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A Phase I Open-Label Study to Identify a Dosing Regimen of the Pan-AKT Inhibitor AZD5363 for Evaluation in Solid Tumors and in PIK3CA-Mutated Breast and Gynecologic Cancers

  • Udai Banerji*
  • , Emma J Dean
  • , J Alejandro Pérez-Fidalgo
  • , Gerald Batist
  • , Philippe L Bedard
  • , Benoit You
  • , Shannon N Westin
  • , Peter Kabos
  • , Michelle D Garrett
  • , Mathew Tall
  • , Helen Ambrose
  • , J Carl Barrett
  • , T Hedley Carr
  • , S Y Amy Cheung
  • , Claire Corcoran
  • , Marie Cullberg
  • , Barry R Davies
  • , Elza C de Bruin
  • , Paul Elvin
  • , Andrew Foxley
  • Peter Lawrence, Justin P O Lindemann, Rhiannon Maudsley, Martin Pass, Vicky Rowlands, Paul Rugman, Gaia Schiavon, James Yates, Jan H M Schellens
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Clinical Pharmacology and Trials, Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. [email protected].
  • Medical Oncology (Drug Development), University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Department of Oncology and Hematology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, CIBERONC, Valencia, Spain.
  • Department of Oncology, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
  • Department of Medical Oncology, The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada.
  • Medical Oncology Department, Institut de Cancérologie des Hospices Civils de Lyon, CITOHL, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
  • Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado.
  • School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
  • Clinical PD Biomarker Group, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom.
  • IMED, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • IMED, AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Abstract

Purpose: This phase I, open-label study (Study 1, D3610C00001; NCT01226316) was the first-in-human evaluation of oral AZD5363, a selective pan-AKT inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid malignancies. The objectives were to investigate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of AZD5363, define a recommended dosing schedule, and evaluate preliminary clinical activity.Experimental Design: Patients were aged ≥18 years with World Health Organization (WHO) performance status of 0 to 1. Dose escalation was conducted within separate continuous and intermittent [4 days/week (4/7) or 2 days/week (2/7)] schedules with safety, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic analyses. Expansion cohorts of approximately 20 patients each explored AZD5363 activity in PIK3CA-mutant breast and gynecologic cancers.Results: MTDs were 320, 480, and 640 mg for continuous (n = 47), 4/7 (n = 21), and 2/7 (n = 22) schedules, respectively. Dose-limiting toxicities were rash and diarrhea for continuous, hyperglycemia for 2/7, and none for 4/7. Common adverse events were diarrhea (78%) and nausea (49%) and, for Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events grade ≥3 events, hyperglycemia (20%). The recommended phase II dose (480 mg bid, 4/7 intermittent) was assessed in PIK3CA-mutant breast and gynecologic expansion cohorts: 46% and 56% of patients, respectively, showed a reduction in tumor size, with RECIST responses of 4% and 8%. These responses were less than the prespecified 20% response rate; therefore, the criteria to stop further recruitment to the PIK3CA-mutant cohort were met.Conclusions: At the recommended phase II dose, AZD5363 was well tolerated and achieved plasma levels and robust target modulation in tumors. Proof-of-concept responses were observed in patients with PIK3CA-mutant cancers treated with AZD5363. Clin Cancer Res; 24(9); 2050-9. ©2017 AACRSee related commentary by Costa and Bosch, p. 2029.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2050-2059
Number of pages10
JournalClinical Cancer Research
Volume24
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2018

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