A Pharmacodynamic/Pharmacokinetic Study of Ficlatuzumab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors and Liver Metastases
Menée sur 19 patients atteints d'une tumeur solide avec métastases hépatiques, cette étude évalue la toxicité et l'activité clinique d'un anticorps monoclonal inhibiteur du facteur de croissance hépatocytaire, le ficlatuzumab
Purpose: This study evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of ficlatuzumab, a humanized hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inhibitory monoclonal antibody, as monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors and liver metastases. Patients and Methods: Patients with p-Met-positive tumors enrolled in 3 dose-escalation cohorts, receiving ficlatuzumab 2, 10, or 20 mg/kg once per 14-day cycle. Pharmacodynamic changes in liver tumor biopsies and serum, pharmacokinetics, safety, and clinical activity were assessed. Results: No dose-limiting toxicities occurred in the 19 patients enrolled (n=6, 2 mg/kg; n=7, 10 mg/kg; n=6, 20 mg/kg). The most frequent diagnosis was colorectal cancer (n=15; 79%). The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were asthenia, peripheral edema, hepatic pain (32% each), and cough (26%). Laboratory abnormalities of decreased serum albumin were present in all patients. Ficlatuzumab at 20 mg/kg lowered median levels of tumor p-Met (-53%), p-ERK (-43%), p-Akt (-2%), and increased median HGF levels (+33%), at the last on-study time point relative to baseline. Mean serum HGF levels increased with ficlatuzumab dose and number of treatment cycles. Ficlatuzumab exhibited linear pharmacokinetics and long terminal half-life (7.4 to 10 days). Best overall response was stable disease (SD) in 28% of patients, including 1 pancreatic cancer patient with SD >1 year. Conclusions: Ficlatuzumab exhibited good safety/tolerability and demonstrated ability to modulate the HGF/c-Met pathway and downstream signaling in the tumor in patients with advanced solid tumors. Safety, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacokinetic data for ficlatuzumab confirmed the recommended phase 2 dose of 20 mg/kg once per 14-day cycle.