Noxopharm Limited announced the DARRT-2 Safety Steering Committee has reviewed safety data from the third cohort of patients from the dose escalation part of the DARRT-2 trial. The DARRT-2 Phase 2 trial is evaluating Noxopharm's clinical drug candidate Veyonda® in combination with low-dose external beam radiotherapy with a focus on the treatment of prostate cancer. The third cohort of patients was treated with a 1600 mg dose, which was found to be safe.

This means that no further dose escalations will occur and the trial can soon progress into Part 2, which will evaluate efficacy signals while safety data continues to be collected. Pending some protocol requirements, Part 2 is expected to begin in late First Quarter or early Second Quarter this year.