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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2012

A phase I first-in-human study of TRC105 (Anti-Endoglin Antibody) in patients with advanced cancer.

Lee S Rosen, Herbert I Hurwitz, Michael K Wong, Jonathan Goldman, David S Mendelson, William D Figg, Shawn Spencer, Bonne J Adams, Delia Alvarez, Ben K Seon and 3 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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115citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Lee S RosenUCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA90404, USA. lrosen@mednet.ucla.edu
Herbert I Hurwitz
Michael K Wong
Jonathan Goldman
David S Mendelson
William D Figg
Shawn Spencer
Bonne J Adams
Delia Alvarez
Ben K Seon
Charles P Theuer
Bryan R Leigh
Michael S Gordon
Tracon Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USPinnacle Oncology Hematology · USDuke Medical Center · USNational Cancer Institute · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Using Clinical Pharmacology Principles to Develop New Anticancer TherapiesZICSC006537 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI FIGG, WILLIAM DOUGLAS · 2009 to 2025
$14.4M
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Anticancer AgentsZICBC010548 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FIGG, WILLIAM DOUGLAS · 2009 to 2018
$5.9M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001E
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTRC105 is a chimeric IgG1 monoclonal antibody that binds CD105 (endoglin). This first-in-human, phase I, open-label study assessed safety, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of TRC105 in patients with advanced refractory solid tumors. PATIENTS AND

methodsPatients received escalating doses of intravenous TRC105 until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity using a standard 3 + 3 phase I design.

resultsFifty patients were treated with escalating doses of TRC105. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was exceeded at 15 mg/kg every week because of dose-limiting hypoproliferative anemia. TRC105 exposure increased with increasing dose, and continuous serum concentrations that saturate CD105 receptors were maintained at 10 mg/kg weekly (the MTD) and 15 mg/kg every 2 weeks. Common adverse events including anemia, telangiectasias, and infusion reactions reflected the mechanism of action of the drug. Antibodies to TRC105 were not detected in patients treated with TRC105 from Chinese hamster ovary cells being used in ongoing phase Ib and phase II studies. Stable disease or better was achieved in 21 of 45 evaluable patients (47%), including two ongoing responses at 48 and 18 months.

conclusionTRC105 was tolerated at 10 mg/kg every week and 15 mg/kg every 2 weeks, with a safety profile that was distinct from that of VEGF inhibitors. Evidence of clinical activity was seen in a refractory patient population. Ongoing clinical trials are testing TRC105 in combination with chemotherapy and VEGF inhibitors and as a single agent in prostate, ovarian, bladder, breast, and hepatocellular cancer.

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Antigens, CDReceptors, Cell SurfaceAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, MonoclonalDrug Administration ScheduleDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsEndoglinFemaleHumansMaleMaximum Tolerated DoseMiddle AgedNeoplasmsNeoplasm StagingAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, CDcarotuximabEndoglinENG protein, humanReceptors, Cell Surface

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PMID22767667
PMCPMC3432706
OpenAlexW2096737871

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