2021
Tumor-selective, antigen-independent delivery of a pH sensitive peptide-topoisomerase inhibitor conjugate suppresses tumor growth without systemic toxicity
Gayle S, Aiello R, Leelatian N, Beckta JM, Bechtold J, Bourassa P, Csengery J, Maguire RJ, Marshall D, Sundaram RK, Van Doorn J, Jones K, Moore H, Lopresti-Morrow L, Paradis T, Tylaska L, Zhang Q, Visca H, Reshetnyak YK, Andreev OA, Engelman DM, Glazer PM, Bindra RS, Paralkar VM. Tumor-selective, antigen-independent delivery of a pH sensitive peptide-topoisomerase inhibitor conjugate suppresses tumor growth without systemic toxicity. NAR Cancer 2021, 3: zcab021. PMID: 34316708, PMCID: PMC8210154, DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcab021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntigen-independent mannerTherapeutic indexTumor growthSystemic toxicityHigh unmet needFavorable therapeutic indexHuman tumor modelsTopoisomerase inhibitorsSevere systemic toxicityHigh therapeutic indexRibose polymerase inhibitorsHuman solid tumorsSuppress tumor growthTumor cell killingAntibody-drug conjugatesSynergistic tumor cell killingUniversal tumorSpecific antigenSolid tumorsUnmet needPARP inhibitorsTumor modelCytotoxic payloadDNA repair inhibitorsPolymerase inhibitors
2019
Unlocking PARP inhibitor efficacy for HRD-negative cancers using the alphalex tumor targeting platform inhibitor efficacy for HRD-negative cancers using the alphalex tumor targeting platform.
Bindra R, Sundaram R, Aiello R, Marshall D, Bourassa P, Csengery J, Zhang Q, Robinson B, lopresti-Morrow L, Bechtold J, Tylaska L, Paradis T, Paralkar V, Hellsund P, Glazer P. Unlocking PARP inhibitor efficacy for HRD-negative cancers using the alphalex tumor targeting platform inhibitor efficacy for HRD-negative cancers using the alphalex tumor targeting platform. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: e14664-e14664. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.e14664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHomologous recombination deficiencyHRD statusAnti-cancer agentsClinical trialsSignificant bone marrow toxicityTumor cellsInhibitor efficacyPhase I clinical trialIND-enabling studiesDose-limiting toxicityBone marrow toxicitySignificant tumor cell killingSmall molecule anti-cancer agentNormal tissue toxicityTumor cell killingTumor-targeting approachesPARP inhibitor efficacyRelevant chemotherapyVivo tumor modelsMarrow toxicityBRCA1/2 mutationsComplete sparingBone marrowSolid tumorsChemotherapy