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ArticleInvestigational new drugs2014

Sorafenib plus dacarbazine in solid tumors: a phase I study with dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and genomic analysis of sequential tumor biopsy samples.

Vladimir Lazar, Nathalie Lassau, Guillaume Meurice, Yohann Loriot, Carol Peña, Christophe Massard, Caroline Robert, Thomas Robert, Marie-Aude Le Berre, Thierry de Baere and 3 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
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Article in Investigational new drugs, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vladimir LazarDepartment of Functional Genomics, Institut Gustave Roussy, University Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France, vladimir.lazar@igr.fr.
Nathalie Lassau
Guillaume Meurice
Yohann Loriot
Carol Peña
Christophe Massard
Caroline Robert
Thomas Robert
Marie-Aude Le Berre
Thierry de Baere
Philippe Dessen
Jean-Charles Soria
Jean-Pierre Armand
Institut Gustave Roussy · FRBayer (France) · FRBayer (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeImproved prognostic accuracy for treatment response and a wider understanding of drug effects in humans are crucial for enhancing the utility of sorafenib and other promising targeted therapies. We developed a strategy of global genomic investigation of sequential tumor biopsy samples at baseline and 21 days post treatment, and applied this approach in a phase I study of sorafenib plus dacarbazine in patients with solid tumors. The objective of this study was also to validate functional parameters of DCE-US as surrogate markers to predict earlier response. EXPERIMENTAL

designPatients received 21-day cycles of oral sorafenib, 400 mg twice daily and dacarbazine, 1,000 mg/m(2) in a 1-h intravenous infusion on day 1. Efficacy was assessed using response evaluation criteria in solid tumors. Sequential biopsy samples (baseline and day 21) were obtained from the same tumor. Changes from baseline in global gene expression (GE) measured by genomic microarrays and in tumor vascularity at baseline, D8, D21, D 42 and every 2 cycles using dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (DCE-US) were analyzed for patients with and without a clinical response to treatment at 3 months.

resultsAmong 23 patients evaluable for treatment efficacy, 17 were eligible for gene expression and DCE-US analyses. One patient achieved a partial response; 14 exhibited stable disease. Ten patients were defined as exhibiting stable disease (SD) and 7, progressive disease (PD) at 3 months. Genomic analyses identified a 237-gene signature that distinguished SD from PD at 3 months. Of note, CDK4 overexpression and PDGFR downregulation were associated with PD. Functional parameters of DCE-US representing the blood volume at baseline, day 8, and day 21 were correlated with disease progression at 3 months.

conclusionsThis novel approach of sequential investigations in a phase I trial was feasible, detecting early changes in gene expression and tumor vascularity evaluated using DCE-US that may be predictive of clinical outcome.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiopsyDacarbazineFemaleGenomicsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsNiacinamidePhenylurea CompoundsSorafenibUltrasonographyDacarbazineNiacinamidePhenylurea CompoundsSorafenib

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