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He Y, Xu W, Xiao YT, Huang H, Gu D, Ren S. Targeting signaling pathways in prostate cancer: mechanisms and clinical trials. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:198. [PMID: 35750683 PMCID: PMC9232569 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-01042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) affects millions of men globally. Due to advances in understanding genomic landscapes and biological functions, the treatment of PCa continues to improve. Recently, various new classes of agents, which include next-generation androgen receptor (AR) signaling inhibitors (abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, and darolutamide), bone-targeting agents (radium-223 chloride, zoledronic acid), and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (olaparib, rucaparib, and talazoparib) have been developed to treat PCa. Agents targeting other signaling pathways, including cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)4/6, Ak strain transforming (AKT), wingless-type protein (WNT), and epigenetic marks, have successively entered clinical trials. Furthermore, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting agents such as 177Lu-PSMA-617 are promising theranostics that could improve both diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic efficacy. Advanced clinical studies with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown limited benefits in PCa, whereas subgroups of PCa with mismatch repair (MMR) or CDK12 inactivation may benefit from ICIs treatment. In this review, we summarized the targeted agents of PCa in clinical trials and their underlying mechanisms, and further discussed their limitations and future directions.
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- Yundong He
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China.,Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China.
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Kundaktepe BP, Sozer V, Kundaktepe FO, Durmus S, Papila C, Uzun H, Simsek G, Gelisgen R. Association between Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover Markers in Breast Cancer Patients and Bone-Only Metastasis. MEDICINA-LITHUANIA 2021; 57:medicina57090880. [PMID: 34577803 PMCID: PMC8468483 DOI: 10.3390/medicina57090880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of bone turnover markers, namely the N-terminal cross-linking telopeptide (NTx) and alpha C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen (α-CTx), in detecting bone metastasis (bone-only) in breast cancer (BC) patients, as well as to determine whether this effect is related to changes in bone mineral density (BMD). Materials and Methods: The participants in this study comprised 30 postmenopausal BC patients with bone metastases (age range: 59.56 ± 9.02), 20 postmenopausal BC patients without bone metastases (age range: 55.30 ± 11.55), and 20 healthy postmenopausal female controls (age range: 55.55 ± 5.85). Bone turnover markers (serum NTx and urine α-CTx) were measured using the ELISA method. A densitometer using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was used to analyze the BMD, and tumor markers were measured using the chemiluminescent immunometric assay. Results: The corresponding levels of serum NTx (p = 0.004), parathyroid hormone (PTH) (p = 0.001), and urine α-CTx (p < 0.001) of BC patients were found to be higher than the standard levels. After the BC patients were divided into subgroups on the basis of the presence of metastasis, the urine α-CTx levels (p = 0.001) were seen to be at critically high levels in those patients suffering from BC with metastasis. Though the BMD values in the lumbar spine (p < 0.001) and femoral neck (p = 0.001) were found to be significantly low in BC patients, no statistically substantial difference in the BMD levels of BC patients suffering from metastasis was observed. It was observed that urine α-CTx (specificity: 70%; sensitivity: 85%) values are critical factors that differentiate BC patients with metastasis from BC patients without metastasis. Conclusions: We found that alterations in bone turnover could be detected by using the values of urine α-CTx while differentiating BC patients with metastasis from BC patients without metastasis. Using the biochemical markers of bone turnover and BMD together would be pertinent for determining the level of metastasis present and examining the efficiency of bone density preservation therapy. Ideally, BMD measurement would be evaluated together with biochemical markers.
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- Berrin Papila Kundaktepe
- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Cerrahpasa Medicine, Istanbul University—Cerrahpasa, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Research and Training Hospital, 34433 Istanbul, Turkey;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Cerrahpasa Medicine, Istanbul University—Cerrahpasa, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey; (S.D.); (R.G.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Oncology Division, Faculty of Cerrahpasa Medicine, Istanbul University—Cerrahpasa, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Cerrahpasa Medicine, Istanbul University—Cerrahpasa, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey; (S.D.); (R.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +90-212-414-30-56; Fax: +90-212-633-29-87
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa Medicine, Istanbul University—Cerrahpasa, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Cerrahpasa Medicine, Istanbul University—Cerrahpasa, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey; (S.D.); (R.G.)
