Efficacy and Safety of Apatinib as Third-line Therapy for Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioid Carcinoma

Summary

Currently, there is no standard treatment for primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioid carcinoma. Apatinib is a new kind of Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). A disease-control rate of 75% was found in lung cancer patients in a phase II clinical study. Therefore, researchers hope to explore the efficacy and safety of apatinib in the treatment of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioid carcinoma.

Timeline

Start

2018-10-19

Primary completion

2021-03-31

Completion

2021-04-30

Publications

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• Background Ngan RK, Yip TT, Cheng WW, Chan JK, Cho WC, Ma VW, Wan KK, Au JS, Law CK. Clinical role of circulating Epstein-Barr virus DNA as a tumor marker in lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun;1022:263-70. doi: 10.1196/annals.1318.041.
• Background Lin L, Lin T, Zeng B. Primary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung: An unusual cancer and clinical outcomes of 14 patients. Oncol Lett. 2017 Sep;14(3):3110-3116. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6510. Epub 2017 Jun 30.
• Background Kim C, Rajan A, DeBrito PA, Giaccone G. Metastatic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung treated with nivolumab: a case report and focused review of literature. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2016 Dec;5(6):720-726. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2016.11.06.
• Background Khokhar N, Nasir H, Amir M, Hassan S, Khan K, Ahmed M. Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Rare Tumor. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2017 Sep;27(9):S114-S116.
• Background Lin CY, Chen YJ, Hsieh MH, Wang CW, Fang YF. Advanced primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma: clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcome. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Jan;9(1):123-128. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.01.25.
• Background Ooi GC, Ho JC, Khong PL, Wong MP, Lam WK, Tsang KW. Computed tomography characteristics of advanced primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma. Eur Radiol. 2003 Mar;13(3):522-6. doi: 10.1007/s00330-002-1535-7. Epub 2002 Jul 16.
• Background Mo Y, Shen J, Zhang Y, Zheng L, Gao F, Liu L, Xie C. Primary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung: distinct computed tomography features and associated clinical outcomes. J Thorac Imaging. 2014 Jul;29(4):246-51. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000070.
• Background Ma H, Wu Y, Lin Y, Cai Q, Ma G, Liang Y. Computed tomography characteristics of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma in 41 patients. Eur J Radiol. 2013 Aug;82(8):1343-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.02.006. Epub 2013 Mar 5.
• Background Tian S, Quan H, Xie C, Guo H, Lu F, Xu Y, Li J, Lou L. YN968D1 is a novel and selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 tyrosine kinase with potent activity in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Sci. 2011 Jul;102(7):1374-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.01939.x. Epub 2011 May 9.
• Background Jeong JH, Nguyen HK, Lee JE, Suh W. Therapeutic effect of apatinib-loaded nanoparticles on diabetes-induced retinal vascular leakage. Int J Nanomedicine. 2016 Jul 7;11:3101-9. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S108452. eCollection 2016.
• Background Mi YJ, Liang YJ, Huang HB, Zhao HY, Wu CP, Wang F, Tao LY, Zhang CZ, Dai CL, Tiwari AK, Ma XX, To KK, Ambudkar SV, Chen ZS, Fu LW. Apatinib (YN968D1) reverses multidrug resistance by inhibiting the efflux function of multiple ATP-binding cassette transporters. Cancer Res. 2010 Oct 15;70(20):7981-91. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-0111. Epub 2010 Sep 28.
• Background Tong XZ, Wang F, Liang S, Zhang X, He JH, Chen XG, Liang YJ, Mi YJ, To KK, Fu LW. Apatinib (YN968D1) enhances the efficacy of conventional chemotherapeutical drugs in side population cells and ABCB1-overexpressing leukemia cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 2012 Mar 1;83(5):586-97. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.12.007. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
• Background Song Z, Yu X, Lou G, Shi X, Zhang Y. Salvage treatment with apatinib for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Onco Targets Ther. 2017 Mar 23;10:1821-1825. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S113435. eCollection 2017.

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