A Study of Zoledronic Acid, Pravastatin, and Lonafarnib for Patients With Progeria

Summary

This is an open label single arm feasibility trial. A combination of two oral agents (pravastatin and lonafarnib) and one intravenous (IV) agent (zoledronic acid) will be administered at doses and schedule currently applied in pediatrics. These agents all target farnesylation pathways at different points. Our goal is to inhibit farnesylation of abnormal lamin, the disease-causing protein in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and progeroid laminopathies (henceforth "progeria"). The drugs will include the intravenous bisphosphonate zoledronic acid, oral HMG co-reductase inhibitor pravastatin and the oral farnesyltransferase inhibitor (FTI) lonafarnib (SCH 66336). Patients with genetically confirmed progeria will be eligible for this protocol. Treatment will be initiated for 4 weeks duration and may be extended depending on tolerability. This study will assess the feasibility of this treatment regimen in the first 4 weeks. If tolerated for 4 weeks, patients can be treated with this regimen for up to 6 months.

Timeline

Start

2009-03

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2009-04

Publications

• Background Gordon LB, Massaro J, D'Agostino RB Sr, Campbell SE, Brazier J, Brown WT, Kleinman ME, Kieran MW; Progeria Clinical Trials Collaborative. Impact of farnesylation inhibitors on survival in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Circulation. 2014 Jul 1;130(1):27-34. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.008285. Epub 2014 May 2.
• Results Gordon LB, Kleinman ME, Massaro J, D'Agostino RB Sr, Shappell H, Gerhard-Herman M, Smoot LB, Gordon CM, Cleveland RH, Nazarian A, Snyder BD, Ullrich NJ, Silvera VM, Liang MG, Quinn N, Miller DT, Huh SY, Dowton AA, Littlefield K, Greer MM, Kieran MW. Clinical Trial of the Protein Farnesylation Inhibitors Lonafarnib, Pravastatin, and Zoledronic Acid in Children With Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. Circulation. 2016 Jul 12;134(2):114-25. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022188.
• Gordon LB, Norris W, Hamren S, Goodson R, LeClair J, Massaro J, Lyass A, D'Agostino RB Sr, Tuminelli K, Kieran MW, Kleinman ME. Plasma Progerin in Patients With Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: Immunoassay Development and Clinical Evaluation. Circulation. 2023 Jun 6;147(23):1734-1744. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060002. Epub 2023 Mar 15.
• Fisher MJ, Avery RA, Allen JC, Ardern-Holmes SL, Bilaniuk LT, Ferner RE, Gutmann DH, Listernick R, Martin S, Ullrich NJ, Liu GT; REiNS International Collaboration. Functional outcome measures for NF1-associated optic pathway glioma clinical trials. Neurology. 2013 Nov 19;81(21 Suppl 1):S15-24. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000435745.95155.b8.

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