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ABSTRACT: Background
This dose-finding study evaluated lenvatinib, an oral multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in combination with carboplatin/paclitaxel in chemotherapy-naïve non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.Patients and methods
Patients received lenvatinib twice daily (BID) with carboplatin (area under the curve 6 mg ml(-1) min(-1), day 1)/paclitaxel (200 mg m(-2), day 1) every 3 weeks. The initial dose of lenvatinib was 6 mg BID. The primary end point was maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of lenvatinib. At the MTD, the cohort was expanded by 16 patients. Safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and antitumor effects were evaluated.Results
Twenty-eight patients were treated. At 6 mg BID, dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) included febrile neutropenia/gingival infection (n=2). No DLTs occurred with 4 mg BID, the recommended MTD for the expansion. Common grade 3/4 toxicities included neutropenia, leukopenia, hypertension, and thrombocytopenia. The combination had no significant impact on individual drug pharmacokinetics. Response rate and median progression-free survival were 68% and 9.0 months, respectively, with 4 mg BID. In the plasma biomarker analysis, stromal cell-derived factor 1α, stem cell factor, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor correlated with antitumor activity.Conclusion
The MTD for lenvatinib with carboplatin/paclitaxel is 4 mg BID in advanced NSCLC patients. This regimen demonstrated manageable tolerability and encouraging antitumor activity.
SUBMITTER: Nishio M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3738144 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nishio M M Horai T T Horiike A A Nokihara H H Yamamoto N N Takahashi T T Murakami H H Yamamoto N N Koizumi F F Nishio K K Yusa W W Koyama N N Tamura T T
British journal of cancer 20130716 3
<h4>Background</h4>This dose-finding study evaluated lenvatinib, an oral multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in combination with carboplatin/paclitaxel in chemotherapy-naïve non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Patients received lenvatinib twice daily (BID) with carboplatin (area under the curve 6 mg ml(-1) min(-1), day 1)/paclitaxel (200 mg m(-2), day 1) every 3 weeks. The initial dose of lenvatinib was 6 mg BID. The primary end point was maximu ...[more]