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Verì A, D'Andrea MR, Bonginelli P, Gasparini G. Clinical Usefulness of Bisphosphonates in Oncology: Treatment of Bone Metastases, antitumoral Activity and Effect on Bone Resorption Markers. Int J Biol Markers 2018; 22:24-33. [PMID: 17393358 DOI: 10.1177/172460080702200104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The present article overviews the role of bisphosphonates for the treatment and prevention of bone metastases and their antiangiogenic effects and antitumoral activity. The skeleton is a frequent and clinically relevant site of metastasis in cancer patients. The major events related to bone metastases include bone pain, bone loss, hypercalcemia, spinal cord compression, and fractures. On the basis of their radiographic features, bone metastases are classified as osteoblastic, osteoclastic, or mixed. The primary goals of treatment of bone metastases are reduction of the risk of pathological fractures and other skeletal-related events, and pain control. Bisphosphonates are used to prevent pathological fractures by inhibition of osteoclasts. Recent studies suggest that bisphosphonates have some direct antitumoral activity, mainly mediated through the blockade of angiogenic pathways. Further clinical studies are needed to determine the optimal treatment duration, timing and schedule of bisphosphonates, assess their role as adjuvant therapy for the prevention of bone metastases, and establish their antiangiogenic activity in association with standard cytotoxic and hormonal drugs for treatment of patients with advanced disease.
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- A Verì
- Division of Medical Oncology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Aruna G. Plasma levels of N-telopeptide of Type I collagen in periodontal health, disease and after treatment. Dent Res J (Isfahan) 2016; 13:18-23. [PMID: 26962311 PMCID: PMC4770465 DOI: 10.4103/1735-3327.174691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background: To determine plasma concentrations of bone resorption marker cross-linked N-terminal telopeptide (NTx) of Type I collagen in periodontal health, disease and after nonsurgical periodontal therapy in chronic periodontitis group. In addition, to know the association between plasma NTx levels and the different clinical parameters. Materials and Methods: Thirty subjects were divided on the basis of their periodontal status and were categorized as Group I: Healthy, Group II: Gingivitis, and Group III: Chronic periodontitis. Group III subjects were treated with scaling and root planing, 6-8 weeks later blood samples were analyzed, and they constituted Group IV. NTx levels in plasma were analyzed by competitive - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. All data were analyzed using statistical software (SPSS) (α = 0.05). Results: All the samples tested positive for the presence of NTx. The mean NTx concentration was highest in Group III (18.77 nanomole Bone Collagen Equivalent [nm BCE]) and the lowest in Group IV (16.02 nm BCE). The values of Group I and Group II fell between the highest and the lowest values (16.23 nm BCE and 16.70 nm BCE, respectively). The difference in mean NTx levels in Group III and Group IV were statistically significant. NTx levels in all the groups positively correlated with the clinical parameters. All data were analyzed using statistical software (SPSS) (α = 0.05). Conclusion: Within the limits of this study, it may be suggested that plasma NTx levels may provide distinguishing data between periodontally healthy diseased sites and after nonsurgical therapy of diseased sites.
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- Ganganna Aruna
- Department of Periodontology, JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
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Geng CJ, Liang Q, Zhong JH, Zhu M, Meng FY, Wu N, Liang R, Yuan BY. Ibandronate to treat skeletal-related events and bone pain in metastatic bone disease or multiple myeloma: a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e007258. [PMID: 26038356 PMCID: PMC4458633 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have given contradictory results about the efficacy and safety of ibandronate in treating metastatic bone disease (MBD) or multiple myeloma. This review meta-analysed the literature to gain a more comprehensive picture. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of ibandronate compared with placebo or zoledronate. DATA SOURCES PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched to identify RCTs published up to March 2015 evaluating ibandronate to treat MBD or multiple myeloma. REVIEW METHOD 10 RCTs involving 3474 patients were included. Six RCTs were placebo-controlled and four compared ibandronate with zoledronate. The studies included in this review were mainly from European countries. RESULTS Intravenous ibandronate (6 mg) or oral drug (50 mg) decreased the risk of skeletal-related events compared to placebo (risk ratio (RR) 0.80, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.90, p=0.002). It also reduced the bone pain score below baseline significantly more than did placebo at 96 weeks (weighted mean difference -0.41, 95% CI -0.56 to -0.27, p<0.001). The incidence of diarrhoea, nausea and adverse renal events was similar between the ibandronate and placebo groups, but ibandronate was associated with greater risk of abdominal pain. Ibandronate was associated with similar risk of skeletal-related events as another bisphosphonate drug, zoledronate (RR 1.02, 95% CI 0.82 to 1.26, p=0.87). The incidence of nausea, jaw osteonecrosis and fatigue was similar for the two drugs, but the incidence of adverse renal events was significantly lower in the ibandronate group. CONCLUSIONS Ibandronate significantly reduces the incidence of skeletal-related events and bone pain in patients with MBD or multiple myeloma relative to placebo. It is associated with a similar incidence of skeletal-related events as zoledronate.
