Venglustat combined with imiglucerase for neurological disease in adults with Gaucher disease type 3: the LEAP trial.

Gaucher disease type 3 is a chronic neuronopathic disorder with wide-ranging effects, including hepatosplenomegaly, anaemia, thrombocytopenia, skeletal disease and diverse neurological manifestations. Biallelic mutations in GBA1 reduce lysosomal acid β-glucosidase activity, and its substrates, glucosylceramide and glucosylsphingosine, accumulate. Enzyme replacement therapy and substrate reduction therapy ameliorate systemic features of Gaucher disease, but no therapies are approved for neurological manifestations.

A phase I dose-escalation study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of a tablet formulation of voxtalisib, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, in patients with solid tumors.

Background Voxtalisib, a PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, has shown antitumor activity in capsule formulation in patients with solid tumors. This Phase I study assessed safety and pharmacokinetics of voxtalisib administered as immediate-release tablets in patients with solid tumors (NCT01596270). Methods A "3 + 3" dose escalation design was used.

Phase I safety and pharmacokinetic dose-escalation study of pilaralisib polymorph E, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor in tablet formulation, in patients with solid tumors or lymphoma.

Purpose: Pilaralisib (SAR245408), a pan-class I PI3K inhibitor, has been investigated in Phase I/II trials in several solid tumors and lymphomas in capsule and tablet formulations of polymorph A (capsule-A and tablet-A). This Phase I study was conducted to determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of a more thermodynamically stable form of pilaralisib (polymorph E), in tablet formulation (tablet-E), in patients with advanced solid tumors or relapsed/refractory lymphoma.

Methods: A modified '3 + 3' dose-escalation design was employed.

Phase I study of cabazitaxel plus cisplatin in patients with advanced solid tumors: study to evaluate the impact of cytochrome P450 3A inhibitors (aprepitant, ketoconazole) or inducers (rifampin) on the pharmacokinetics of cabazitaxel.

Purpose: Cabazitaxel is primarily metabolized by CYP3A. This study evaluated the impact of moderate/strong CYP3A inhibitors [aprepitant (Study Part 2); ketoconazole (Study Part 3)] or strong CYP3A inducers [rifampin (Study Part 4)] on the pharmacokinetics of cabazitaxel.

Methods: Adult patients received IV cabazitaxel/cisplatin 15/75 mg/m(2) on Day 1 of 3-week cycles (5/75 mg/m(2) in Cycles 1 and 2 of Part 3 to allow a safety margin to the cabazitaxel MTD).

Phase I dose-escalation study of cabazitaxel administered in combination with cisplatin in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Introduction: Cabazitaxel is a second-generation taxane with in vivo activity against taxane-sensitive and -resistant tumor cell lines and tumor xenografts. Cabazitaxel/cisplatin have therapeutic synergism in tumor-bearing mice, providing a rationale for assessing this combination in patients with solid tumors.

Methods: The primary objectives of this study were to determine dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of a cabazitaxel/cisplatin combined regimen (Part 1) and to assess antitumor activity at the MTD (Part 2).

Local gene transfer and expression following intramuscular administration of FGF-1 plasmid DNA in patients with critical limb ischemia.

NV1FGF is an expression plasmid encoding sp.FGF-1(21-154) currently under investigation for therapeutic angiogenesis in clinical trials. NV1FGF plasmid distribution and transgene expression following intramuscular (IM) injection in patients is unknown.

Gene transfer of a chimeric trans-activator is immunogenic and results in short-lived transgene expression.

Pharmacologic gene regulation is a key technology, necessary to achieve safe, long-term gene transfer. The approaches described in the scientific literature all share in common the creation of artificial transcription factors by fusing a DNA-binding domain, a drug-binding domain and a transcription activation domain. These transcription factors activate the transgene expression upon binding of the pharmacologic agent (antibiotics of the tetracycline family, insect hormone, progesterone antagonist, or immunosuppressor drug) to the drug-binding domain.