1. Phase I dose-escalation study of F14512, a polyamine-vectorized topoisomerase II inhibitor, in patients with platinum-refractory or resistant ovarian cancer.
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Leary, Alexandra, Le Tourneau, Christophe, Varga, Andrea, Sablin, Marie-Paule, Gomez-Roca, Carlos, Guilbaud, Nicolas, Petain, Aurelie, Pavlyuk, Mariya, and Delord, Jean-Pierre
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AMINES ,ANTINEOPLASTIC agents ,CLINICAL trials ,DRUG delivery systems ,DRUG resistance in cancer cells ,DRUG dosage ,DRUG toxicity ,ENZYME inhibitors ,INTRAVENOUS therapy ,MEDICAL cooperation ,OVARIAN tumors ,PLATINUM compounds ,RESEARCH ,TOXICITY testing ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,PHARMACODYNAMICS - Abstract
Summary: Purpose To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of F14512, a topoisomerase II inhibitor designed to target cancer cells through the polyamine transport system, (three-hour daily infusion given for 3 consecutive days every 3 weeks) in platinum-refractory or resistant ovarian cancer. Other objectives were safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), PK/pharmacodynamics relationship, and efficacy. Methods This was an open-label, dose-escalation, multicenter phase I study. Results Eleven patients were enrolled and were treated at dose levels (DLs) of 10 and 5 mg/m
2 /day. All patients received the 3 injections per cycle as per study protocol (median, 1 cycle (Ferlay et al. Int J Cancer 136:E359–386, 2015; Siegel et al. CA Cancer J Clin 65:5–29, 2015; Oronsky et al. Med Oncol 34:103, 2017; Barret et al. Cancer Res 68:9845–9853, 2008; Ballot et al. Apoptosis 17:364–376, 2012; Brel et al. Biochem Pharmacol 82:1843–1852, 2011; Gentry et al. Biochemistry 50:3240–3249, 2011; Kruczynski et al. Investig New Drugs 29:9–21, 2011; Chelouah et al. PLoS One 6:e23597, 2011)) with no dose reductions. At DL 10 mg/m2 /day, 6 dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) were reported (3/4 evaluable patients: 2 grade 3 febrile neutropenia, 1 grade 4 neutropenia lasting at least 7 days, 1 grade 3 nausea, 1 decreased appetite, and 1 grade 3 asthenia). At dose 5 mg/m2 /day, 2 DLTs were reported (2/6 treated patients: 2 grade 3 febrile neutropenia). Both DLs were defined as MTD. Stable disease was reported as best overall response in 2 (40%) patients having both received 9 cycles, one at each DL. 90.9% of patients experienced grade 4 neutropenia, but for only one (9.1%) it was reported as a serious adverse event. Conclusion Although there was some encouraging efficacy signal, grade 4 neutropenia led to complications and it was decided to stop the study. A DL below 5 mg/m2 /day was not tested as this would not allow reaching the minimum serum concentration needed for the pharmacological activity of the drug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...- Published
- 2019
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