On January 20, 2015 CytRx Corporation reported that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed the partial clinical hold on the Company’s aldoxorubicin clinical trials (Press release CytRx, JAN 20, 2015, View Source [SID:1234501356]). Enrollment and dosing of new patients is now permitted after study sites’ Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) approve the revised trial protocols.

“CytRx developed modified study parameters intended to avoid potential risks, while allowing the company to evaluate the therapeutic impact of aldoxorubicin for patients with soft tissue sarcoma, glioblastoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, and small cell lung cancer, among other trials,” said Steven A. Kriegsman, Chairman and CEO of CytRx. “Our staff worked closely with the FDA Oncology Division to resolve all partial clinical hold issues as rapidly as possible. We expect enrollment and dosing in the ongoing clinical trials to be back underway soon.”

CytRx currently believes that enrollment rates and timelines for its trials will remain materially unchanged. The Company expects to complete enrollment in its ongoing pivotal global Phase 3 trial in second-line soft tissue sarcoma by the end of 2015 and unblind the clinical data by mid-2016. Subject to FDA approval, CytRx’s market launch of aldoxorubicin for second line soft tissue sarcoma is projected to commence in 2017.