Interleukin-11 to Enter Phase III

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 4 No 7
Volume 4
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass--In a phase II study, Genetics Institute's recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) restored platelets in throm-bocytopenic patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy to the extent that significantly fewer rhIL-11 treated patients required platelet transfusions, compared to placebo.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass--In a phase II study, Genetics Institute's recombinanthuman interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) restored platelets in throm-bocytopenicpatients undergoing cancer chemotherapy to the extent that significantlyfewer rhIL-11 treated patients required platelet transfusions,compared to placebo.

Based on this favorable outcome, the company plans to begin aphase III study by the end of this year.

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