2023
A bedside to bench study of anti-PD-1, anti-CD40, and anti-CSF1R indicates that more is not necessarily better
Djureinovic D, Weiss S, Krykbaeva I, Qu R, Vathiotis I, Moutafi M, Zhang L, Perdigoto A, Wei W, Anderson G, Damsky W, Hurwitz M, Johnson B, Schoenfeld D, Mahajan A, Hsu F, Miller-Jensen K, Kluger Y, Sznol M, Kaech S, Bosenberg M, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. A bedside to bench study of anti-PD-1, anti-CD40, and anti-CSF1R indicates that more is not necessarily better. Molecular Cancer 2023, 22: 182. PMID: 37964379, PMCID: PMC10644655, DOI: 10.1186/s12943-023-01884-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable diseasePartial responseMacrophage populationsThree-drug regimenUnconfirmed partial responsePhase I trialLimited treatment optionsMonocyte/macrophage populationNon-classical monocytesMurine melanoma modelTreatment-related changesResultsThirteen patientsWorse survivalI trialInflammatory tumorPatient populationTreatment optionsImmune cellsDisease progressionMurine studiesPreclinical modelsResistant melanomaAntigen presentationMurine modelCyTOF analysis
2005
A phase I and pharmacokinetic study of VNP40101M, a new alkylating agent, in patients with advanced or metastatic cancer
Murren J, Modiano M, Kummar S, Clairmont C, Egorin M, Chu E, Sznol M. A phase I and pharmacokinetic study of VNP40101M, a new alkylating agent, in patients with advanced or metastatic cancer. Investigational New Drugs 2005, 23: 123-135. PMID: 15744588, DOI: 10.1007/s10637-005-5857-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhase II trialDose levelsII trialVNP40101MGrade 2 adverse eventsIntra-patient dose escalationPre-treated patient populationBroad anti-tumor activityGrade 3 thrombocytopeniaPhase I trialPeak plasma concentrationDose-related toxicityMurine tumor modelsAnti-tumor activityModerate granulocytopeniaAcute headacheStarting doseAdverse eventsI trialMajor toxicityDose escalationFacial flushingPatient populationPlasma concentrationsMetastatic cancer