Madelon Q Wentink1, Henk M W Verheul1, Sumanta K Pal2, Saby George3, Johannes Voortman1, Pongwut Danchaivijitr3, Remi Adelaiye3, Diane Poslinski4, Adrienne Groman5, Alan Hutson5, Roberto Pili6. 1. Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2. Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA. 3. Genitourinary Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. 4. Department of Clinical Research Services, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. 5. Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. 6. Genitourinary Program, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN. Electronic address: rpili@iu.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Based on the tumor-driven concomitant activation of angiogenesis and coagulation we conducted a phase I combination study of sunitinib with the low molecular weight heparin dalteparin in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients received standard treatment with sunitinib (50 mg daily, 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off). During the second week of no sunitinib in the first cycle (week 6) patients received dalteparin monotherapy (in escalating doses). Combination therapy of the 2 agents was administered from the second cycle onward. Seventeen patients were enrolled at 3 dose levels of dalteparin. RESULTS: Diarrhea and fatigue were the most frequent reported drug-related toxicities (41%). One dose-limiting toxicity (grade 3 anemia) was observed at the highest dose level of dalteparin. There were 4 partial responses (24%) and the median progression-free survival in this study was 14 months (95% confidence interval, 8.0-23.4). Anti-factor Xa levels were increased during combination therapy compared with dalteparin monotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Combination therapy of sunitinib with therapeutic doses of dalteparin is safe and well tolerated. The increased anti-factor Xa levels during combination treatment suggest that sunitinib might increase the anticoagulation activity of dalteparin. The positive safety profile warrants prospective evaluation of the clinical benefit of this combination strategy in patients with ccRCC.
BACKGROUND: Based on the tumor-driven concomitant activation of angiogenesis and coagulation we conducted a phase I combination study of sunitinib with the low molecular weight heparindalteparin in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients received standard treatment with sunitinib (50 mg daily, 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off). During the second week of no sunitinib in the first cycle (week 6) patients received dalteparin monotherapy (in escalating doses). Combination therapy of the 2 agents was administered from the second cycle onward. Seventeen patients were enrolled at 3 dose levels of dalteparin. RESULTS:Diarrhea and fatigue were the most frequent reported drug-related toxicities (41%). One dose-limiting toxicity (grade 3 anemia) was observed at the highest dose level of dalteparin. There were 4 partial responses (24%) and the median progression-free survival in this study was 14 months (95% confidence interval, 8.0-23.4). Anti-factor Xa levels were increased during combination therapy compared with dalteparin monotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Combination therapy of sunitinib with therapeutic doses of dalteparin is safe and well tolerated. The increased anti-factor Xa levels during combination treatment suggest that sunitinib might increase the anticoagulation activity of dalteparin. The positive safety profile warrants prospective evaluation of the clinical benefit of this combination strategy in patients with ccRCC.
Authors: Remi Adelaiye-Ogala; Nur P Damayanti; Ashley R Orillion; Sreevani Arisa; Sreenivasulu Chintala; Mark A Titus; Chinghai Kao; Roberto Pili Journal: Cancer Res Date: 2018-03-23 Impact factor: 12.701