deletion 5q Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in Patients Age 60 or Older Who Decline Remission Induction Chemotherapy

A Phase II Trial of the Combination of OSI-774 (Erlotinib; NSC-718781) and Bevacizumab (Rhumab VEGF; NSC-704865) in Stage IIIB and IV Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma (BAC) and Adenocarcinoma with BAC Features

A Phase II Trial of the Combination of OSI-774 (Erlotinib; NSC-718781) and Bevacizumab (Rhumab VEGF; NSC-704865) in Never-Smokers with Stage IIIB and IV Primary NSCLC Adenocarcinomas

A Phase I and Randomized Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine + Erlotinib (NSC-718781) + IMC-A12 (NSC-742460) vs. Gemcitabine + Erlotinib as First Line Treatment in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

A Phase I and Randomized Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine + Erlotinib (NSC-718781) + IMC-A12 (NSC-742460) vs. Gemcitabine + Erlotinib as First Line Treatment in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

A Randomized Phase III Trial of CC-5013 (lenalidomide, NSD-703813) and Low Dose Dexamethasone (LLD) versus Bortezomib (PS-341, NSC-681239), Lenalidomide and Low Dose Dexamethasone (BLLD) for Induction, in Patients with Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma without an Intent for Immediate Autologous Stem Cell Transplant

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Weekly Nanoparticle Albumin Bound Paclitaxel (Nab-Paclitaxel) (NSC-736631) With or Without Bevacizumab, Either Preceded by or Followed by Q 2 Week Doxorubicin (A) and Cyclophosphamide (C) Plus Pegfilgrastim (Peg-G) as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Inflammatory and Locally Advanced Her-2/Neu Negative Breast Cancer

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Weekly Nanoparticle Albumin Bound Paclitaxel (Nab-Paclitaxel) (NSC-736631) With or Without Bevacizumab, Either Preceded by or Followed by Q 2 Week Doxorubicin (A) and Cyclophosphamide (C) Plus Pegfilgrastim (Peg-G) as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Inflammatory and Locally Advanced Her-2/Neu Negative Breast Cancer

A Phase II Study of Iodine-131 Labeled Tositumomab in Combination With Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Prednisone and Rituximab Therapy for Patients with Advanced Stage Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

A Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Capecitabine/Gemcitabine Chemotherapy Followed by Concurrent Capecitabine and Radiotherapy in Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (EHCC)