PURPOSE: While first-generation taxanes are valuable treatment options for many solid tumors, they are limited by an inability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and by limited efficacy in pediatric patients. Following promising preclinical data for the next-generation taxane cabazitaxel, including activity in tumor models fully sensitive, poorly sensitive or insensitive to docetaxel, and its ability to cross the BBB, further preclinical studies of cabazitaxel relevant to these two clinical indications were performed. METHODS: Cabazitaxel brain distribution was assessed in mice, rats and dogs. Cabazitaxel antitumor activity was assessed in mice bearing intracranial human glioblastoma (SF295; U251) xenografts, and subcutaneous cell line-derived human pediatric sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma RH-30; Ewing's sarcoma TC-71 and SK-ES-1) or patient-derived pediatric sarcoma (osteosarcoma DM77 and DM113; Ewing's sarcoma DM101) xenografts. The activity of cabazitaxel-cisplatin combination was evaluated in BALB/C mice bearing the syngeneic murine colon adenocarcinoma, C51. RESULTS: Cabazitaxel penetrated rapidly in the brain, with a similar brain-blood radioactivity exposure relationship across different animal species. In intracranial human glioblastoma models, cabazitaxel demonstrated superior activity to docetaxel both at early (before BBB disruption) and at advanced stages, consistent with enhanced brain penetration. Compared with similar dose levels of docetaxel, cabazitaxel induced significantly greater tumor growth inhibition across six pediatric tumor models and more tumor regressions in five of the six models. Therapeutic synergism was observed between cisplatin and cabazitaxel, regardless of administration sequence. CONCLUSIONS: These preclinical data suggest that cabazitaxel could be an effective therapy in CNS and pediatric tumors, supporting ongoing clinical evaluation in these indications.
PURPOSE: While first-generation taxanes are valuable treatment options for many solid tumors, they are limited by an inability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and by limited efficacy in pediatric patients. Following promising preclinical data for the next-generation taxanecabazitaxel, including activity in tumor models fully sensitive, poorly sensitive or insensitive to docetaxel, and its ability to cross the BBB, further preclinical studies of cabazitaxel relevant to these two clinical indications were performed. METHODS:Cabazitaxel brain distribution was assessed in mice, rats and dogs. Cabazitaxel antitumor activity was assessed in mice bearing intracranial human glioblastoma (SF295; U251) xenografts, and subcutaneous cell line-derived humanpediatric sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma RH-30; Ewing's sarcoma TC-71 and SK-ES-1) or patient-derived pediatric sarcoma (osteosarcoma DM77 and DM113; Ewing's sarcoma DM101) xenografts. The activity of cabazitaxel-cisplatin combination was evaluated in BALB/C mice bearing the syngeneic murinecolon adenocarcinoma, C51. RESULTS:Cabazitaxel penetrated rapidly in the brain, with a similar brain-blood radioactivity exposure relationship across different animal species. In intracranial human glioblastoma models, cabazitaxel demonstrated superior activity to docetaxel both at early (before BBB disruption) and at advanced stages, consistent with enhanced brain penetration. Compared with similar dose levels of docetaxel, cabazitaxel induced significantly greater tumor growth inhibition across six pediatric tumor models and more tumor regressions in five of the six models. Therapeutic synergism was observed between cisplatin and cabazitaxel, regardless of administration sequence. CONCLUSIONS: These preclinical data suggest that cabazitaxel could be an effective therapy in CNS and pediatric tumors, supporting ongoing clinical evaluation in these indications.
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