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- Chun-Jing Geng
- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Postgraduate School of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Department, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Chifeng University, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Out-patient Department, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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Heidenreich A, Ohlmann CH. Ibandronate: its pharmacology and clinical efficacy in the management of tumor-induced hypercalcemia and metastatic bone disease. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2014; 4:991-1005. [PMID: 15606328 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.4.6.991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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It is well accepted that tumor cells in the bone, especially from breast cancer, prostate cancer and multiple myeloma, can stimulate osteoclast formation and activity. Bisphosphonates are potent inhibitors of osteoclast-mediated normal and pathologic bone resorption. Besides their apoptotic and antiproliferative activity on osteoclasts, bisphosphonates can also exert similar effects on macrophages and tumor cells. Currently, it is unknown if this effect can be translated into clinical practice with regard to an effective adjuvant therapeutic regimen for high-risk patients with systemic recurrences following primary treatment of a given cancer. There are several new aspects that might extend the clinical use of ibandronate, a bisphosphate, in oncology: prevention of hypogonadal osteoporosis in men, palliative management of painful osseous metastases and adjuvant therapy of high-risk prostate cancer patients. Safety and tolerability are excellent for the oral and intravenous formulations, and ibandronate can even be safely applied in pre-existing renal insufficiency. The purpose of this review is to critically reflect the pharmacology and clinical efficacy of ibandronate in the management of tumor-induced hypercalcemia, osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease.
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- Axel Heidenreich
- Division of Oncological Urology, Department of Urology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, 50924 Köln, Germany.
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Park JW, Hwang SR, Jeon OC, Moon HT, Byun Y. Enhanced Oral Absorption of Ibandronate via Complex Formation with Bile Acid Derivative. J Pharm Sci 2013; 102:341-6. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.23413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 11/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bone metastases cause morbidity and mortality in multiple malignancies. In addition to portending a dire prognosis, bone metastases cause bone pain, fractures, hypercalcemia, spinal cord compression, and other nerve compression syndromes. Improved understanding of the mechanisms that predispose tumor metastases to bone is needed to improve patients' therapeutic options, maintain their quality of life, and improve their survival. METHODS This review discusses selected preclinical and clinical data regarding bone metastasis development and cytokine/molecular interactions predisposing to bone metastases formation. Potential interventions for reducing bone metastases are also described. RESULTS Biologic mechanisms resulting in metastases of tumor cells to bone are being studied. Among these are the RANKL pathway, osteoclast activation via cytokines (produced by tumor cell and cells in the bone microenvironment), interactions with transient and stromal cells in the bone microenvironment, and molecules such as PTHrP and endothelin-1. These molecules offer important opportunities for targeted interventions to decrease bone metastases-associated morbidity. CONCLUSIONS Knowledge of the pathophysiology of bone and cancer is developing rapidly. Relationships among cancer cells, bone-derived cells, and cytokines provide opportunities for the development of new interventions. Therapy targeting osteoclast/osteoblast interactions has proven benefit for patients with bone metastases.
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- Rachel L Theriault
- Department of Breast Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Clinical considerations for the use of antiresorptive agents in the treatment of metastatic bone disease. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2011; 80:301-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2011.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Revised: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Luz MA, Aprikian AG. Preventing bone complications in advanced prostate cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 17 Suppl 2:S65-71. [PMID: 20882136 DOI: 10.3747/co.v17i0.722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer have steadily been improving since the late 1980s. However, clinicians still confront a large group of men developing disease metastatic to bone. Adequate control of bone complications plays a fundamental role in achieving control of symptoms and quality of life in this group. Androgen deprivation therapy, the standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer, increases the risk of various complications, including bone disease. This review addresses the prevention of bone complications related not only to prostate cancer metastases but also to impaired bone integrity caused by androgen deprivation therapy.
