Phase I Study of Oral Rigosertib (ON 01910.Na), a Dual Inhibitor of the PI3K and Plk1 Pathways, in Adult Patients with Advanced Solid Malignancies

• Published in: Clinical cancer research Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1656 - 1665
• Main Authors: BOWLES, Daniel W, DIAMOND, Jennifer R, KEYSAR, Stephen B, FREAS, Elizabeth, AISNER, Dara L, CHEN REN, TAN, Aik-Chook, WILHELM, Francois, MANIAR, Manoj, ECKHARDT, S. Gail, MESSERSMITH, Wells A, JIMENO, Antonio, LAM, Elaine T, WEEKES, Colin D, ASTLING, David P, ANDERSON, Ryan T, LEONG, Stephen, GORE, Lia, VARELLA-GARCIA, Marileila, VOGLER, Brian W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Association for Cancer Research 15.03.2014
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic agents; Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacokinetics; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Cycle Proteins - antagonists & inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors - administration & dosage; Enzyme Inhibitors - adverse effects; Female; Glycine - administration & dosage; Glycine - adverse effects; Glycine - analogs & derivatives; Glycine - pharmacokinetics; Humans; Male; Maximum Tolerated Dose; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects); Neoplasms - drug therapy; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; Polo-Like Kinase 1; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors; Proto-Oncogene Proteins - antagonists & inhibitors; Signal Transduction - drug effects; Sulfones - administration & dosage; Sulfones - adverse effects; Sulfones - pharmacokinetics; Tumors; Young Adult; Human; Enzyme; Toxicity; Transferases; Oral administration; Malignancy; Rigosertib; Malignant tumor; 1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; Treatment; Phase I trial; Adult; Advanced stage; Inhibitor; Pharmacokinetics; Cancer
• ISSN: 1078-0432; 1557-3265
• DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-2506

To determine the pharmacokinetics (PK), maximum tolerated dose (MTD), safety, and antitumor activity of an oral formulation of rigosertib, a dual phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) pathway inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid malignancies. Patients with advanced solid malignancies received rigosertib twice daily continuously in 21-day cycles. Doses were escalated until intolerable grade ≥2 toxicities, at which point the previous dose level was expanded to define the MTD. All patients were assessed for safety, PK, and response. Urinary PK were performed at the MTD. Archival tumors were assessed for potential molecular biomarkers with multiplex mutation testing. A subset of squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) underwent exome sequencing. Forty-eight patients received a median of 2 cycles of therapy at 5 dose levels. Rigosertib exposure increased with escalating doses. Dose-limiting toxicities were hematuria and dysuria. The most common grade ≥2 drug-related toxicities involved urothelial irritation. The MTD is 560 mg twice daily. Activity was seen in head and neck SCCs (1 complete response, 1 partial response) and stable disease for ≥12 weeks was observed in 8 additional patients. Tumors experiencing ≥partial response had PI3K pathway activation, inactivated p53, and unique variants in ROBO3 and FAT1, two genes interacting with the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. The recommended phase II dose of oral rigosertib is 560 mg twice daily given continuously. Urinary toxicity is the dose-limiting and most common toxicity. Alterations in PI3K, p53, and Wnt/β-catenin pathway signaling should be investigated as potential biomarkers of response in future trials.