MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / ACCESSWIRE / November 17, 2015 / Propanc Health Group Corporation (OTCQB:PPCH) ("Propanc" or "the Company"), an emerging healthcare company focusing on development of new and proprietary treatments for cancer patients suffering from pancreatic and colorectal cancers, today announced the Company has achieved significant tumor growth inhibition in pancreatic and ovarian cancers for PRP in recent preclinical animal efficacy studies. The results from these studies were also used to file a new patent specifying a new target efficacious dose range for future human studies.
"We are thrilled with the results and believe it now paves the way for scientific advice meetings with regulatory agencies to determine the development pathway for human studies," said James Nathanielsz, Propanc's Chief Executive Officer, "As a result of achieving this significant milestone, we are convinced PRP, which is a combination of two proenzymes, trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen, could become a breakthrough treatment in the fight against aggressive tumors like pancreatic and ovarian cancers. In fact, most common solid tumors."
In the pancreatic cancer study, Pan-02 mouse pancreatic tumor cells were orthotopically inoculated (i.e. grafted into its normal place in the body) into immune competent (C57BL/6) mice.Treatment with PRP injected once daily commenced nine days post inoculation, identified as Day 0. At Day 26, significant (p≤0.05) reduction in mean tumor weight was observed, 86% inhibition at the efficacious dose compared to the vehicle control.
In the ovarian cancer study, A2780 human ovarian cancer cells were orthotopically inoculated in female, immune compromised (athymic Nude-Foxn1(NU)) mice. Treatment with PRP injected once daily commenced seven days post inoculation, identified as Day 0. At Day 21, significant (p≤0.05) reduction in mean tumor weight was observed, 54% at the highest efficacious dose identified, and 48% at the lowest efficacious dose. Furthermore, several mice in both treatment groups appear to have no tumor present upon final examination. This is despite identifying tumors in all mice in the experimental control groups.
Further, all mice in the treatment groups exhibited no serious adverse clinical signs in both studies.
Photographs of excised tumors taken from mice on the final day of each study to assess anti-tumor efficacy of PRP are shown below.
"The results from these preclinical studies are conclusive that PRP is effective in these tumor models," said Dr. Julian Kenyon, Propanc’s Chief Scientific Officer. "What is even more interesting, it appears that tumor models with immune functioning mice show markedly increased inhibitory effects, which could possibly be attributed to the immunobiological effects of PRP, basically enhancing the immune response to assist with tumor regression. As a result of this fine work undertaken with our preclinical research partners, we have identified an efficacious dose range which we can now use to target in human studies."