UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 2013

 

Senesco Technologies, Inc.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware		001-31326		84-1368850
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

721 Route 202-206, Suite 130, Bridgewater, NJ		08807
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(908) 864-4444

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

___________________Not applicable_____________________ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On October 23, 2013, Senesco Technologies, Inc. (“Senesco” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the treatment of the first patient at the Company’s newly opened clinical-trial site at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). This patient is part of Senesco’s Phase 1b/2a clinical study of its therapeutic drug candidate, SNS01-T, targeting B-cell cancers.

 

SCCA is a cancer treatment center that unites physician scientists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s. The organization strives to provide outstanding care to cancer patients and to further improve survival rates. By bringing together the cancer-related patient-care services of the three institutions, SCCA builds on existing strengths, allows easier interactions among the cancer experts in each organization and provides improved access to resources.

 

The study is an open-label, multiple-dose, dose-escalation study, which is evaluating the safety and tolerability of SNS01-T when administered by intravenous infusion to approximately 15 relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, mantle cell (MCL) or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. While the primary objective of this study is to evaluate safety and tolerability, the effect of SNS01-T on tumor response and time to relapse or progression will be assessed using multiple well-established metrics including measurement of monoclonal protein in multiple myeloma and CT imaging in MCL and DLBCL.

 

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release of Senesco Technologies, Inc. dated October 23, 2013.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

	SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: October 24, 2013	By:	/s/ Leslie J. Browne, Ph.D.
		Name: Leslie J. Browne, Ph.D.
		Title: President and Chief Executive Officer