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Activity and safety of NGR-hTNF, a selective vascular-targeting agent, in previously treated patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.


ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly vascularised and poor-prognosis tumour. NGR-hTNF is a vascular-targeting agent consisting of human tumour necrosis factor-alpha fused to the tumour-homing peptide NGR, which is able to selectively bind an aminopeptidase N overexpressed on tumour blood vessels.Twenty-seven patients with advanced-stage disease resistant to either locoregional (59%; range, 1-3), systemic treatments (52%; range, 1-3) or both (33%) received NGR-hTNF 0.8 microg m(-2) once every 3 weeks. The primary aim of the study was progression-free survival (PFS).No grade 3-4 treatment-related toxicities were noted. Common toxicity included mild-to-moderate, short-lived chills (63%). Median PFS was 2.3 months (95% CI: 1.7-2.9). A complete response ongoing after 20 months was observed in a sorafenib-refractory patient and a partial response in a Child-Pugh class-B patient, yielding a response rate of 7%. Six patients (22%) experienced stable disease. The disease control rate (DCR) was 30% and was maintained for a median PFS time of 4.3 months. Median survival was 8.9 months (95% CI: 7.5-10.2). In a subset of 12 sorafenib-resistant patients, the response rate was 8% and the median survival was 9.5 months.NGR-hTNF was well tolerated and showed single-agent activity in HCC. Further investigation in HCC is of interest.

SUBMITTER: Santoro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2966632 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Activity and safety of NGR-hTNF, a selective vascular-targeting agent, in previously treated patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Santoro A A   Pressiani T T   Citterio G G   Rossoni G G   Donadoni G G   Pozzi F F   Rimassa L L   Personeni N N   Bozzarelli S S   Rossoni G G   Colombi S S   De Braud F G FG   Caligaris-Cappio F F   Lambiase A A   Bordignon C C  

British journal of cancer 20100817 6


<h4>Background</h4>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly vascularised and poor-prognosis tumour. NGR-hTNF is a vascular-targeting agent consisting of human tumour necrosis factor-alpha fused to the tumour-homing peptide NGR, which is able to selectively bind an aminopeptidase N overexpressed on tumour blood vessels.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-seven patients with advanced-stage disease resistant to either locoregional (59%; range, 1-3), systemic treatments (52%; range, 1-3) or both (33%) received  ...[more]

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