Safety Study of MPC-3100 in Cancer Patients Who Have Failed Other Treatments

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see how safe the study drug is and to determine the best dose to use in cancer patients in the future. The study drug is designed to reduce the activity of a protein known as "heat shock protein 90", or "Hsp90". Hsp90 is found in every cell in the human body and normally helps those cells (and the body) cope with stressful situations. In certain cancers, however, Hsp90 helps the cancer cells survive and grow. By reducing the activity of Hsp90, the study drug may slow the growth, and reduce the survival, of those cancer cells.

Timeline

Start

2009-06

Primary completion

2011-06

Completion

2011-06

Publications

• Background Bagatell R, Whitesell L. Altered Hsp90 function in cancer: a unique therapeutic opportunity. Mol Cancer Ther. 2004 Aug;3(8):1021-30.
• Background Maloney A, Workman P. HSP90 as a new therapeutic target for cancer therapy: the story unfolds. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2002 Jan;2(1):3-24. doi: 10.1517/14712598.2.1.3.

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