PMID- 28848672 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210212 IS - 2059-7029 (Print) IS - 2059-7029 (Electronic) IS - 2059-7029 (Linking) VI - 1 IP - 6 DP - 2016 TI - Safety and activity of IT-139, a ruthenium-based compound, in patients with advanced solid tumours: a first-in-human, open-label, dose-escalation phase I study with expansion cohort. PG - e000154 LID - S2059-7029(20)32506-0 [pii] LID - 10.1136/esmoopen-2016-000154 [doi] LID - e000154 AB - OBJECTIVE: This phase I clinical study (NCT01415297) evaluated the safety, tolerability, maximum-tolerated dose (MTD), pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of IT-139 (formerly NKP-1339) monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumours. IT-139, sodium trans-(tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate(III)), is a novel small molecule that suppresses the stress induction of GRP78 in tumour cells. GRP78 is a key regulator of misfolded protein processing, and its upregulation in tumours is associated with intrinsic and drug-induced resistance. METHODS: Forty-six patients with advanced solid tumours refractory to treatment received intravenous infusions of IT-139 on days 1, 8 and 15 for every 28 days, and doses were evaluated across nine cohorts at 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 420, 500, 625 and 780 mg/m(2). RESULTS: Overall, IT-139 was well tolerated. The treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs) occurring in >/=20% of patients were nausea, fatigue, vomiting, anaemia and dehydration. The majority of patients had AEs that were