Novel Agents and New Combination Treatments on Phase I Studies on Solid Tumors and Pancreatic Cancer

  • Alexios S Strimpakos Oncology Unit, Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Sotiria General Hospital. Athens, Greece
  • Kostas N Syrigos Oncology Unit, Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Sotiria General Hospital. Athens, Greece
  • Muhammad W Saif Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA, USA
Keywords: Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, gemcitabine, Immune System, Molecular Targeted Therapy

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is a relatively rare malignancy with a very aggressive natural course, not restrained by the existing current treatments. At the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, the results of few phase I clinical studies on solid tumors and pancreatic cancer were presented. In particular, in the field of immunotherapy, a pilot phase I study tested for first time a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-based vaccine (Abstract #2561) on patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and another one the optimal dose and efficacy of trabedersen, an inhibitor of tissue growth factor-beta 2 (TGF-β2) aiming to enhance antitumor immune responses (Abstract #4034). Other phase I studies explored the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of an oral gemcitabine pro-drug (LY2334737; Abstract #2554), or of the combination of gemcitabine with sirolimus (Abstract #3096) or the combination of gemcitabine with an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) (MEK 1/2; Abstract #4034).

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Published
2012-07-10
How to Cite
StrimpakosA., SyrigosK., & SaifM. (2012). Novel Agents and New Combination Treatments on Phase I Studies on Solid Tumors and Pancreatic Cancer. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 13(4), 345-348. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/947
Section
Highlights from the “2012 ASCO Annual Meeting”. Chicago, IL, USA. June 1-5, 2012

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