| Exclusion Criteria: | 1) Chemotherapy, radiotherapy (except palliative radiation delivered to <20% of bone marrow), or investigational agents within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug. Biologic therapy (such as 13-cis-retinoic acid, thalidomide, tamoxifen, celebrex, erlotinib, imatinib, vorinostat, and lapatanib) and immunotherapy (such as interferon a or b, cdx-110 (EGFR vIII vaccine), interleukin 2, thalidomide) within 1 week before the first dose of study drug. Bevacizumab within 6 weeks before the first dose of study drug.
2) Pregnant or lactating females.
3) Any acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection that requires parenteral therapy within 14 days prior to study treatment (Cycle 1, Day 1).
4) Known severe hypersensitivity to paclitaxel.
5) Severe toxicity with previous taxane treatment.
6) Treatment with P450 CYP 3A4 or CYP 2C8 enzyme-inducing anti-convulsant drugs, including but not limited to phenytoin, phenobarbitol, carbamazepine, fosphenytoin, primidone and oxcarbazepine within 14 days prior to treatment with study drug (Cycle 1 Day 1).
7) Any of the following hematologic abnormalities at baseline: Hemoglobin < 9.0 g/dL; Absolute neutrophil count < 1.5 x 10^9/L; Platelet count < 100 x 10^9/L
8) Any of the following serum chemistry abnormalities at baseline:Total bilirubin > 1.5 times the upper limit of the reference range (ULRR); AST or ALT > 2.5 times the ULRR; Serum calcium above ULRR; Creatinine clearance (estimated) < 60 mL/min
9) Known or suspected acute or chronic active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C or HIV/AIDS.
10) Patients with unstable or uncompensated respiratory, cardiac, hepatic or renal disease or any other organ system dysfunction, medical condition, or laboratory abnormality which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would either comprise the patient's safety or interfere with the evaluation of the test material.
11) Evidence of persistent Grade 2 or greater neurotoxicity. |