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ReviewCancer chemotherapy and pharmacology2024

Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of tazemetostat.

Marco Orleni, Jan H Beumer

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Review in Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Marco OrleniCancer Therapeutics Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Room G27E, Hillman Research Pavilion, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-1863, USA.
Jan H BeumerCancer Therapeutics Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Room G27E, Hillman Research Pavilion, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-1863, USA. beumerj@gmail.com.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
NCI ET-CTN with Phase i Emphasis at UPCIUM1CA186690 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD, Farshid Dayyani · 2014 to 2026
$9.1M
PITT-CAL ETCTN PK Resource LaboratoryU24CA247643 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TIMOTHY W SYNOLD, Raman Venkataramanan · 2020 to 2026
$3.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS U24 CA247643NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA186690NCI NIH HHS UM1CA186690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tazemetostat, a novel oral selective inhibitor of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 for use in patients with advanced epithelioid sarcoma or relapsed/refractory (R/R) EZH2-mutated follicular lymphoma. These indications were approved by the FDA trough accelerated approval based on objective response rate and duration of response that resulted from phase 2 clinical trials. Tazemetostat competes with S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) cofactor to inhibit EZH2, reducing the levels of trimethylated lysine 27 of histone 3 (H3K27me3), considered as pharmacodynamic marker. Tazemetostat is orally bioavailable, characterized by rapid absorption and dose-proportional exposure, which is not influenced by coadministration with food or gastric acid reducing agents. It highly distributes in tissues, but with limited access to central nervous system. Tazemetostat is metabolized by CYP3A in the liver to 3 major inactive metabolites (M1, M3, and M5), has a short half-life and is mainly excreted in feces. Drug-drug interactions were shown with moderate CYP3A inhibitors as fluconazole, leading the FDA to recommend a 50% dose reduction, while studies investigating coadministration of tazemetostat with strong inhibitors/inducers are ongoing. No dosage modifications are recommended based on renal or hepatic dysfunctions. Overall, tazemetostat is the first-in-class EZH2 inhibitor approved by the FDA for cancer treatment. Current clinical studies are evaluating combination therapies in patients with several malignancies.

Indexed as

BenzamidesBiphenyl CompoundsDrug InteractionsMorpholinesAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinHumansOrganophosphatesPyridonesSulfonamidesAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesBiphenyl CompoundsEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanMorpholinesOrganophosphatesPyridonesSulfonamidestazemetostatEPZ-6438PharmacokineticsPharmacologyTazemetostatTazverik

Identifiers

PMID38520556
PMCPMC11559081
OpenAlexW4393114610

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