Effects of patupilone on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of warfarin in patients with advanced malignancies: A Phase I Clinical Trial

Apostolia Maria Tsimberidou, Chris H.M. Takimoto, Stacy Moulder, Cynthia Uehara, Monica Mita, Alain Mita, Patrick Urban, Eugene Tan, Yanfeng Wang, David Vining, Razelle Kurzrock

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Abstract

Patupilone is a novel microtubule-targeting cytotoxic agent, which exerts its antitumor effect through microtubule stabilization. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety of warfarin when administered concomitantly with patupilone were investigated, and antitumor activity was assessed. This was a phase I, two-center, drug-drug interaction study. In the core phase of the study, treatment consisted of warfarin 20 mg orally (days 1 and 29) and patupilone 10 mg/m2 i.v. (days 8 and 29). Patients benefiting from patupilone treatment continued treatment every 3 weeks (extension phase) until progression of disease, death, or unacceptable toxicity. Seventeen patients were treated (core phase, 17; extension, 9). The geometric mean ratios (comedication/monotherapy) for Cmax and area under the curve0-168 of warfarin were near unity and their 90% confidence intervals were within the equivalence limits of 0.80 and 1.25. The half-life, plasma clearance, and International Normalized Ratio (INR) of warfarin were not affected by patupilone coadministration. The most common adverse events were diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, anorexia, dehydration, asthenia, and peripheral neuropathy. Five (29.4%) patients experienced grade 3 study drug-related adverse events (diarrhea, 17.6%; increased INR, 11.8%; dehydration, 5.9%; and neutropenia, 5.9%). One patient with triple-negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2/neu negative) had a partial response (35% decrease in tumor measurements by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors), and 11 had stable disease for 6 weeks or more (≥12 weeks, 6 patients). The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of warfarin were not affected by patupilone coadministration, suggesting that patupilone has no clinically relevant effect on CYP2C9 metabolism. Patupilone showed antitumor activity in triple-negative breast cancer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)209-217
Number of pages9
JournalMolecular cancer therapeutics
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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  • Clinical and Translational Research Center
  • Clinical Trials Office

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