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- M A Luz
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC
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Ludwig H, Zojer N. Supportive therapy in multiple myeloma. RECENT RESULTS IN CANCER RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER KREBSFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DANS LES RECHERCHES SUR LE CANCER 2011; 183:307-33. [PMID: 21509692 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85772-3_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In this chapter we want to give an overview on various supportive measures, which help to prevent or to fight complications of multiple myeloma, improve patient wellbeing and increase safety of administration of specific anti-myeloma therapy.
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- Heinz Ludwig
- Department of Medicine I, Wilhelminenspital, Montleartstr. 37, 1160, Vienna, Austria.
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Li B, Ling Chau JF, Wang X, Leong WF. Bisphosphonates, specific inhibitors of osteoclast function and a class of drugs for osteoporosis therapy. J Cell Biochem 2011; 112:1229-42. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Morgan C, Wagstaff J. Is there a role for ibandronate in the treatment of prostate cancer patients with bony metastases? Acta Oncol 2010; 48:882-9. [PMID: 19925378 DOI: 10.1080/02841860902874748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Zoledronic acid is widely accepted as the treatment of choice for a number of cancers which metastasise to bone and is the only bisphosphonate licensed for the treatment of prostate cancer. However, drug related nephrotoxicity, although rare, does pose a significant complication when using zoledronic acid. Prostate cancer patients are generally older than 65 years of age and already exhibit some form of impaired renal function. Thus, for prostate cancer patients who are unable to tolerate zoledronic acid there is a need for an alternative bisphosphonate. One possibility could be ibandronate which is also a potent third generation, nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate and is an attractive choice for some patients due to the fact it is available in both intravenous and oral preparations. METHODS This article reviews the current published literature regarding the use of ibandronate in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. RESULTS Preliminary data emerging from small Phase II studies suggests ibandronate may provide a therapeutic alternative for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer when zoledronic acid is deemed unsuitable. CONCLUSION Further in vivo research with ibandronate in prostate cancer is urgently needed in order to elucidate whether this bisphosphonate may play a role in the treatment and palliative management of metastatic prostate cancer.
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- Claire Morgan
- Human Cancer Studies Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Human Cancer Studies Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, UK
- South West Wales Cancer Institute, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK
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Ignatoski KMW, Friedman J, Escara-Wilke J, Zhang X, Daignault S, Dunn RL, Smith DC, Keller ET. Change in markers of bone metabolism with chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer: interleukin-6 response is a potential early indicator of response to therapy. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2009; 29:105-12. [PMID: 19014338 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2008.0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Men with androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) frequently have bone metastasis. The effects of chemotherapy on markers of bone metabolism have not been well characterized. We conducted a prospective study of patients with AIPC randomized in the first cycle to receive either docetaxel/estramustine or zoledronic acid, a bisphosphonate, to inhibit osteoclastic activity. Here we report the effects of therapy on markers of bone metabolism in these patients following the first cycle of therapy. Serum levels of several indices of bone remodeling were evaluated using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Changes in markers of bone metabolism were compared in patients receiving initial chemotherapy versus bisphosphonate. There was no significant difference in median change in any of the measured bone markers in patients given zoledronic acid when compared to chemotherapy. When comparing responders to nonresponders, overall interleukin-6 (IL-6) decreased by 35% in prostate-specific antigen responders; whereas, IL-6 levels increased by 76% in nonresponders (p = 0.03). Elevated IL-6 levels and reductions in IL-6 levels early in treatment may reflect ultimate clinical response to docetaxel-based regimens.
