Treatment With Ribavirin for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn whether oral Ribavirin is safe and effective in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer, that have high levels of eIF4E.

Timeline

Start

2009-12

Primary completion

2010-11

Completion

2010-11

Publications

• Background Kentsis A, Topisirovic I, Culjkovic B, Shao L, Borden KL. Ribavirin suppresses eIF4E-mediated oncogenic transformation by physical mimicry of the 7-methyl guanosine mRNA cap. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 28;101(52):18105-10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0406927102. Epub 2004 Dec 15.
• Background Assouline S, Culjkovic B, Cocolakis E, Rousseau C, Beslu N, Amri A, Caplan S, Leber B, Roy DC, Miller WH Jr, Borden KL. Molecular targeting of the oncogene eIF4E in acute myeloid leukemia (AML): a proof-of-principle clinical trial with ribavirin. Blood. 2009 Jul 9;114(2):257-60. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-02-205153. Epub 2009 May 11.
• Background Coleman LJ, Peter MB, Teall TJ, Brannan RA, Hanby AM, Honarpisheh H, Shaaban AM, Smith L, Speirs V, Verghese ET, McElwaine JN, Hughes TA. Combined analysis of eIF4E and 4E-binding protein expression predicts breast cancer survival and estimates eIF4E activity. Br J Cancer. 2009 May 5;100(9):1393-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605044. Epub 2009 Apr 14.
• Background Holm N, Byrnes K, Johnson L, Abreo F, Sehon K, Alley J, Meschonat C, Md QC, Li BD. A prospective trial on initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) overexpression and cancer recurrence in node-negative breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Nov;15(11):3207-15. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-0086-9. Epub 2008 Aug 22.

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