• Clinical breast cancer · Feb 2018

    Phase I Trial of Veliparib, a Poly ADP Ribose Polymerase Inhibitor, Plus Metronomic Cyclophosphamide in Metastatic HER2-negative Breast Cancer.

    • Jesus Anampa, Alice Chen, John Wright, Margi Patel, Christine Pellegrino, Karen Fehn, Joseph A Sparano, and Eleni Andreopoulou.
    • Department of Medical Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
    • Clin. Breast Cancer. 2018 Feb 1; 18 (1): e135-e142.

    BackgroundPoly-ADP-ribose-polymerase is an essential nuclear enzyme, involved in base-excision repair of damaged DNA. Poly-ADP-ribose-polymerase inhibition sensitizes tumor cells to cytotoxic agents, which induce DNA damage, including cyclophosphamide (C), and metronomic dosing of C may optimize potential for synergy.MethodsThe primary objective of this phase I trial was to determine the safety and identify the recommended phase II dose of the combination of low-dose oral C (50, 75, 100, and 125 mg) once daily in combination with veliparib (V) (100, 200, and 300 mg) administered twice a day (BID) for 21-day cycles using a standard 3 + 3 design in patients with metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/neu-negative breast cancer. Dose-limiting toxicity was defined as any grade 3 non-hematologic toxicity or grade 4 thrombocytopenia/neutropenia occurring during cycle 1.ResultsA total of 31 patients were enrolled; 19 were treated with 50 mg of C and 12 were treated at higher doses (75, 100, or 125 mg), with V doses ranging from 50 to 300 mg BID. The recommended phase II dose of the combination was V 200 mg orally BID plus C 125 mg orally daily, with nausea and headache dose-limiting at higher V dose levels. Objective response or stable disease for at least 24 weeks occurred in 3 (43%) of 7 patients with known deleterious germline BRCA mutations and 2 (11%) of 19 patients with negative/unknown mutation status (P = .1).ConclusionThe combination of oral continuous dosing of V (200 mg orally BID) with metronomic C (50, 75, 100, and 125 mg daily) is well-tolerated and shows antitumor activity in patients with BRCA-mutation-associated metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/neu-negative breast cancer.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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