A pharmacodynamic/pharmacokinetic study of ficlatuzumab in patients with advanced solid tumors and liver metastases

Autor: Jordi Andreu, Shefali Agarwal, Maria Herranz, May Han, Marc Credi, Wei Yin, Maria Elena Elez, James Gifford, Philip Komarnitsky, Isabel Rico, Jose Mateos, Josep Tabernero, Ludmila Prudkin, José Baselga, M. J. Carreras
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 20(10)
ISSN: 1557-3265
Popis: Purpose: This study evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of ficlatuzumab, a humanized hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inhibitory monoclonal antibody, as monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors and liver metastases. Patients and Methods: Patients with p-Met (phosphorylated c-Met)–positive tumors enrolled in three dose-escalation cohorts, receiving ficlatuzumab 2, 10, or 20 mg/kg once per 14-day cycle. Pharmacodynamic changes in liver tumor biopsies and serum, pharmacokinetics, safety, and clinical activity were assessed. Results: No dose-limiting toxicities occurred in the 19 patients enrolled (n = 6, 2 mg/kg; n = 7, 10 mg/kg; n = 6, 20 mg/kg). The most frequent diagnosis was colorectal cancer (n = 15; 79%). The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were asthenia, peripheral edema, hepatic pain (32% each), and cough (26%). Laboratory abnormalities of decreased serum albumin were present in all patients. Ficlatuzumab at 20 mg/kg lowered median levels of tumor p-Met (−53%), p-ERK (−43%), p-Akt (−2%), and increased median HGF levels (+33%), at the last on-study time point relative to baseline. Mean serum HGF levels increased with ficlatuzumab dose and number of treatment cycles. Ficlatuzumab exhibited linear pharmacokinetics and long terminal half-life (7.4–10 days). Best overall response was stable disease in 28% of patients, including 1 patient with pancreatic cancer with stable disease >1 year. Conclusions: Ficlatuzumab exhibited good safety/tolerability and demonstrated ability to modulate the HGF/c-Met pathway and downstream signaling in the tumor in patients with advanced solid tumors. Safety, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacokinetic data for ficlatuzumab confirmed the recommended phase II dose of 20 mg/kg once per 14-day cycle. Clin Cancer Res; 20(10); 2793–804. ©2014 AACR.
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