Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College, New York, New York.
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Sep 15;27(18):4994-5003. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1204. Epub 2021 Jul 20.
Glutamine is a critical fuel for solid tumors. Interference with glutamine metabolism is deleterious to neoplasia in preclinical models. A phase I study of the oral, first-in-class, glutaminase (GLS) inhibitor telaglenastat was conducted in treatment-refractory solid tumor patients to define recommended phase II dose (RP2D) and evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and antitumor activity.
Dose escalation by 3 + 3 design was followed by exploratory tumor-/biomarker-specific cohorts.
Among 120 patients, fatigue (23%) and nausea (19%) were the most common toxicity. Maximum tolerated dose was not reached. Correlative analysis indicated >90% GLS inhibition in platelets at plasma exposures >300 nmol/L, >75% tumoral GLS inhibition, and significant increase in circulating glutamine. RP2D was defined at 800 mg twice-daily. Disease control rate (DCR) was 43% across expansion cohorts (overall response rate 5%, DCR 50% in renal cell carcinoma).
Telaglenastat is safe, with a favorable PK/PD profile and signal of antitumor activity, supporting further clinical development.
谷氨酰胺是实体瘤的关键燃料。在临床前模型中,干扰谷氨酰胺代谢对肿瘤是有害的。一项关于口服、首创的谷氨酰胺酶(GLS)抑制剂替拉那斯特的 I 期研究在治疗难治性实体瘤患者中进行,以确定推荐的 II 期剂量(RP2D)并评估安全性、药代动力学(PK)、药效学(PD)和抗肿瘤活性。
采用 3+3 设计进行剂量递增,然后进行探索性肿瘤/生物标志物特异性队列研究。
在 120 名患者中,最常见的毒性是疲劳(23%)和恶心(19%)。未达到最大耐受剂量。相关性分析表明,在血浆暴露>300 nmol/L 时,血小板中的 GLS 抑制率>90%,肿瘤中的 GLS 抑制率>75%,并显著增加了循环中的谷氨酰胺。确定 800 mg 每日两次的剂量为 RP2D。扩展队列的疾病控制率(DCR)为 43%(整体反应率为 5%,肾细胞癌的 DCR 为 50%)。
替拉那斯特是安全的,具有良好的 PK/PD 特征和抗肿瘤活性信号,支持进一步的临床开发。