Carbon Nanoparticle-Loaded Iron [CNSI-Fe(II)] in the Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumor

Summary

This Phase I clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) profile and preliminary efficacy of intratumoral injection of Carbon Nanoparticle-Loaded Iron \[CNSI-Fe(II)\] in patients with advanced solid tumors. The study also aims to observe dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) of CNSI-Fe(II) to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or the highest injectable dose in humans, providing dosing guidelines for future clinical studies. CNSI-Fe(II) shows promise as an innovative tumor therapeutic agent due to its unique properties of ferroptosis. The study primarily focuses on assessing the potential efficacy of CNSI-Fe(II) in patients with advanced solid tumors, particularly in patients with Kras mutation, e.g., pancreatic cancer patients.

Timeline

Start

2022-11-17

Primary completion

2024-09-29

Completion

2025-02-06

Publications

• Background Zanganeh S, Hutter G, Spitler R, Lenkov O, Mahmoudi M, Shaw A, Pajarinen JS, Nejadnik H, Goodman S, Moseley M, Coussens LM, Daldrup-Link HE. Iron oxide nanoparticles inhibit tumour growth by inducing pro-inflammatory macrophage polarization in tumour tissues. Nat Nanotechnol. 2016 Nov;11(11):986-994. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2016.168. Epub 2016 Sep 26.
• Background Trujillo-Alonso V, Pratt EC, Zong H, Lara-Martinez A, Kaittanis C, Rabie MO, Longo V, Becker MW, Roboz GJ, Grimm J, Guzman ML. FDA-approved ferumoxytol displays anti-leukaemia efficacy against cells with low ferroportin levels. Nat Nanotechnol. 2019 Jun;14(6):616-622. doi: 10.1038/s41565-019-0406-1. Epub 2019 Mar 25.
• Results Xie P, Yang ST, Huang Y, Zeng C, Xin Q, Zeng G, Yang S, Xia P, Tang X, Tang K. Carbon Nanoparticles-Fe(II) Complex for Efficient Tumor Inhibition with Low Toxicity by Amplifying Oxidative Stress. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Jul 1;12(26):29094-29102. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c07617. Epub 2020 Jun 22.
• Results Xie P, Xin Q, Yang ST, He T, Huang Y, Zeng G, Ran M, Tang X. Skeleton labeled 13C-carbon nanoparticles for the imaging and quantification in tumor drainage lymph nodes. Int J Nanomedicine. 2017 Jul 11;12:4891-4899. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S134493. eCollection 2017.
• Results Huang Y, Zeng G, Xin Q, Yang J, Zeng C, Tang K, Yang ST, Tang X. Carbon nanoparticles suspension injection for photothermal therapy of xenografted human thyroid carcinoma in vivo. MedComm (2020). 2020 Sep 10;1(2):202-210. doi: 10.1002/mco2.28. eCollection 2020 Sep.
• Results Xie P, Yang ST, He T, Yang S, Tang XH. Bioaccumulation and Toxicity of Carbon Nanoparticles Suspension Injection in Intravenously Exposed Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Nov 29;18(12):2562. doi: 10.3390/ijms18122562.
• Results Huang Y, Xie P, Yang ST, Zhang X, Zeng G, Xin Q, Tang XH. Carbon nanoparticles suspension injection for the delivery of doxorubicin: Comparable efficacy and reduced toxicity. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2018 Nov 1;92:416-423. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.07.012. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
• Xie P, Huang Y, Wang Y, Shi H, Chen Y, Gou Z, Lai L, Dang Q, Wu X, Yang ST, Tang X. First-in-human evidence of multidrug resistance reversal in solid tumors: a cohort analysis of carbon nanoparticles-Fe(II) complex trials. BMC Cancer. 2026 Jun 5. doi: 10.1186/s12885-026-16216-7. Online ahead of print.

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