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Lee C, Magee B. Oral bisphosphonates, concurrent thoracic radiotherapy and oesophagitis. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2009; 21:636-7. [PMID: 19477624 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 04/21/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Simmons C, Broom RJ, Cole DE, Dranitsaris G, Clemons M. Urinary N-Telopeptide Is a Rapid Predictor of Response to and Palliative Benefit from Bisphosphonate Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 4:182-7. [DOI: 10.3816/sct.2007.n.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Springer ING, Wiltfang J, Dunsche A, Lier GC, Bartsch M, Warnke PH, Barth EL, Terheyden H, Russo PAJ, Czech N, Acil Y. A new method of monitoring osteomyelitis. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007; 36:527-32. [PMID: 17418531 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 01/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chronic infections of bone such as osteomyelitis are frequent events, especially in immunocompromised or diabetic patients, and costly on a national level. Incorrect treatment or delayed diagnosis may lead to loss of the affected extremity or mandible. The aim of this study was to assess the possible value of urinary lysylpyridinoline (LP) and hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP) concentrations in the monitoring of mandibular osteomyelitis. Patients were assigned to the following groups: group 1 (n=85), control; group 2a (n=38), patients with active disease; group 2b (n=25), patients of group 2a 6 months after successful treatment; group 2c (n=7), patients of group 2a with ongoing osteomyelitis 6 months after treatment. The range and upper limit of normal values (HP(max) and LP(max)) were determined in group 1. Levels of LP and HP were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection. There was a significant decrease (mean 45.43% for HP and 32.12% for LP) in samples of group 2b compared to 2a (P<0.001 for HP and LP). There was a significant increase in HP values in samples from group 2c compared to 2a (P=0.018). The urinary concentrations of HP and LP appear to act as a marker of disease activity, with a decrease reflecting treatment success and an increase or stable values indicating persistent disease. An inexpensive tool (US$5 per analysis) for the monitoring of osteomyelitis is described.
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- I N G Springer
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 16, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Tassinari D, Poggi B, Nicoletti S, Fantini M, Tamburini E, Possenti C, Sartori S. Zoledronic Acid Treatment at Home: Safety Data from an Observational Prospective Trial. J Palliat Med 2007; 10:352-8. [PMID: 17472506 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To prospectively assess feasibility, side effects, and safety of a home treatment with zoledronic acid in patients with bone metastases confined to home. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-two patients with bone metastases (15 males and 27 females; mean age, 72 years; range, 48-86), confined to home because of functional impairment or low performance status, were enrolled into the trial. They were included in a comprehensive program of home care, and were treated with zoledronic acid, 4 mg. Primary end point of this observational trial was the safety assessment of the treatment at home; secondary end points were the clinical assessment of the time to treatment discontinuation and the definition of a pattern of patients who could benefit by a home treatment with intravenous bisphosphonates. RESULTS Nineteen patients had breast cancer; 7, multiple myeloma; 5, non-small-cell lung cancer; 4, renal cancer; 4, prostate cancer; 1, thyroid cancer; 1 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; and 1 soft tissue sarcoma. On the whole, 220 home treatments were administered in 3 years, with a median of 4 administrations per patient (range, 1-28). Median time to treatment discontinuation was 130 days. The treatment was interrupted for worsening of the performance status in 30 patients (71.4%), length of the treatment greater than 24 months in 2 patients (4.8%), hypocalcemia in 1 patient (2.4%), renal failure in 1 patient (2.4%). No difference in median time to treatment discontinuation was observed among patients with breast cancer, multiple myeloma, or other tumors in univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis showed no prognostic significance for kind of tumor, age at the time of entering the trial, gender, and number of extraosseous sites of disease. No acute major side effects were observed during the treatment, and the treatment had to be interrupted for side effects in 2 patients (4.8%). One patient had jaw osteonecrosis some months after the treatment was stopped. CONCLUSIONS The home treatment with zoledronic acid seems safe. The appropriate use of biphosphonates in such a new setting needs a criterion to identify the subset of patients with bone metastases confined to home who can really benefit by this treatment.
