PMID- 23040437 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130522 LR - 20230202 IS - 2152-2669 (Electronic) IS - 2152-2669 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 5 DP - 2012 Oct TI - An open-label single-arm pilot phase II study (PX-171-003-A0) of low-dose, single-agent carfilzomib in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. PG - 310-8 LID - S2152-2650(12)00148-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clml.2012.08.003 [doi] AB - An open-label single-arm multicenter pilot phase II study of the next-generation selective proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib was conducted in 46 patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (MM) after >/= 2 previous therapies. The best overall response rate (ORR) was 16.7%, with a median duration of response of 7.2 months. This pilot study was the first phase II single-agent trial conducted with carfilzomib. BACKGROUND: Carfilzomib is a next-generation selective proteasome inhibitor that irreversibly binds its target and has demonstrated single-agent activity in patients with bortezomib-resistant multiple myeloma (MM). PX-171-003-A0, an open-label single-arm multicenter pilot phase II study, enrolled 46 patients with relapsed MM after >/= 2 previous therapies including bortezomib and an immunomodulator (thalidomide or lenalidomide) and disease refractory to the last treatment regimen preceding study entry. METHODS: Patients received carfilzomib 20 mg/m(2) intravenously on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 every 28 days for up to 12 cycles. Responses in 42 evaluable patients were assessed per International Myeloma Working Group Uniform Response Criteria, with minimal response assessed per European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) criteria. RESULTS: The primary endpoint of best ORR was 16.7%, including 7 partial responses. Median duration of response was 7.2 months. Clinical benefit response (CBR) rate was 23.8% with a median duration of response of 13.8 months. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs) of any grade were anemia (73.9%), fatigue (69.6%), and thrombocytopenia (50.0%). Notably, peripheral neuropathy and neuropathy-related AEs were generally mild and infrequent. CONCLUSION: This pilot study was the first phase II single-agent trial conducted with carfilzomib. Based on these findings, the study was amended to test a higher carfilzomib dose in an additional 250 patients (PX-171-003-A1). CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Jagannath, Sundar AU - Jagannath S AD - Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA. sundar.jagannath@mssm.edu FAU - Vij, Ravi AU - Vij R FAU - Stewart, A Keith AU - Stewart AK FAU - Trudel, Suzanne AU - Trudel S FAU - Jakubowiak, Andrzej J AU - Jakubowiak AJ FAU - Reiman, Tony AU - Reiman T FAU - Somlo, George AU - Somlo G FAU - Bahlis, Nizar AU - Bahlis N FAU - Lonial, Sagar AU - Lonial S FAU - Kunkel, Lori A AU - Kunkel LA FAU - Wong, Alvin AU - Wong A FAU - Orlowski, Robert Z AU - Orlowski RZ FAU - Siegel, David S AU - Siegel DS LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase II PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk JT - Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia JID - 101525386 RN - 0 (Boronic Acids) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Proteasome Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyrazines) RN - 69G8BD63PP (Bortezomib) RN - 72X6E3J5AR (carfilzomib) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Boronic Acids/pharmacology MH - Bortezomib MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm MH - Drug Tolerance MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Multiple Myeloma/*drug therapy MH - Oligopeptides/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Pilot Projects MH - Proteasome Inhibitors/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Pyrazines/pharmacology MH - *Secondary Prevention EDAT- 2012/10/09 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/23 06:00 CRDT- 2012/10/09 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/08/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S2152-2650(12)00148-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clml.2012.08.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2012 Oct;12(5):310-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2012.08.003.