SP SAP Drug Development

Otis Gets His Wag Back!

Dog with bone cancer jumps for joy over new treatment that made him pain-free after one dose! Otis, the golden retriever, was in his golden years when bone cancer pain threatened to shorten his life. As a participant in a clinical trial aimed at pet dogs, he was given a single treatment with a pain …

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Cancer Pain Relief in Pet Dogs has Direct Translation into Human Chronic Pain Conditions

Based on the recent publication by: Brown DC, Agnello K. (2013) Intrathecal substance p-saporin in the dog: efficacy in bone cancer pain. Anesthesiology 119(5):1178-1185 and the October 2013 press release by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, “Man’s best friends’ chronic pain relieved with new treatment, study finds: Findings could be useful to human cancer patients.” …

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Cover Article: FDA Gives Green Light to Human Clinical Trials for Cancer Pain

Contributed by Douglas A. Lappi, Ph.D., President/Chief Scientific Officer, Advanced Targeting Systems, San Diego, CA Substance P-Saporin (SP-SAP), ATS’s patented conjugate being developed for cancer pain therapy, has attracted a considerable amount of attention recently. Back-to-back publications, a press release and editorial were featured in the November issue of the journal Anesthesiology. The first article, …

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Targeted Therapy for Chronic Pain

In 1997, SP-SAP (a chemical conjugate of Substance P and the ribosome-inactivating protein saporin) was created to eliminate Substance P receptor (SPR) neurons that propagate the signal for chronic pain. ATS has successfully completed preclinical studies, safety tests in animal models and a GLP toxicology study in rat, funded both internally and by the National …

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SP-SAP Drug Development Update

Substance P-Saporin (SP-SAP) is a drug candidate that eliminates the spinal cord neurons that send the chronic pain signal to the brain. SP-SAP has been tested in a variety of animal models and proven effective in permanently eliminating the perception of chronic pain. ATS has completed extensive preclinical studies, a GLP toxicology study, and a …

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