scholarly journals Phase I trial of the androgen receptor modulator CR1447 in breast cancer patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Zweifel ◽  
Beat Thürlimann ◽  
Salome Riniker ◽  
Patrik Weder ◽  
Roger von Moos ◽  
...  

CR1447 (4-hydroxytestosterone, 4-OHT) binds to the androgen receptor and has antiproliferative activity in both ER-positive and ER-negative/AR-positive breast cancer cells in preclinical studies. The objective of this first-in man trial was to evaluate the safety and to determine the dose of CR1447, administered as an ointment, for Phase II. Escalating doses (100, 200, 400 mg) of CR1447 were administered topically on a daily basis to patients with ER-positive/AR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer pretreated with several lines of therapy. 14 patients have been treated for a total of 42 cycles. Two patients, one at dose level 100 mg and one at dose level 200 mg, showed early tumour progression and were replaced. Related adverse events were all ≤ grade 2 and included fatigue, bone and joint pain, stiffness, dry skin and mouth, nausea, sweating, urinary tract infection, rash, headache and distress. No drug-related dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) were seen. Two patients (17%) achieved stable disease at 3 months. Pharmacokinetic analysis confirmed dose-dependent transdermal uptake of CR1447. 4-OH-androstenedione (4-OHA), a key metabolite of 4-OHT, was undetectable in most of the plasma samples. Urine metabolites of 4-OHT and 4-OHA indicate high exposure of 4-OHT after topical administration. Oestradiol serum concentrations did not increase, confirming preclinical data that CR1447 is not converted to estrogens in vivo. In conclusion, CR1447 administered transdermally as an ointment is well tolerated and appears to have single-agent activity in heavily pretreated ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer patients. The recommended phase II dose is 400 mg/day.

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 627-627
Author(s):  
M. S. Barsoum ◽  
R. M. Gafar ◽  
M. M. Nazmy ◽  
A. Niazy

627 Background: Adjuvant sequential half body irradiation (SHBI) is both interesting as well as scientifically sound approach with proven efficacy in many tumors. Methods: Patients with node positive (≥10) breast cancer were randomized in this phase II trial to receive either 6 cycles of adjuvant cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2, 5FU 500 mg/m2 and epirubicin 100 mg/m2 followed by postoperative local irradiation (Arm A) versus the same adjuvant treatment plus consolidation SHBI staring 3 weeks after end of adjuvant treatment with upper half 750cGy /5 fractions /1week then one month gap followed by the lower half for the same dose (Arm B) Results: Between November 1999 and November 2000 a total of 70 patients who met the eligibility criteria were enrolled. Arm A (n=35) and arm B (n=35) were almost comparable with the respect to different prognostic factors. There was significant improvement in the disease free survival (DFS) at 5 years in arm B. The DFS was 65±8% in arm B while it was 33±8% in arm A (log-rank test: P =0.0036). In subset analysis the difference is apparent in subgroups of patients with less potential metastatic burden, which are T2 cases and ER positive cases. The DFS at 5 years was 83% in arm B and it was 35% in arm A (P=0.0008) in T2 cases. In the subgroup of patients with ER positive tumors (n=51), the DFS at 4 years was 58% in arm B and it was 25% in arm A (P=0.0072). The complications of the addition of SHBI were mild (grades 2 and 3) and mainly gastrointestinal (vomiting, diarrhea and colic). In both arms of the study there were no life-threatening complications or treatment-related mortality. Conclusions: SHBI was found to be a well-tolerated consolidation regimen with acceptable side effects and it showed significant improvement of the DFS in breast cancer patients with ≥ 10 positive lymph nodes especially in the relative cases with good prognosis (T2-ER positive). This makes it worthy of testing in a phase III trial. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1144-1144
Author(s):  
R. Ratti ◽  
Z. Coccorullo ◽  
D. Guarneri ◽  
G. Addamo ◽  
G. Colloca ◽  
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Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Tessa A. M. Mulder ◽  
Mirjam de With ◽  
Marzia del Re ◽  
Romano Danesi ◽  
Ron H. J. Mathijssen ◽  
...  

Tamoxifen is a major option for adjuvant endocrine treatment in estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer patients. The conversion of the prodrug tamoxifen into the most active metabolite endoxifen is mainly catalyzed by the enzyme cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6). Genetic variation in the CYP2D6 gene leads to altered enzyme activity, which influences endoxifen formation and thereby potentially therapy outcome. The association between genetically compromised CYP2D6 activity and low endoxifen plasma concentrations is generally accepted, and it was shown that tamoxifen dose increments in compromised patients resulted in higher endoxifen concentrations. However, the correlation between CYP2D6 genotype and clinical outcome is still under debate. This has led to genotype-based tamoxifen dosing recommendations by the Clinical Pharmacogenetic Implementation Consortium (CPIC) in 2018, whereas in 2019, the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) discouraged the use of CYP2D6 genotyping in clinical practice for tamoxifen therapy. This paper describes the latest developments on CYP2D6 genotyping in relation to endoxifen plasma concentrations and tamoxifen-related clinical outcome. Therefore, we focused on Pharmacogenetic publications from 2018 (CPIC publication) to 2021 in order to shed a light on the current status of this debate.


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