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N Engl J Med ; 372(18): 1700-9, 2015 Apr 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25923550

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a mutation in the gene encoding epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is sensitive to approved EGFR inhibitors, but resistance develops, mediated by the T790M EGFR mutation in most cases. Rociletinib (CO-1686) is an EGFR inhibitor active in preclinical models of EGFR-mutated NSCLC with or without T790M. METHODS: In this phase 1-2 study, we administered rociletinib to patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC who had disease progression during previous treatment with an existing EGFR inhibitor. In the expansion (phase 2) part of the study, patients with T790M-positive disease received rociletinib at a dose of 500 mg twice daily, 625 mg twice daily, or 750 mg twice daily. Key objectives were assessment of safety, side-effect profile, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary antitumor activity of rociletinib. Tumor biopsies to identify T790M were performed during screening. Treatment was administered in continuous 21-day cycles. RESULTS: A total of 130 patients were enrolled. The first 57 patients to be enrolled received the free-base form of rociletinib (150 mg once daily to 900 mg twice daily). The remaining patients received the hydrogen bromide salt (HBr) form (500 mg twice daily to 1000 mg twice daily). A maximum tolerated dose (the highest dose associated with a rate of dose-limiting toxic effects of less than 33%) was not identified. The only common dose-limiting adverse event was hyperglycemia. In an efficacy analysis that included patients who received free-base rociletinib at a dose of 900 mg twice daily or the HBr form at any dose, the objective response rate among the 46 patients with T790M-positive disease who could be evaluated was 59% (95% confidence interval [CI], 45 to 73), and the rate among the 17 patients with T790M-negative disease who could be evaluated was 29% (95% CI, 8 to 51). CONCLUSIONS: Rociletinib was active in patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC associated with the T790M resistance mutation. (Funded by Clovis Oncology; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01526928.).


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Acrilamidas/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/genética , Receptores ErbB/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagem , Pirimidinas/administração & dosagem , Acrilamidas/efeitos adversos , Acrilamidas/farmacocinética , Idoso , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Receptores ErbB/antagonistas & inibidores , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperglicemia/induzido quimicamente , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/efeitos adversos , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacocinética , Pirimidinas/efeitos adversos , Pirimidinas/farmacocinética
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Neuro Oncol ; 7(2): 134-53, 2005 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15831232

RESUMO

Glioblastomas, like other solid tumors, have extensive areas of hypoxia and necrosis. The importance of hypoxia in driving tumor growth is receiving increased attention. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) is one of the master regulators that orchestrate the cellular responses to hypoxia. It is a heterodimeric transcription factor composed of alpha and beta subunits. The alpha subunit is stable in hypoxic conditions but is rapidly degraded in normoxia. The function of HIF-1 is also modulated by several molecular mechanisms that regulate its synthesis, degradation, and transcriptional activity. Upon stabilization or activation, HIF-1 translocates to the nucleus and induces transcription of its downstream target genes. Most important to gliomagenesis, HIF-1 is a potent activator of angiogenesis and invasion through its upregulation of target genes critical for these functions. Activation of the HIF-1 pathway is a common feature of gliomas and may explain the intense vascular hyperplasia often seen in glioblastoma multiforme. Activation of HIF results in the activation of vascular endothelial growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor receptors, matrix metalloproteinases, plasminogen activator inhibitor, transforming growth factors alpha and beta, angiopoietin and Tie receptors, endothelin-1, inducible nitric oxide synthase, adrenomedullin, and erythropoietin, which all affect glioma angiogenesis. In conclusion, HIF is a critical regulatory factor in the tumor microenvironment because of its central role in promoting proangiogenic and invasive properties. While HIF activation strongly promotes angiogenesis, the emerging vasculature is often abnormal, leading to a vicious cycle that causes further hypoxia and HIF upregulation.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Encefálicas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Glioma/metabolismo , Hipóxia/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Fatores de Transcrição , Humanos , Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia , Neovascularização Patológica
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J Clin Oncol ; 33(12): 1356-63, 2015 Apr 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25624432

RESUMO

PURPOSE: Progression-free survival (PFS) in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) trials has been inconsistently defined and poorly associated with overall survival (OS). A reproducible quantitative definition of radiographic PFS (rPFS) was tested for association with a coprimary end point of OS in a randomized trial of abiraterone in patients with mCRPC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: rPFS was defined as ≥ two new lesions on an 8-week bone scan plus two additional lesions on a confirmatory scan, ≥ two new confirmed lesions on any scan ≥ 12 weeks after random assignment, and/or progression in nodes or viscera on cross-sectional imaging, or death. rPFS was assessed by independent review at 15% of deaths and by investigator review at 15% and 40% of deaths. rPFS and OS association was evaluated by Spearman's correlation. RESULTS: A total of 1,088 patients were randomly assigned to abiraterone plus prednisone or prednisone alone. At first interim analysis, the hazard ratio (HR) by independent review was 0.43 (95% CI, 0.35 to 0.52; P < .001; abiraterone plus prednisone: median rPFS, not estimable; prednisone: median rPFS, 8.3 months). Similar HRs were obtained by investigator review at the first two interim analyses (HR, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.41 to 0.60; P < .001 and HR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.45 to 0.62; P < .001, respectively), validating the imaging data assay used. Spearman's correlation coefficient between rPFS and OS was 0.72. CONCLUSION: rPFS was highly consistent and highly associated with OS, providing initial prospective evidence on further developing rPFS as an intermediate end point in mCRPC trials.


