Article: IL13-PE38QQR study commences in malignant glioma patient at initial diagnosis.

2004 SEP 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NeoPharm, Inc., (NEOL) announced that the first patient in a new phase I clinical trial of its tumor-targeting compound, IL13-PE38QQR, for the treatment of malignant glioma at initial diagnosis, has been treated at the Cleveland Clinic.

IL13-PE38QQR is being administered via convection-enhanced delivery (CED) following tumor resection after initial diagnosis, using catheters placed directly in the brain near the tumor resection site.

"We are pleased that enrollment has begun in this phase I trial of IL13-PE38QQR for the treatment of malignant glioma at initial diagnosis," said Greg Young, NeoPharm's president and ...

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