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Trial reportCancer medicine2017

A first-in-human phase I, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation study of the oral RAF/VEGFR-2 inhibitor (RAF265) in locally advanced or metastatic melanoma independent from BRAF mutation status.

Benjamin Izar, William Sharfman, F Stephen Hodi, Donald Lawrence, Keith T Flaherty, Ravi Amaravadi, Kevin B Kim, Igor Puzanov, Jeffrey Sosman, Reinhard Dummer and 7 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Cancer medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Developments in the Space of New MAPK Pathway Inhibitors for BRAF-Mutant Melanoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2019
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  10. Targeting the ERK Signaling Pathway in Melanoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 11 institutions in 3 countries.

Benjamin IzarBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-6702
William SharfmanSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland.
F Stephen HodiDana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Donald LawrenceMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Keith T FlahertyMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ravi AmaravadiAbramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kevin B KimCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California.
Igor PuzanovVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt, Tennessee.
Jeffrey SosmanVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt, Tennessee.
Reinhard DummerUniversity Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Simone M GoldingerUniversity Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lyhping LamNovartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Shefali KakarNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.
Zhongwen TangNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.
Oliver KrieterNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
David F McDermottBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michael B AtkinsBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USNovartis (Switzerland) · CHNovartis (United States) · USUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHVanderbilt University · USBroad Institute · USCalifornia Pacific Medical Center · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHELLEY L BERGER · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), safety profile, and anti-tumor efficacy of RAF265. We conducted a multicenter, open-label, phase-I, dose-escalation trial of RAF265, an orally available RAF kinase/VEGFR-2 inhibitor, in patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma. Pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis, pharmacodynamics (PD) and tumor response assessment were conducted. We evaluated metabolic tumor response by 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET), tissue biomarkers using immunohistochemistry (IHC), and modulators of angiogenesis. RAF265 has a serum half-life of approximately 200 h. The MTD was 48 mg once daily given continuously. Among 77 patients, most common treatment-related adverse effects were fatigue (52%), diarrhea (34%), weight loss (31%) and vitreous floaters (27%). Eight of 66 evaluable patients (12.1%) had an objective response, including seven partial and one complete response. Responses occurred in BRAF-mutant and BRAF wild-type (WT) patients. Twelve of 58 (20.7%) evaluable patients had a partial metabolic response. On-treatment versus pretreatment IHC staining in 23 patients showed dose-dependent p-ERK inhibition. We observed a significant temporal increase in placental growth factor levels and decrease in soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (sVEGFR-2) levels in all dose levels. RAF265 is an oral RAF/VEGFR-2 inhibitor that produced antitumor responses, metabolic responses, and modulated angiogenic growth factor levels. Antitumor activity occurred in patients with BRAF-mutant and BRAF-WT disease. Despite low activity at tolerable doses, this study provides a framework for the development of pan-RAF inhibitors and modulators of angiogenesis for the treatment of melanoma.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersDrug MonitoringFemaleHumansImidazolesMaleMaximum Tolerated DoseMelanomaMiddle AgedMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationNeoplasm MetastasisAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersImidazolesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafPyridinesRAF265Biomarker analysisBRAF-mutantBRAF wild-typemetastatic melanomaRAF265

Identifiers

PMID28719152
PMCPMC5548886
OpenAlexW2737084152

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