Phase 1 clinical results with tandutinib (MLN518), a novel FLT3 antagonist, in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome: safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics

• Published in: Blood 2006-12, Vol.108 (12), p.3674-3681
• Main Authors: DeAngelo, Daniel J., Stone, Richard M., Heaney, Mark L., Nimer, Stephen D., Paquette, Ronald L., Klisovic, Rebecca B., Caligiuri, Michael A., Cooper, Michael R., Lecerf, Jean-Michel, Karol, Michael D., Sheng, Shihong, Holford, Nick, Curtin, Peter T., Druker, Brian J., Heinrich, Michael C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antineoplastic agents; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Marrow - metabolism; Bone Marrow - pathology; Chemotherapy; Clinical Trials and Observations; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Female; fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 - antagonists & inhibitors; fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 - genetics; fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 - metabolism; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Humans; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - blood; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - complications; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - drug therapy; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - genetics; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - pathology; Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mutation; Myelodysplastic Syndromes - blood; Myelodysplastic Syndromes - complications; Myelodysplastic Syndromes - drug therapy; Myelodysplastic Syndromes - genetics; Myelodysplastic Syndromes - pathology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Phosphorylation - drug effects; Piperazines - administration & dosage; Piperazines - adverse effects; Piperazines - pharmacokinetics; Protein Kinase Inhibitors - administration & dosage; Protein Kinase Inhibitors - adverse effects; Protein Kinase Inhibitors - pharmacokinetics; Protein Processing, Post-Translational - drug effects; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit - metabolism; Quinazolines - administration & dosage; Quinazolines - adverse effects; Quinazolines - pharmacokinetics; Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor - antagonists & inhibitors; Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor - metabolism
• ISSN: 0006-4971; 1528-0020
• DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-02-005702

Tandutinib (MLN518/CT53518) is a novel quinazoline-based inhibitor of the type III receptor tyrosine kinases: FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), and KIT. Because of the correlation between FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations and poor prognosis in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), we conducted a phase 1 trial of tandutinib in 40 patients with either AML or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Tandutinib was given orally in doses ranging from 50 mg to 700 mg twice daily The principal dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of tandutinib was reversible generalized muscular weakness, fatigue, or both, occurring at doses of 525 mg and 700 mg twice daily. Tandutinib's pharmacokinetics were characterized by slow elimination, with achievement of steady-state plasma concentrations requiring greater than 1 week of dosing. Western blotting showed that tandutinib inhibited phosphorylation of FLT3 in circulating leukemic blasts. Eight patients had FLT3-ITD mutations; 5 of these were evaluable for assessment of tandutinib's antileukemic effect. Two of the 5 patients, treated at 525 mg and 700 mg twice daily, showed evidence of antileukemic activity, with decreases in both peripheral and bone marrow blasts. Tandutinib at the MTD (525 mg twice daily) should be evaluated more extensively in patients with AML with FLT3-ITD mutations to better define its antileukemic activity.