Biopharmaceutical firm Wilex has successfully completed a Phase I dose escalation study with its drug candidate WX-UK1 in combination with the chemotherapeutic agent capecitabine in patients with advanced solid tumours.
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Twenty-five patients were treated with the combination of both substances. Patients have received once weekly infusions of WX-UK1 for three weeks at various fixed doses and daily capecitabine concomitantly for two weeks. This three-week cycle was repeated until progression or toxicity. The maximum number of treatment cycles was 15 (eleven months). Twenty-three patients completed at least one treatment course with an average of 4.5 treatment courses.
The combination therapy was safe and well tolerated. The typical capecitabine-related adverse events were observed and no apparent changes in the frequencies or intensities of these side effects were reported. No serious adverse events related to WX-UK1 were reported.
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