A Study in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

LY2603618 is a selective inhibitor of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1). It was being developed as a chemotherapeutic-enhancing agent in the treatment of cancer. Phase 1 studies have shown the feasibility of combining LY2603618 with either gemcitabine or pemetrexed. The objective of this study was to find the dose of LY2603618 that can be safely combined with standard doses of pemetrexed and cisplatin and to test if this triplet offered a significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) in participants with Stage IV nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the first-line of palliative treatment.

Timeline

Start

2011-02

Primary completion

2013-05

Completion

2014-08

Publications

• Wehler T, Thomas M, Schumann C, Bosch-Barrera J, Vinolas Segarra N, Dickgreber NJ, Dalhoff K, Sebastian M, Corral Jaime J, Alonso M, Hynes SM, Lin J, Hurt K, Bence Lin A, Calvo E, Paz-Ares L. A randomized, phase 2 evaluation of the CHK1 inhibitor, LY2603618, administered in combination with pemetrexed and cisplatin in patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2017 Jun;108:212-216. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2017.03.001. Epub 2017 Mar 6.
• Calvo E, Chen VJ, Marshall M, Ohnmacht U, Hynes SM, Kumm E, Diaz HB, Barnard D, Merzoug FF, Huber L, Kays L, Iversen P, Calles A, Voss B, Lin AB, Dickgreber N, Wehler T, Sebastian M. Preclinical analyses and phase I evaluation of LY2603618 administered in combination with pemetrexed and cisplatin in patients with advanced cancer. Invest New Drugs. 2014 Oct;32(5):955-68. doi: 10.1007/s10637-014-0114-5. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

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