Phase I study of vorinostat with gefitinib in BIM deletion polymorphism/epidermal growth factor receptor mutation double-positive lung cancer.

ABSTRACT: Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring BIM deletion polymorphism (BIM deletion) have poor responses to EGFR TKI. Mechanistically, the BIM deletion induces preferential splicing of the non-functional exon 3-containing isoform over the functional exon 4-containing isoform, impairing TKI-induced, BIM-dependent apoptosis. Histone deacetylase inhibitor, vorinostat, resensitizes BIM deletion-containing NSCLC cells to EGFR-TKI. In the present study, we determined the safety of vorinostat-gefitinib combination and evaluated pharmacodynamic biomarkers of vorinostat activity. Patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC with the BIM deletion, pretreated with EGFR-TKI and chemotherapy, were recruited. Vorinostat (200, 300, 400 mg) was given dail

SUBMITTER: Takeuchi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004511 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature