ArticleFuture oncology (London, England)2024
CASPER: A Phase I trial combining calaspargase pegol-mnkl and cobimetinib in pancreatic cancer.
Article in Future oncology (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05034627 (A Phase I, Open-Label, Dose Finding Study of Calaspargase Pegol-Mnkl in Combination With Cobimetinib in Locally-Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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A Phase I, Open-Label, Dose Finding Study of Calaspargase Pegol-Mnkl in Combination With Cobimetinib in Locally-Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Fusion Protein Technology to Enhance Pharmacological Properties of L-Asparaginases.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Targeting MEK1/2 inhibits mitochondrial respiration and redox homeostasis in resistant rectal cancer.Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2026Article
- Metabolic plasticity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression and response to treatment.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Targeting glutamine metabolism as a potential target for cancer treatment.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Review
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Abstract
Asparagine synthetase (ASNS) catalyzes the biosynthesis of asparagine from aspartate and glutamine. Cells lacking ASNS, however, are auxotrophic for asparagine. Use of L-asparaginase to promote asparagine starvation in solid tumors with low ASNS levels, such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is a rationale treatment strategy. However, tumor cell resistance to L-asparaginase has limited its clinical utility. Our preclinical studies show that RAS/MAPK signaling circumvents L-asparaginase-induced tumor killing, but L-asparaginase and MEK inhibition potentiated tumor killing; suggesting that this combination may provide meaningful clinical benefit to patients with PDAC. This Phase I trial (NCT05034627) will evaluate the safety and tolerability of the MEK inhibitor, cobimetinib, in combination with pegylated L-asparaginase, L calaspargase pegol-mknl, in patients with locally-advanced or metastatic PDAC.
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