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ArticleInvestigational new drugs2012

Phase I combination study of trabectedin and capecitabine in patients with advanced malignancies.

Lia Gore, E Rivera, M Basche, S L Moulder-Thompson, J Li, S Eppers, S Grolnic, C O'Bryant, D Cleere, Y A Elsayed and 1 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IMulticenter Study
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Article in Investigational new drugs, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Lia GoreUniversity of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. lia.gore@ucdenver.edu
E Rivera
M Basche
S L Moulder-Thompson
J Li
S Eppers
S Grolnic
C O'Bryant
D Cleere
Y A Elsayed
S G Eckhardt
University of Colorado Cancer Center · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · USJohnson & Johnson (United States) · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USMethodist Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), safety and pharmacokinetics of trabectedin with capecitabine in patients with advanced malignancies.

designIn this Phase I, open-label, dose-finding study, patients refractory to standard therapy received trabectedin (3-h intravenous infusion, 0.4-1.3 mg/m(2), day 1) and capecitabine (2,000 or 1,600 mg/m(2)/day orally, days 2-15) every 3 weeks. Standard "3 + 3" dose escalation was used to define the MTD. Antitumor response was assessed every two cycles; adverse events (AEs) were recorded throughout.

resultsForty patients received 149 cycles of treatment (median 2; range 1-11) at nine dose levels. Gastrointestinal dose-limiting toxicities in two patients at two dose levels with capecitabine at 2,000 mg/m(2)/day prompted dose reduction to 1,600 mg/m(2)/day and initiation of new trabectedin dose escalation at 0.6 mg/m(2). The MTD was capecitabine 1,600 mg/m(2)/day + trabectedin 1.1 mg/m(2). Common grade 3-4 drug-related AEs were neutropenia (20%), nausea (18%), diarrhea (15%) and palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (15%). One patient with cholangiocarcinoma achieved a sustained partial response, and 18 patients maintained stable disease (six for ≥6 months).

conclusionsThe combination of trabectedin and capecitabine is generally well tolerated, without pharmacokinetic interactions, and shows some activity in patients with advanced cancers.

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