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Guay DRP. Ibandronate, an experimental intravenous bisphosphonate for osteoporosis, bone metastases, and hypercalcemia of malignancy. Pharmacotherapy 2006; 26:655-73. [PMID: 16637795 DOI: 10.1592/phco.26.5.655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ibandronate is an experimental intravenous bisphosphonate under study for the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis and skeletal complications of bone metastases, as well as hypercalcemia of malignancy. To review the data on this drug, PubMed/MEDLINE was searched for pertinent studies in English; data from January 1986-October 2005 were reviewed. In preclinical studies, ibandronate was an extremely potent bisphosphonate compared with its predecessors and was active in all animal models of human postmenopausal and corticosteroid-associated osteoporosis. Similar to other bisphosphonates, ibandronate exhibits antitumor activity and prevents or reduces bone metastases. Forty to fifty percent of the dose is bound to bone; renal clearance of unchanged drug accounts for 70% of total body clearance. Early clinical trials demonstrated efficacy and tolerability of intravenous ibandronate in the prevention or treatment of postmenopausal and corticosteroid-associated osteoporosis when administered once every 3 months. Intravenous ibandronate also reduces skeletal complications of bone metastases, including pain, although the cumulative dose used is much higher than that used in osteoporosis, as the drug is administered every 3-4 weeks. Single doses of intravenous ibandronate are probably also effective in the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy. The major tolerability issue with intravenous bisphosphonates is renal safety, thus the drugs generally require infusion (e.g., 0.25 hr for zoledronic acid, 2-24 hrs for pamidronate). However, intravenous ibandronate can be administered by bolus injection over a few minutes without an elevated risk of nephrotoxicity. The experimental intravenous dosage is 2 mg every 3 months for treatment or prevention of osteoporosis, and 2-6 mg every 3-4 weeks or in a single dose for treatment of bone metastases or hypercalcemia of malignancy, respectively. Ibandronate can be used in the presence of severe renal impairment with proper dosage adjustment. The drug will be an interesting addition to the available drugs for osteoporosis, bone metastases, and hypercalcemia of malignancy. Studies of intravenous ibandronate as an adjunctive treatment for cancers that tend to metastasize to bone are under way. Whether intravenous ibandronate will be a therapeutic advance is best answered by randomized, controlled trials. These are ongoing and should provide data with which to make better-informed choices concerning intravenous bisphosphonates.
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- David R P Guay
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA.
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Each month, subscribers to The Formulary Monograph Service receive five to six well-documented monographs on drugs that are newly released or are in late phase 3 trials. The monographs are targeted to your Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Subscribers also receive monthly one-page summary monographs on the agents that are useful for agendas and pharmacy/nursing in-services. A comprehensive target drug utilization evaluation (DUE) is also provided each month. With a subscription, the monographs are sent to you in print and CD ROM forms and are available online. Monographs can be customized to meet the needs of your facility. Subscribers to the The Formulary Monograph Service also receive access to a pharmacy bulletin board, The Formulary Information Exchange (The F.I.X.). All topics pertinent to clinical and hospital pharmacy are discussed on The FI.X. Through the cooperation of The Formulary, Hospital Pharmacy publishes selected reviews in this column. If you would like information about The Formulary Monograph Service or The F.I.X., call The Formulary at 800-322-4349. The September 2006 monograph topics are dasatinib, darunavir, ranibizumab injection, oxymorphone HCl extended-release tablets/oxymorphone HCl tablets, and 17a-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. The DUE is on oxymorphone
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- The Formulary Washington State University Spokane, PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495
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- Drug Information Center and College of Pharmacy, Washington State University Spokane,
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Botteman M, Barghout V, Stephens J, Hay J, Brandman J, Aapro M. Cost effectiveness of bisphosphonates in the management of breast cancer patients with bone metastases. Ann Oncol 2006; 17:1072-82. [PMID: 16670202 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bisphosphonates are recommended to prevent skeletal related events (SREs) in patients with breast cancer and bone metastases (BCBM). However, their clinical and economic profiles vary from one agent to the other. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using modeling techniques, we simulated from the perspective of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) the cost and quality adjusted survival (QALY) associated with five commonly-used bisphosphonates or no therapy in this patient population. The simulation followed patients into several health states (i.e. alive or dead, experiencing an SRE or no SRE, and receiving first or second line therapy). Drugs costs, infusion costs, SREs costs, and utility values were estimated from published sources. Utilities were applied to time with and without SREs to capture the impact on quality of life. RESULTS Compared to no therapy, all bisphosphonates are either cost saving or highly cost-effective (with a cost per QALY < or = 6126 pounds sterlings). Within this evaluation, zoledronic acid was more effective and less expensive than all other options. CONCLUSIONS Based on our model, the use of bisphosphonates in breast cancer patients with bone metastases should lead to improved patient outcomes and cost savings to the NHS and possibly other similar entities.
