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ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2020

NUC-1031, use of ProTide technology to circumvent gemcitabine resistance: current status in clinical trials.

Zainul Abedin Kapacee, Jennifer J Knox, Daniel Palmer, Sarah P Blagden, Angela Lamarca, Juan W Valle, Mairéad G McNamara

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Review in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Moving forward in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021
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  8. The Novel Nucleoside Analogue ProTide NUC-7738 Overcomes Cancer Resistance MechanismsClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Zainul Abedin KapaceeDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5342-1480
Jennifer J KnoxDepartment of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Daniel PalmerThe Clatterbridge Cancer Centre/University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Sarah P BlagdenDepartment of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Angela LamarcaDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Juan W ValleDivision of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Mairéad G McNamaraDivision of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Mairead.McNamara@christie.nhs.uk.
University of Manchester · GBCancer Research UK · GBThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResistance to gemcitabine chemotherapy is common in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), biliary tract cancer (BTC) and ovarian cancers (OC), conferring poor survival. Use of ProTide technology led to the development of a 'partially-activated' monophosphorylated gemcitabine compound, termed NUC-1031. NUC-1031 enters cancer cells independent of the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter, does not require deoxycytidine kinase-mediated activation and resists cytidine deaminase-mediated breakdown into toxic by-products. CURRENT

findingsThe phase I PRO-001 trial recruited 68 patients with advanced solid tumours; of the 49 patients that had response-evaluable disease, 5 (10%) had a partial response (PR) and 33 (67%) had stable disease (SD). Subsequently, the PRO-002 study assessed the safety and efficacy of NUC-1031 combined with carboplatin for patients with OC (n = 25); preliminary data from this study reported one (4%) unconfirmed complete response (CR), 8 (35%) PRs and 13 (57%) patients with SD, the final outcome data are awaited. The ABC-08 trial for advanced BTC assessed safety and efficacy of NUC-1031 combined with cisplatin; 14 patients were recruited with a 50% objective response rate in the intention to treat population at interim analysis. ACELARATE, the phase III trial in first-line advanced PDAC comparing NUC-1031 to gemcitabine monotherapy, recruited 200 patients but has been paused for futility analysis.

conclusionEarly studies demonstrate NUC-1031 is well tolerated with favourable pharmacokinetic profiles. NUC-1031 use in PDAC remains unclear, but encouraging results of disease control in BTC and OC has prompted phase II and III trial development. NuTide 121, is a phase III trial comparing cisplatin-NUC 1031 combination to the standard of care cisplatin-gemcitabine and recruitment is ongoing. Recruiting trials and mature data from existing studies will help inform on the impact of NUC-1031 on patient survival over standard gemcitabine.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiliary Tract NeoplasmsCisplatinClinical Trials as TopicCytidine MonophosphateDeoxycytidineDrug Resistance, NeoplasmDrug SynergismFemaleGemcitabineHumansOvarian NeoplasmsPancreatic NeoplasmsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeCisplatinCytidine MonophosphateDeoxycytidineGemcitabineNUC-1031AcelarinBiliary tract cancerGemcitabine resistanceNUC-1031Ovarian cancerPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPhase I trial

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