An Investigation of TAS-119 Monotherapy

Summary

A Phase 1, Open-Label, Non-Randomized, Dose-Escalating Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of TAS-119 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors.

Timeline

Start

2014-09

Primary completion

2019-08

Completion

2019-08

Publications

• Background Mountzios G, Terpos E, Dimopoulos MA. Aurora kinases as targets for cancer therapy. Cancer Treat Rev. 2008 Apr;34(2):175-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2007.09.005. Epub 2007 Nov 19.
• Background Ogawa E, Takenaka K, Katakura H, Adachi M, Otake Y, Toda Y, Kotani H, Manabe T, Wada H, Tanaka F. Perimembrane Aurora-A expression is a significant prognostic factor in correlation with proliferative activity in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):547-54. doi: 10.1245/s10434-007-9653-8. Epub 2007 Nov 28.
• Background Xu HT, Ma L, Qi FJ, Liu Y, Yu JH, Dai SD, Zhu JJ, Wang EH. Expression of serine threonine kinase 15 is associated with poor differentiation in lung squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Pathol Int. 2006 Jul;56(7):375-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.01974.x.
• Background Nadler Y, Camp RL, Schwartz C, Rimm DL, Kluger HM, Kluger Y. Expression of Aurora A (but not Aurora B) is predictive of survival in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jul 15;14(14):4455-62. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-5268.
• Background Lassmann S, Shen Y, Jutting U, Wiehle P, Walch A, Gitsch G, Hasenburg A, Werner M. Predictive value of Aurora-A/STK15 expression for late stage epithelial ovarian cancer patients treated by adjuvant chemotherapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 15;13(14):4083-91. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-2775.
• Background Lagarde P, Perot G, Kauffmann A, Brulard C, Dapremont V, Hostein I, Neuville A, Wozniak A, Sciot R, Schoffski P, Aurias A, Coindre JM, Debiec-Rychter M, Chibon F. Mitotic checkpoints and chromosome instability are strong predictors of clinical outcome in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 1;18(3):826-38. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-1610. Epub 2011 Dec 13.
• Background Reiter R, Gais P, Jutting U, Steuer-Vogt MK, Pickhard A, Bink K, Rauser S, Lassmann S, Hofler H, Werner M, Walch A. Aurora kinase A messenger RNA overexpression is correlated with tumor progression and shortened survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Sep 1;12(17):5136-41. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-1650.
• Background Anand S, Penrhyn-Lowe S, Venkitaraman AR. AURORA-A amplification overrides the mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint, inducing resistance to Taxol. Cancer Cell. 2003 Jan;3(1):51-62. doi: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00235-0.
• Background McGrogan BT, Gilmartin B, Carney DN, McCann A. Taxanes, microtubules and chemoresistant breast cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Apr;1785(2):96-132. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2007.10.004. Epub 2007 Nov 12.
• Background Beltran H, Rickman DS, Park K, Chae SS, Sboner A, MacDonald TY, Wang Y, Sheikh KL, Terry S, Tagawa ST, Dhir R, Nelson JB, de la Taille A, Allory Y, Gerstein MB, Perner S, Pienta KJ, Chinnaiyan AM, Wang Y, Collins CC, Gleave ME, Demichelis F, Nanus DM, Rubin MA. Molecular characterization of neuroendocrine prostate cancer and identification of new drug targets. Cancer Discov. 2011 Nov;1(6):487-95. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0130.
• Background Tajiri T, Tanaka S, Shono K, Kinoshita Y, Fujii Y, Suita S, Ihara K, Hara T. Quick quantitative analysis of gene dosages associated with prognosis in neuroblastoma. Cancer Lett. 2001 May 10;166(1):89-94. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00434-7.
• Background Smith TJ, Khatcheressian J, Lyman GH, Ozer H, Armitage JO, Balducci L, Bennett CL, Cantor SB, Crawford J, Cross SJ, Demetri G, Desch CE, Pizzo PA, Schiffer CA, Schwartzberg L, Somerfield MR, Somlo G, Wade JC, Wade JL, Winn RJ, Wozniak AJ, Wolff AC. 2006 update of recommendations for the use of white blood cell growth factors: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jul 1;24(19):3187-205. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.4451. Epub 2006 May 8.
• Background Brockmann M, Poon E, Berry T, Carstensen A, Deubzer HE, Rycak L, Jamin Y, Thway K, Robinson SP, Roels F, Witt O, Fischer M, Chesler L, Eilers M. Small molecule inhibitors of aurora-a induce proteasomal degradation of N-myc in childhood neuroblastoma. Cancer Cell. 2013 Jul 8;24(1):75-89. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.05.005. Epub 2013 Jun 20.
• Background Kalliokoski A, Niemi M. Impact of OATP transporters on pharmacokinetics. Br J Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;158(3):693-705. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00430.x. Epub 2009 Sep 25.
• Background Niemi M, Pasanen MK, Neuvonen PJ. Organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1: a genetically polymorphic transporter of major importance for hepatic drug uptake. Pharmacol Rev. 2011 Mar;63(1):157-81. doi: 10.1124/pr.110.002857. Epub 2011 Jan 18.
• Background Eisenhauer EA, Therasse P, Bogaerts J, Schwartz LH, Sargent D, Ford R, Dancey J, Arbuck S, Gwyther S, Mooney M, Rubinstein L, Shankar L, Dodd L, Kaplan R, Lacombe D, Verweij J. New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: revised RECIST guideline (version 1.1). Eur J Cancer. 2009 Jan;45(2):228-47. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.10.026.
• Background Bogaerts J, Ford R, Sargent D, Schwartz LH, Rubinstein L, Lacombe D, Eisenhauer E, Verweij J, Therasse P; RECIST Working Party. Individual patient data analysis to assess modifications to the RECIST criteria. Eur J Cancer. 2009 Jan;45(2):248-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.10.027. Epub 2008 Dec 16.
• Background Oken MM, Creech RH, Tormey DC, Horton J, Davis TE, McFadden ET, Carbone PP. Toxicity and response criteria of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Am J Clin Oncol. 1982 Dec;5(6):649-55. No abstract available.
• Background Raphael C, Briscoe C, Davies J, Ian Whinnett Z, Manisty C, Sutton R, Mayet J, Francis DP. Limitations of the New York Heart Association functional classification system and self-reported walking distances in chronic heart failure. Heart. 2007 Apr;93(4):476-82. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.089656. Epub 2006 Sep 27.
• Robbrecht DGJ, Lopez J, Calvo E, He X, Hiroshi H, Soni N, Cook N, Dowlati A, Fasolo A, Moreno V, Eskens FALM, de Bono JS. A first-in-human phase 1 and pharmacological study of TAS-119, a novel selective Aurora A kinase inhibitor in patients with advanced solid tumours. Br J Cancer. 2021 Jan;124(2):391-398. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01100-3. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

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