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In this issue of Cancer Discovery, Pullarkat and colleagues present the results from a phase I clinical trial that is the first to combine small-molecule inhibitors for multiple antiapoptotic proteins, BCL2 as well as BCL-XL, with a traditional chemotherapy backbone for patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This trial has demonstrated impressive response rates with acceptable toxicity while providing proof of concept that dual targeting-hitting BCL2 hard and BCL-XL soft-is both effective and tolerable in a heterogeneous patient population with prior existing cytopenias.See related article by Pullarkat et al., p. 1440.Pikman and colleagues report the results of a multicentric prospective clinical trial of the leukemia precision-based therapy (LEAP) consortium that combines identification of targetable lesions in drug-resistant childhood leukemia, tiered based on evidence for genomic lesions and drug target, validation of matching small-molecule targeted agents, and treatment of individual patients. The study demonstrates the impact of genomic information on disease classification, treatment guidance, and translational research, but also illustrates the challenges for target prediction and trial design for increasingly heterogeneous and smaller subgroups of patients.See related article by Pikman et al., p. 1424.
To review the previous literature on the associations of pachymeningitis with Crohn disease (CD) and relapsing polychondritis (RP) and to describe a new case occurring in association with both in addition to highlighting its positive response to steroid and adalimumab treatment.
We review the patient's clinical presentation, diagnostic workup (serum and CSF testing), and MRI findings in detail and chronicle the response of the pachymeningitis to intensive immunotherapy. We contrast this case against previous reports of pachymeningitis occurring in association with RP and inflammatory bowel disease that were found on PubMed.
Only 2 cases of ulcerative colitis and 5 cases of RP were found in association with pachymeningitis; there were no cases in association with CD. Our patient presented with symptoms isolated to a steroid-responsive headache in the setting of normal neurologic and rheumatologic examinations. Her preceding history was notable for long-standing CD and increasingly active symptoms referable to RP. Focal nodular pachymeningitis was seen overlying the left hemisphere on brain MRI. An extensive serum and CSF workup and body fluorodeoxyglucose-PET scan failed to identify an alternative etiology beyond her underlying autoimmune inflammatory disorders. After adding prednisone and adalimumab to her preexisting treatment of methotrexate, she responded dramatically both clinically and radiographically.
Although exceptionally rare, pachymeningitis may occur as a neuroinflammatory complication of CD and RP.
Although exceptionally rare, pachymeningitis may occur as a neuroinflammatory complication of CD and RP.
Lower grade gliomas (LGGs) are malignant brain tumors. Current therapy is associated with short- and long-term toxicity. Progression to higher tumor grade is associated with contrast enhancement on MRI. The majority of LGGs harbor mutations in the genes encoding isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 or 2 (
). Vorasidenib (AG-881) is a first-in-class, brain-penetrant, dual inhibitor of the mutant IDH1 and mutant IDH2 enzymes.
We conducted a multicenter, open-label, phase I, dose-escalation study of vorasidenib in 93 patients with mutant
(m
) solid tumors, including 52 patients with glioma that had recurred or progressed following standard therapy. Vorasidenib was administered orally, once daily, in 28-day cycles until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Selleckchem 3',3'-cGAMP Enrollment is complete; this trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02481154.
Vorasidenib showed a favorable safety profile in the glioma cohort. Dose-limiting toxicities of elevated transaminases occurred at doses ≥100 mg and were reversible. The protocol-defined objective response rate per Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology criteria for LGG in patients with nonenhancing glioma was 18% (one partial response, three minor responses). The median progression-free survival was 36.8 months [95% confidence interval (CI), 11.2-40.8] for patients with nonenhancing glioma and 3.6 months (95% CI, 1.8-6.5) for patients with enhancing glioma. Exploratory evaluation of tumor volumes in patients with nonenhancing glioma showed sustained tumor shrinkage in multiple patients.
Vorasidenib was well tolerated and showed preliminary antitumor activity in patients with recurrent or progressive nonenhancing m
LGG.
Vorasidenib was well tolerated and showed preliminary antitumor activity in patients with recurrent or progressive nonenhancing mIDH LGG.
Macrophages are critical in driving an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment that counteracts the efficacy of T-cell-targeting therapies. Thus, agents able to reprogram macrophages toward a proinflammatory state hold promise as novel immunotherapies for solid cancers. Inhibition of the macrophage scavenger receptor Clever-1 has shown benefit in inducing CD8
T-cell-mediated antitumor responses in mouse models of cancer, which supports the clinical development of Clever-1-targeting antibodies for cancer treatment.
In this study, we analyzed the mode of action of a humanized IgG4 anti-Clever-1 antibody, FP-1305 (bexmarilimab), both
and in patients with heavily pretreated metastatic cancer (
= 30) participating in part 1 (dose-finding) of a phase I/II open-label trial (NCT03733990). We studied the Clever-1 interactome in primary human macrophages in antibody pull-down assays and utilized mass cytometry, RNA sequencing, and cytokine profiling to evaluate FP-1305-induced systemic immune activation in scavenging activity can promote an immune switch, potentially leading to intratumoral proinflammatory responses in patients with metastatic cancer.
Patient-derived xenografts (PDX) are a research tool for studying cancer biology and drug response phenotypes. While engraftment rates are higher for tumors with more aggressive characteristics, it is uncertain whether engraftment is prognostic for cancer recurrence.
In a prospective study of patients with breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with taxane ± trastuzumab followed by anthracycline-based chemotherapy, we report the association between breast cancer events and PDX engraftment using tumors derived from treatment naïve (pre-NAC biopsies from 113 patients) and treatment resistant (post-NAC at surgery from 34 patients). Gray test was used to assess whether the cumulative incidence of a breast cancer event differs with respect to either pre-NAC PDX engraftment or post-NAC PDX engraftment.
With a median follow-up of 5.7 years, the cumulative incidence of breast cancer relapse did not differ significantly according to pre-NAC PDX engraftment (5-year rate 13.6% vs. 13.4%;
= 0.