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Trial reportCancer discovery2023

Clinical Activity and Exploratory Resistance Mechanism of Milademetan, an MDM2 Inhibitor, in Intimal Sarcoma with MDM2 Amplification: An Open-Label Phase Ib/II Study.

Takafumi Koyama, Toshio Shimizu, Yuki Kojima, Kazuki Sudo, Hitomi Sumiyoshi Okuma, Tatsunori Shimoi, Hitoshi Ichikawa, Shinji Kohsaka, Ryo Sadachi, Akihiro Hirakawa and 8 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Cancer discovery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Milademetan in Advanced Solid Tumors with MDM2 Amplification and Wild-type TP53: Preclinical and Phase II Clinical Trial Results.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  2. TWIST1 bridges p53 and MDM2 and impairs the efficacy of MDM2 inhibitors.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
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  8. Natural products that target p53 for cancer therapy.Journal of natural medicines · 2025
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  10. Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumors.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Takafumi KoyamaDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5807-8458
Toshio ShimizuDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6632-0638
Yuki KojimaDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1558-5510
Kazuki SudoDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4600-9428
Hitomi Sumiyoshi OkumaDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9639-7361
Tatsunori ShimoiDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3603-8575
Hitoshi IchikawaDepartment of Clinical Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0142-2240
Shinji KohsakaDivision of Cellular Signaling, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8651-6136
Ryo SadachiClinical Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0009-0009-9536-1506
Akihiro HirakawaDepartment of Clinical Biostatistics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2580-7460
Akihiko YoshidaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3373-0099
Reiko Makihara AndoDepartment of Pharmacy, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5074-5690
Toshihide UenoDivision of Cellular Signaling, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7408-7298
Mitsuru YanagakiDivision of Cellular Signaling, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0664-5830
Naoko MatsuiClinical Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-7902-3761
Kenichi NakamuraClinical Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3534-8296
Noboru YamamotoDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0787-2851
Kan YonemoriDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7624-7611
National Cancer Centre Japan · JPNational Cancer Research Institute · GBNational Cancer Center · USTokyo Medical and Dental University · JPTokyo National Hospital · JPWakayama Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intimal sarcoma is an extremely rare, life-threatening malignant neoplasm. Murine double minute 2 (MDM2) amplification is observed in >70% of intimal sarcomas. Milademetan, an MDM2 inhibitor, may provide clinical benefit in this patient population. We conducted a phase Ib/II study in patients with MDM2-amplified, wild-type TP53 intimal sarcoma as a substudy of a large nationwide registry for rare cancers in Japan. Milademetan (260 mg) was administered orally once daily for 3 days every 14 days, twice in a 28-day cycle. Of 11 patients enrolled, 10 were included in the efficacy analysis. Two patients (20%) showed durable responses for >15 months. Antitumor activity correlated with TWIST1 amplification (P = 0.028) and negatively with CDKN2A loss (P = 0.071). Acquired TP53 mutations were detected in sequential liquid biopsies as a novel exploratory resistance mechanism to milademetan. These results suggest that milademetan could be a potential therapeutic strategy for intimal sarcoma. SIGNIFICANCE: Strategies to optimize outcomes could include the use of new biomarkers (TWIST1 amplification and CDKN2A loss) to select patients with MDM2-amplified intimal sarcoma who might benefit from milademetan and combination with other targeted treatments. Sequential liquid biopsy of TP53 can be used to evaluate disease status during treatment with milademetan. See related commentary by Italiano, p. 1765. This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1749.

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Antineoplastic AgentsSarcomaAnimalsGene AmplificationHumansIndolesMiceProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2PyridinesPyrrolidinesAntineoplastic AgentsIndolesMDM2 protein, humanmilademetanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2PyridinesPyrrolidines

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PMID37369013
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