Project description:Whole blood samples were collected from patients at baseline, 6 weeks and 8 weeks after induction (Ustekinumab or placebo) therapies for RNA extraction and microarray analysis from patients with moderate-to-severe CD who participated in stelara CD phase 3 studies (UNITI-2). These patients failed conventional therapies previously and largely naive to anti-TNF therapy. We used microarrays to detail the transcriptional programme underlying placebo and stelara treatment in the periphery at WK0, WK6, WK8.
Project description:This study aimed to identify a biomarker predicting response to ustekinumab therapy. Therefore, we used transcriptomic data (colonic and ileal tissue, CD4 T-cell and CD14 monocytes), which we integrated through Multi-Omics Factor Analysis.
Project description:UNITI-2 was a phase 3 clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01369342) comparing the effects (both positive and negative) of an initial treatment with ustekinumab to a placebo over 8 weeks in patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.
Project description:Microarray Analysis of Human Whole Blood and Intestinal Biopsy Samples from a Phase 2b, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study of Ustekinumab in Crohn’s Disease 329 Crohn's biopsies from multiple regions in the intestine of 87 anti TNFa refractory patients and blood samples from 204 patients at Week 0 prior to drug treatment are included in this study
Project description:Biopsy samples (n=362) were collected from terminal ileum at baseline, 8 weeks after induction (Ustekinumab or placebo), and 44 weeks after maintenance (Ustekinumab 90 mg SC q12w, Ustekinumab 90 mg SC q8w, or placebo) therapies during endoscopy for RNA extraction and microarray analysis from patients with moderate-to-severe CD who participated in stelara CD phase 3 studies (UNITI-2 and IM-UNITI). These patients failed conventional therapies previously and largely naive to anti-TNF therpy. Ileum biopsies (n=26) collected from non-IBD subjects were also analyzed to serve as control. Enrichment of a core microvilli gene set was found to be reduced in UNITI-2 CD samples relative to controls, correlated with microvilli length and endoscopy score, and associated with response to treatment.
Project description:This study is try to evaluate the effect of cetuximab monotherapy as maintenance treatment, versus continuation after 8 courses of induction therapy with cetuximab plus standard chemotherapy regimen (FOLFIRI or mFOLFOX6)in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients. The maintenance treatments are continued until disease progression or untolerated toxicity. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that cetuximab monotherapy is non-inferior to continuation treatment, in those mCRC patients who responded to induction therapy(SD, PR, or CR), and carry biomarker-panels (KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA) favor EGFR antibody.
Project description:This is a phase II, randomized, multi-center, open-label, parallel-group study to evaluate the progression-free survival during maintenance therapy.
Eligible patients will be treated within a 12-week induction therapy. Those patients achieving CR/PR or SD at 12 weeks and qualifying for maintenance treatment and re-induction treatment with all potential drug components, will be randomized in a ratio of 1:1 to receive chemotherapy plus panitumumab or chemotherapy alone during maintenance. In case of progression, re-induction treatment will be started.
Project description:Background & Aims: Ustekinumab is a monoclonal antibody therapy targeting interleukin 12 and 23 for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis (UC). While these pathways remain quite attractive for UC therapy, response to ustekinumab can be variable. There is an urgent need to better understand the underlying mucosal immune alterations associated with treatment to guide therapy decisions. This study aims to examine the mucosal immune signatures in individuals with UC with variable treatment response to ustekinumab. Methods: Sigmoid colon tissue from individuals treated with ustekinumab were analyzed using a multi-modal approach. Single-cell RNA and T cell receptor sequencing was performed on mucosal biopsies. In a subset of these patents, multiparameter flow cytometry and spatial transcriptomics was also completed on matched pre- and post-treatment tissue samples. Key findings were also validated on a larger cohort using immunohistochemistry. Results: Ustekinumab significantly altered the frequency and phenotype of mucosal regulatory T cells (Tregs). Non-responders to ustekinumab had a higher frequency of Tregs that expressed OX40 and GITR, which is associated with decreased suppressive abilities. In contrast, responders had Tregs with elevated GPR15 and reduced expression of the kinase PIM2, which can alter Treg stability and function. Additionally, Th17 cells in non-responders demonstrated an enhanced pro-inflammatory gene expression profile. Conclusion: Non-response to ustekinumab in UC is linked to a mucosal immune environment enriched with pro-inflammatory T cell phenotypes and impaired regulatory T cell function. These findings suggest that Tregs are both targets and potential biomarkers of ustekinumab response, with their phenotypic and transcriptional features providing insight into mechanisms of therapeutic resistance.