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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 13, Issue 19, Pages 5816-5824Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-1269
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- NCI NIH HHS [5-P50 CA090270-06] Funding Source: Medline
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Purpose: To further assess preclinical and early clinical evidence that imatinib mesylate, a platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) inhibitor, modulates taxane activity in prostate cancer and bone metastases, a randomized study was conducted. Experimental Design: Men with progressive castration -resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases (n = 144) were planned for equal randomization to i.v. 30 Mg/m(2) clocetaxel on days 1, 8,15, and 22 every 42 days with 600 mg imatinib daily or placebo, for an improvement in median progression-free survival from 4.5 to 7.5 months (two-sided alpha = 0.05 and beta = 0.20). Secondary end points included differential toxicity and bone turnover markers, tumor phosphorylated PDGFR (p-PDGFR) expression, and modulation of p-PDGFR in peripheral blood leukocytes. Results: Accrual was halted early because of adverse gastrointestinal events. Among 116 evaluable men (57 clocetaxel + imatinib; 59 clocetaxel + placebo), respective median times to progression were 4.2 months (95% confidence interval, 3.1-7.5) and 4.2 months (95% confidence interval, 3.0-6.8; P = 0.58, log-rank test). Excess grade 3 toxicities (n = 23) in the clocetaxel + imatinib group were principally fatigue and gastrointestinal. Tumor p-PDGFR expression was observed in 12 of 14 (86%) evaluable bone specimens. In peripheral blood leukocytes, p-PDGFR reduction was more likely in clocetaxel + imatinib- treated patients compared with docetaxel + placebo (P < 0.0001), as were reductions in urine N-telopepticles (P = 0.004) but not serum bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (P = 0.099). Conclusions: These clinical and translational results question the value of PDGFR inhibition with taxane chemotherapy in prostate cancer bone metastases and are at variance with the preclinical studies. This discordance requires explanation.
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