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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias de Próstata Resistentes à Castração/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias de Próstata Resistentes à Castração/tratamento farmacológico , Acetato de Abiraterona , Androstenos/administração & dosagem , Androstenos/efeitos adversos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Neoplasias Ósseas/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Ósseas/secundário , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Método Duplo-Cego , Humanos , Masculino , Metástase Neoplásica , Prednisona/administração & dosagem , Prednisona/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias de Próstata Resistentes à Castração/patologia , Radiografia , Taxa de Sobrevida , Resultado do Tratamento
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Int J Cancer ; 118(4): 841-9, 2006 Feb 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16152591

RESUMO

Vascular endothelial growth factor-D (VEGF-D) stimulates growth of vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells by signaling through the tyrosine kinase receptors KDR (VEGFR-2) and Flt-4 (VEGFR-3). In the present study, we examined the effects of VEGF-D on apoptosis in human MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells. Because VEGF-D was not expressed constitutively in vitro, stable VEGF-D transfectants were produced. The VEGF-D-expressing MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 lines displayed resistance to apoptosis induced by hypoxia, staurosporin and cycloheximide. Increased Bcl-2 expression, decreased homogenous caspase activities and inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage were associated with inhibition of apoptosis in VEGF-D-expressing clones. Also, caspase-3 activation was suppressed in the VEGF-D expressing MDA-MB-231 clone. The antiapoptotic effect of VEGF-D in vitro was recapitulated in vivo using VEGF-D-expressing MDA-MB-231 xenografts. The lack of VEGFR-2 protein expression by Western blot and ineffectiveness of a neutralizing VEGFR-2 antibody in eliminating the antiapoptotic effects of VEGF-D suggest a different and yet unknown signaling mechanism. Our findings indicate that VEGF-D has a novel function as a survival factor of breast carcinoma cells in addition to its established functions as an angiogenic and lymphangiogenic factor.


Assuntos
Apoptose , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Sobrevivência Celular , Fator D de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/fisiologia , Formação de Anticorpos , Western Blotting , Hipóxia Celular , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Neovascularização Patológica , Transdução de Sinais , Transfecção , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Fator D de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/biossíntese
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Lab Invest ; 85(5): 608-23, 2005 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15765121

RESUMO

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been identified as a vascular permeability factor, angiogenic cytokine, and a survival factor. To address its role in mammary carcinogenesis, we used transgenic mice with human VEGF(165) targeted to mammary epithelial cells under the control of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter. Metastatic mammary carcinomas were induced by mating the MMTV-VEGF mice with MMTV-polyoma virus middle T-antigen (MT) mice to generate VEGF/MT mice. Tumor latency was decreased in the VEGF/MT mice, which developed mammary carcinomas with increased vasodilatation at 4 weeks of age. There was increased incidence, multiplicity, and weight of the mammary tumors in 6- and 8-week-old VEGF/MT mice, compared to their MT-only littermates. Macro- and microscopic lung metastases were detected in the VEGF/MT mice but not the MT mice at 6 and 8 weeks of age. Enhanced tumor growth was attributed to increased microvascular density (MVD), as well as increased tumor cell proliferation and survival. Angiogenesis array analysis showed that 24 of 25 differentially expressed genes were upregulated in the VEGF/MT tumors. In vitro studies revealed increased proliferative activity and upregulation of Flk-1 in the VEGF/MT tumor cells, compared with the MT-only tumor cells. Moreover, there was decreased proliferative activity with downregulation of Flk-1 in tumor cells isolated from conditional knockout (VEGF(-/-)) MT-induced mammary carcinomas. The slow growing VEGF(-/-) tumor cells were accumulated in the G(1)/G(0) phase of the cell cycle and this was associated with stimulation of p16(ink4a) and p21(WAF1). Similarly, p16(ink4a) was stimulated in VEGF(lox/lox)/MT mammary tumor cells following Adeno-cre-mediated VEGF gene inactivation. Collectively, the data from these transgenic models indicate that VEGF contributes to mammary tumor growth through increased neovascularization, as well as autocrine stimulation of growth and inhibition of apoptosis.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/genética , Neoplasias Mamárias Animais/genética , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma/secundário , Animais , Apoptose/genética , Northern Blotting , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Proliferação de Células , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p21 , Feminino , Genes p16 , Imuno-Histoquímica , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/secundário , Masculino , Neoplasias Mamárias Animais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Mamárias Animais/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Transgênicos , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , RNA Neoplásico/análise , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Regulação para Cima , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Receptor 2 de Fatores de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Receptor 2 de Fatores de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo
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