Quantitative analysis of dicer substrate oligonucleotides in mouse liver by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

A method using multi-mode solid-phase extraction and ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC)-electrospray mass spectrometry was developed to quantify Dicer-substrate small interfering RNA (DsiRNA) directed against the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (HPRT1) gene transcript in mouse liver tissue. The oligonucleotides were separated into sense and antisense strands using a UHPLC C(18) column with mobile phases containing 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol in both water (mobile phase A) and methanol (mobile phase B) with triethylamine as the ion pairing agent at a column temperature of 65°C. The lower limits of detection for the sense and antisense strands were ~1 ng/mg.

RNAi-based treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration by Sirna-027.

Purpose: To assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and dose-limiting toxicity of single intravitreal injection of Sirna-027, a small interfering RNA targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1, in patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) resulting from neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Secondary objectives included assessment of anatomic changes in retinal thickness, size of CNV, and changes in visual acuity.

Design: Prospective, open-label, single-dose, dose-escalation phase 1 study.

Elucidation of potential bortezomib response markers in mutliple myeloma patients.

Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC/MS) was used to elucidate early biomarkers of bortezomib response in multiple myeloma patients. The change in serum myeloma M-protein level, maintained for a minimum of 6 weeks, is used as one of the main criteria to evaluate patient clinical response to therapy. The objective of this study was to identify biomarkers using LC/MS in order to predict patient response to bortezomib sooner and more accurately compared to serum M-protein levels.

Effect of orlistat on fecal fat, fecal biliary acids, and colonic cell proliferation in obese subjects.

Background & Aims: Orlistat is a weight management agent that selectively inhibits gastrointestinal lipase activity. Because of orlistat's mode of action, increased fecal fat is presented to the colonic mucosa, and fecal bile acid and free fatty acid composition may be altered during treatment. Our aim was to assess the effect of treatment of obese subjects with orlistat 120 mg 3 times a day for 6 weeks on fecal lipid and bile acid parameters and colonic mucosal cell proliferation.

Phase I study of bortezomib in refractory or relapsed acute leukemias.

Bortezomib (Velcade, formerly PS-341) is proteasome inhibitor with documented antitumor activity in multiple myeloma and other lymphoid malignancies. We performed a Phase I study to investigate the maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of bortezomib in patients with acute leukemias refractory to or relapsing after prior therapy. Fifteen patients were treated with 0.

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of eptifibatide in subjects with normal or impaired renal function.

Background: Previous studies of the glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitor eptifibatide have included patients with moderate renal impairment (serum creatinine concentrations, 2.0-4.0 mg/dL).

Phase I trial of the proteasome inhibitor PS-341 in patients with refractory hematologic malignancies.

Purpose: To determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD), dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (previously known as PS-341) in patients with refractory hematologic malignancies.

Patients And Methods: Patients received PS-341 twice weekly for 4 weeks at either 0.40, 1.