Phase 2 Study of Trabectedin in Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER-2-Negative, Advanced Breast Carcinoma According to Expression of Xeroderma Pigmentosum G Gene.

Background: Preclinical and clinical data suggest that xeroderma pigmentosum G gene (XPG) status might predict trabectedin efficacy. This phase 2 study evaluated the efficacy of trabectedin at a dose of 1.3 mg/m as a 3-hour intravenous infusion every 3 weeks in hormone receptor-positive, HER-2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2)-negative, advanced breast cancer patients according to the tumor level of XPG mRNA expression.

Phase I, dose-escalating study of elisidepsin (Irvalec(®)), a plasma membrane-disrupting marine antitumor agent, in combination with erlotinib in patients with advanced malignant solid tumors.

Objective: To determine the recommended dose for phase II trials of elisidepsin (PM02734, Irvalec®) in combination with erlotinib in patients with advanced malignant solid tumors.

Methods: Open-label, dose-escalating, phase I study of intravenous elisidepsin administered weekly (days 1, 8 and 15) over 3 h as a flat dose (FD) and daily oral erlotinib, every 3 weeks. A pharmacokinetic analysis was done on blood samples collected around the first elisidepsin infusion.

Phase I study of elisidepsin (Irvalec®) in combination with carboplatin or gemcitabine in patients with advanced malignancies.

Objective: To determine the maximum tolerated dose and the recommended dose (RD) for phase II trials of elisidepsin (Irvalec®) in combination with carboplatin or gemcitabine.

Methods: Open-label, dose-escalating, two-arm, uncontrolled, phase I study. Patients received carboplatin on Day (D) 1, followed by elisidepsin on D1 and D8, every 3 weeks, or gemcitabine on D1 and D15, followed by elisidepsin on D1 and D15, every 4 weeks.

Phase II study of weekly PM00104 (ZALYPSIS(®)) in patients with pretreated advanced/metastatic endometrial or cervical cancer.

This open-label, two-arm, phase II clinical trial evaluated the antitumor activity and safety profile of PM00104 (Zalypsis(®)) administered as a 1-h, weekly, intravenous infusion (days 1, 8 and 15; every 4 weeks) at a dose of 2 mg/m(2) to patients with advanced and/or metastatic endometrial (EC) or cervical cancer (CC) after one previous line of systemic chemotherapy. Twelve patients (median age, 61.5 years) with pretreated EC received a median of 2 treatment cycles (range 1-5) and seven patients (median age, 38 years) with pretreated CC received 2 treatment cycles.