Michael J Pishvaian1, Rebecca S Slack2, Wei Jiang3, A Ruth He1, Jimmy J Hwang3, Amy Hankin1, Karen Dorsch-Vogel1, Divyesh Kukadiya1, Louis M Weiner1, John L Marshall1, Jonathan R Brody4,5,6. 1. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. 2. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. 3. Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. 4. Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary, and Related Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 5. Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6. Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors such as veliparib are potent sensitizing agents and have been safely combined with DNA-damaging agents such as temozolomide. The sensitizing effects of PARP inhibitors are magnified when cells harbor DNA repair defects. METHODS: A single-arm, open-label, phase 2 study was performed to investigate the disease control rate (DCR) after 2 cycles of veliparib plus temozolomide in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) refractory to all standard therapies. Fifty patients received temozolomide (150 mg/m2 /d) on days 1 to 5 and veliparib (40 mg twice daily) on days 1 to 7 of each 28-day cycle. Another 5 patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) tumors were also enrolled. Twenty additional patients were then treated with temozolomide at 200 mg/m2 /d. Archived tumor specimens were used for immunohistochemistry to assess mismatch repair, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), and O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein expression levels. RESULTS: The combination was well tolerated, although some patients required dose reductions for myelosuppression. The primary endpoint was successfully met with a DCR of 24% and 2 confirmed partial responses. The median progression-free survival was 1.8 months, and the median overall survival was 6.6 months. PTEN protein expression and MGMT protein expression were not predictors of DCR. There was also a suggestion of worse outcomes for patients with dMMR tumors. CONCLUSIONS: In this heavily pretreated mCRC population, a combination of veliparib and temozolomide was well tolerated with temozolomide doses up to 200 mg/m2 /d, and it was clinically active. PARP inhibitor-based therapy merits further exploration in patients with mCRC. Cancer 2018;124:2337-46.
BACKGROUND:Poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors such as veliparib are potent sensitizing agents and have been safely combined with DNA-damaging agents such as temozolomide. The sensitizing effects of PARP inhibitors are magnified when cells harbor DNA repair defects. METHODS: A single-arm, open-label, phase 2 study was performed to investigate the disease control rate (DCR) after 2 cycles of veliparib plus temozolomide in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) refractory to all standard therapies. Fifty patients received temozolomide (150 mg/m2 /d) on days 1 to 5 and veliparib (40 mg twice daily) on days 1 to 7 of each 28-day cycle. Another 5 patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) tumors were also enrolled. Twenty additional patients were then treated with temozolomide at 200 mg/m2 /d. Archived tumor specimens were used for immunohistochemistry to assess mismatch repair, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), and O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein expression levels. RESULTS: The combination was well tolerated, although some patients required dose reductions for myelosuppression. The primary endpoint was successfully met with a DCR of 24% and 2 confirmed partial responses. The median progression-free survival was 1.8 months, and the median overall survival was 6.6 months. PTEN protein expression and MGMT protein expression were not predictors of DCR. There was also a suggestion of worse outcomes for patients with dMMRtumors. CONCLUSIONS: In this heavily pretreated mCRC population, a combination of veliparib and temozolomide was well tolerated with temozolomide doses up to 200 mg/m2 /d, and it was clinically active. PARP inhibitor-based therapy merits further exploration in patients with mCRC. Cancer 2018;124:2337-46.
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