胰岛素样生长因子(IGF-1和IGF-2)与胰岛素样生长因子受体(IGF-1R)结合,能促进细胞增殖和存活。Ganitumab是IgG1的单克隆抗体,能阻滞IgG1与IGF-1R结合。本文的研究人员旨在确定在激素受体阳性的局部晚期乳腺癌患者中,内分泌治疗方案中增加ganitumab的疗效和安全性。来自英国Royal Derby医院的John F R Robertson针对上述问题进行了研究,他们的研究结果发表在Lancet Oncol 2月最新的在线期刊上。
本研究在门诊患者和住院患者中进行。研究纳入的受试者为激素受体阳性的局部晚期或转移的绝经后乳腺癌患者,她们曾经接受过内分泌治疗。上述患者按照2:1的比例随机分为两组,一组按照12 mg/kg体重的剂量静脉给予ganitumab,另一组静脉应用安慰剂,两组患者都同时接受氟维司群肌肉注射或每日一次口服25mg依西美坦,氟维司群剂量为第1天500mg,第15天和第29天250mg,每28天为一个疗程。患者、研究人员、研究监察员和研究资助者都不知道患者具体所接受的治疗方案。每8周评价一次患者对治疗的反应。本研究的主要终点是患者疾病无进展生存期,对研究结果采用意向治疗分析法进行分析,研究的次要终点是患者的总体生存率。本研究在ClinicalTrials.gov进行注册,注册号为NCT00626106。
研究者共对189名患者进行筛查,其中156人被纳入研究,ganitumab组106人,安慰剂组50人。在两组间,研究者并未发现疾病无进展中位生存期存在显著差异,前者为3.9月而后者为5.7月。然而,研究者发现与安慰剂组的患者相比,ganitumab组患者的总体生存期更差,HR为1.78,两组差异具有显著统的计学意义。因为高血糖的存在,两组的不良反应事件相似。最常见的3级或以上不良反应事件为中性粒细胞减少,ganitumab组106名患者中有6名发生上述事件(6%),在安慰剂组的49名患者中有则1人(2%)。Ganitumab组中的106名患者中有12人(11%)出现高血糖,其中6人为3级或4级高血糖,而在安慰剂组中没有患者出现高血糖症。Ganitumab组中有27人(25%)出现严重不良反应事件,而在安慰剂组中为9人(18%)。
研究结果指出,对曾经接受内分泌治疗的激素受体阳性的局部晚期或转移性乳腺癌患者而言,将ganitumab加入到治疗方案中并不会改善临床预后。来自本研究的结果并不支持在上述患者中就ganitumab进行更深入的研究。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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Ganitumab with either exemestane or fulvestrant for postmenopausal women with advanced, hormonereceptor-positive breast cancer: a randomised, controlled,double-blind, phase 2 trial
John F R Robertson, Jean-Marc Ferrero, Hugues Bourgeois, Hagen Kennecke, Richard H de Boer, William Jacot, Jesse McGreivy, Samuel Suzuki,Min Zhu, Ian McCaff ery, Elwyn Loh, Jennifer L Gansert, Peter A Kaufman
Background Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) bind to the IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R), increasing cell proliferation and survival. Ganitumab is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that blocks IGF-1R. We tested the effi cacy and safety of adding ganitumab to endocrine treatment for patients with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer.Methods We did this phase 2 trial in outpatient clinics and hospitals. We enrolled postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer previously treated with endocrine treatment.They were randomly assigned (2:1) with a central randomisation schedule to receive intravenous ganitumab 12 mg per kg bodyweight or placebo in combination with open-label intramuscular fulvestrant (500 mg on day 1, then 250 mg on days 15, 29, and every 28 days) or oral exemestane (25 mg once daily) on a 28-day cycle. Patients,investigators, study monitors, and the sponsor staff were masked to treatment allocation. Response was assessed every 8 weeks. The primary endpoint was median progression-free survival in the intention-to-treat population. We analysed overall survival as one of our secondary endpoints.