| Title | Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of the oral farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib administered twice daily to pediatric patients with advanced central nervous system tumors using a modified continuous reassessment method: a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Study. | | Author(s) | Kieran MW, Packer RJ, Onar A, Blaney SM, Phillips P, Pollack IF, Geyer JR, Gururangan S, Banerjee A, Goldman S, Turner CD, Belasco JB, Broniscer A, Zhu Y, Frank E, Kirschmeier P, Statkevich P, Yver A, Boyett JM, Kun LE | | Institution | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mark_Kieran@dfci.Harvard.edu | | Source | J Clin Oncol 2007 Jul 20; 25(21):3137-43. | | Abstract | PURPOSE: A dose-escalation phase I and pharmacokinetic study of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib (SCH66336) was conducted in children with recurrent or progressive CNS tumors. Primary objectives were to estimate the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) and to describe the dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) and pharmacokinetics of lonafarnib. Farnesylation inhibition of HDJ-2 in peripheral blood was also measured.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Lonafarnib was administered orally twice daily at dose levels of 70, 90, 115, 150, and 200 mg/m2/dose bid. A modified continual reassessment method (CRM) was used to estimate the MTD based on actual dosages of lonafarnib administered and toxicities observed during the initial 4 weeks of treatment.
RESULTS: Fifty-three children with progressive or recurrent brain tumors were enrolled, with a median age of 12.2 years (range, 3.9 to 19.5 years). Dose-limiting pneumonitis or myelosuppression was observed in three of three patients at the 200 mg/m2/dose level. A relatively constant DLT rate at the 70, 90, and 115 mg/m2/dose levels resulted in a recommended phase II dose of 115 mg/m2/dose. Significant diarrhea did not occur with prophylactic loperamide. Both radiographic response (one anaplastic astrocytoma) and stable disease (one medulloblastoma, two high-grade and four low-grade gliomas, one ependymoma, and one sarcoma) were noted, and seven patients remained on treatment for 1 year or longer.
CONCLUSION: Although the estimated MTD by the CRM model was 98.5 mg/m2/dose, because of the relatively constant observed DLT rate at the lower four dose levels, the recommended phase II dose of lonafarnib is 115 mg/m2/dose administered twice daily by mouth with concurrent loperamide. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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