v. week). Two phase I trials
(BAY-BEV and BAY-KS; NCT00098592 and NCT00304122 respectively) administered sorafenib plus bevacizumab (200 mg bid + 5 mg/m2 i.v. q15 days) selleck compound [14] and sorafenib with or without a protease inhibitor (starting dose of 200 mg qd/bid ± starting dose of 200 mg qd) respectively to patients with solid tumors and Kaposi’s sarcoma. Table 1 Summary of patients included in analysis Trial Tumor type Treatment (s) n Frequency of Toxicity [n = (%)] Median PFS (months) HT ≥ grade 2 HFSR ≥ grade 2 HT < grade 2 vs. ≥ grade 2 Log-Rank P = HFSR < grade 2 vs. ≥ grade 2 Log-Rank P = APC-CRPC mCRPC Bevacizuamb + Thalidomide + Docetaxel 60 15 (25.0) 4 (6.7) 14.9 vs. 31.5 0.0009 N/A* ND* BAY-BEV ST Sorafenib + Bevacizumab 27 15 (55.6) 13 (48.1) 3.7 vs. 11.9 0.052 3.7 vs. 12.6 0.094 BAY-CRPC† mCRPC Sorafenib 46 9 (19.6) 7 (15.2) 3.7
vs. 1.8 0.067 2.0 vs. 3.1 0.29 BAY-NSCLC NSCLC Sorafenib 22 9 (40.9) 10 (45.5) 1.9 vs. 4.6 0.19 2.9 vs. 3.7 0.38 BAY-CRC CRC Sorafenib + Cetuximab 18 1 (5.6) 2 (11.1) N/A* ND* 4.7 vs. 8.7 0.0065 BAY-KS‡ KS Sorafenib +/- Protease inhibitor 8 3 (37.5) 2 (25.0) N/A* ND* N/A* ND* *Not done (ND). Patients were not evaluated in this analysis due to low frequency of toxicity (i.e. APC-CRPC vs. HFSR and BAY-CRC vs. HT) or due to limited PFS data (KS). †3 Patients participating on this trial were also treated on APC-CRPC. ‡Two patients on BAY-KS trial received only sorafenib. C: Caucasian, AA: African-American, Microtubule Associated inhibitor Others: Hispanic or Asians, mCRPC: metastatic castrate resistant Bacterial neuraminidase prostate cancer, NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer, CRC: colorectal cancer, KS: Kaposi’s sarcoma, ST: solid tumors, HFSR: hand-foot skin reaction syndrome, NA: not applicable The most severe grades of common, sorafenib treatment associated toxicities, namely rash, desquamation, diarrhea, HFSR, HT and fatigue were used for analysis. Toxicities were graded based on the National Cancer Institute common
toxicity criteria version 3.0. This retrospective genotyping analysis was approved by the National Cancer Institute Institutional Review Board. Genotyping DNA was extracted from plasma or whole blood using QiaBlood extraction kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). Genotyping for two VEGFR2 loci was performed by single/nested PCR using the following primers at an annealing temperature of 60°C: rs1870377 (T/A) F1:5′-CAGAATCACCCTACACAGATGC-3′, R1: 5′-TTCCCAGAATAGCTGCTTCC-3′, F2: 5′-TGGTACTGCTAAAAGTCAATGG-3′, R2:5′-GGCTGCGTTGGAAGTTATTT-3′; and rs2305948 (C/T) F4: 5′-GGTTTGAACCCAAGTTCCTG-3′, R4: 5′-CACTTTCACCACGTGAGGTTT-3′, F5: 5′-TGGCCTCCCTAACAAGAAAA-3′, R5: 5′-TGGTGTCCCTGTTTTTAGCA-3′. The details of the genotyping procedure are described elsewhere [15]. The sequencing PCR was carried out with Big Dye (v3.