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Phase I study of TP300 in patients with advanced solid tumors with pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenetic and
D Alan Anthoney1, Jay Naik, Iain R J Macpherson
1St James Institute of Oncology, University of Leeds & Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom.
Background:
A Phase I dose escalation first in man study assessed maximum tolerated dose (MTD), dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and recommended Phase II dose of TP300, a water soluble prodrug of the Topo-1 inhibitor TP3076, and active metabolite, TP3011.
Methods:
Eligible patients with refractory advanced solid tumors, adequate performance status, haematologic, renal, and hepatic function. TP300 was given as a 1-hour i.v. infusion 3-weekly and pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of TP300, TP3076 and TP3011 were analysed. Polymorphisms in CYP2D6, AOX1 and UGT1A1 were studied and DNA strand-breaks measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).
Results:
32 patients received TP300 at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 mg/m(2). MTD was 10 mg/m(2); DLTs at 12 (2/4 patients) and 10 mg/m(2) (3/12) included thrombocytopenia and febrile neutropenia; diarrhoea was uncommon. Six patients (five had received irinotecan), had stable disease for 1.5-5 months. TP3076 showed dose proportionality in AUC and Cmax from 1-10 mg/m(2). Genetic polymorphisms had no apparent influence on exposure. DNA strand-breaks were detected after TP300 infusion.
Conclusions:
TP300 had predictable hematologic toxicity, and diarrhoea was uncommon. AUC at MTD is substantially greater than for SN38. TP3076 and TP3011 are equi-potent with SN38, suggesting a PK advantage.
Trial Registration:
EU-CTR2006-001345-33.
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