German cancer specialist CellAct Pharma has presented positive new data on CAP7.1 for the treatment of biliary tract cancers at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
CAP7.1 is an adapted version of the well-established anti-cancer agent etoposide, converted by carboxylesterases into etoposide in selected tissues.
Analysis of population pharmacokinetic (PK) trial data indicated that higher blood concentrations of etoposide resulted in the majority of patients maintaining an increase in tumor size of below 20%.
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