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Guay DRP. Ibandronate: a new oral bisphosphonate for postmenopausal osteoporosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 20:1036-55. [PMID: 16548678 DOI: 10.4140/tcp.n.2005.1036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review a new oral bisphosphonate, ibandronate, recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. DATA SOURCE A MEDLINE/PUBMED search was conducted to identify pertinent studies in the English language. Additional references were obtained from the bibliographies of these studies. Data over the time period of 1986 through July 2005 were reviewed. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION All studies evaluating any aspect of ibandronate in animals and humans. Studies in humans focused on the oral drug formulation. DATA SYNTHESIS Preclinical studies established that ibandronate was an extremely potent bisphosphonate compared with its predecessors and that it was active in all animal models of human postmenopausal and corticosteroid-associated osteoporosis. Similar to other selected bisphosphonates, preclinical studies also showed that ibandronate exhibits antitumor activity and prevents and/or reduces bone metastases. As with other oral bisphosphonates, oral bioavailability is very poor (less than 1%) and substantially reduced by administration with or proximal to cations (e.g., food, antacids, mineral supplements). Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy and tolerability of oral ibandronate in the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis when administered once daily, once weekly, and even once monthly. Ibandronate also reduces the skeletal complications of bone metastases in patients with cancer, including pain, although the dosage used is much higher than that used in osteoporosis. As with other bisphosphonates, the major tolerability issue with ibandronate is upper gastrointestinal (GI) distress (dyspepsia, pain, esophagitis, esophageal and gastric ulcers). The dosage regimen for the treatment or prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis (the only currently approved use in the United States) is 2.5 mg once a day or 150 mg once monthly (on the same date each month). Ibandronate should not be used in the presence of severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance below 30 mL/min). The usual complex administration instructions for other oral bisphosphonates apply to ibandronate as well. CONCLUSION Oral ibandronate is an interesting addition to the therapeutic armamentarium for osteoporosis and cancer metastatic to bone. In fact, studies of ibandronate as an adjunctive treatment for cancers with a predilection to metastasize to bone are under way. Ibandronate has taken advantage of a complex pharmacodynamic profile in which its antiresorptive activity is independent of the frequency of dosing provided that a minimum dose-per-unit time is exceeded. Studies with every three-month dosing (and even less frequently) are under way. Whether or not the less frequent dosing of oral ibandronate will translate into a therapeutic advantage over older oral agents such as alendronate and risedronate is open to speculation. This is a difficult question to answer in the absence of head-to-head randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Older agents are still preferred until RCTs demonstrate that ibandronate is as safe and effective as these older agents.
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- David R P Guay
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
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Epstein S, Delmas PD, Emkey R, Wilson KM, Hiltbrunner V, Schimmer RC. Oral ibandronate in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: Review of upper gastrointestinal safety. Maturitas 2006; 54:1-10. [PMID: 16522358 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2005] [Revised: 01/17/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Oral daily bisphosphonates carry a potential for gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events, which has been partly addressed by introducing once-weekly regimens. Nevertheless, the need to follow inconvenient dosing instructions every week could still hinder long-term compliance and therapeutic outcome. In addition, survey data indicates that many patients would prefer a once-monthly rather than once-weekly bisphosphonate dosing regimen. Ibandronate is a potent, nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate specifically developed for less frequent administration. In a pivotal study in postmenopausal osteoporosis, oral ibandronate, administered daily or with a between-dose interval of >2 months, demonstrated robust antifracture efficacy and an overall incidence of upper GI adverse events similar to placebo, even in patients at increased risk of such events. This and other clinical studies conducted in postmenopausal women demonstrate that oral ibandronate has an excellent upper GI safety profile.
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- Mt Sinai Medical Center, NY, USA, and INSERM Research Unit 403 and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France.
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Cremers S, Garnero P. Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in the Clinical Development of Drugs for Osteoporosis and Metastatic Bone Disease. Drugs 2006; 66:2031-58. [PMID: 17112299 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200666160-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Biochemical markers of bone turnover are used increasingly during the clinical development of drugs for the treatment of metabolic bone diseases such as Paget's disease, osteoporosis and cancer that has metastasised to the bone. However, assessing the optimal value of these markers is often complicated, and such an assessment is an obvious prerequisite for rational use of the markers and, consequently, potential improvement of clinical drug development. Biochemical markers of bone turnover are substances in the blood or urine that are produced or released during bone remodelling. They provide semiquantitative information on bone remodelling, and are often the most adequate tool to describe the pharmacodynamics of the drug. Their use has increased considerably because of dose-effect relationships that have been seen with certain drugs, but also because they have proven relationships with clinical outcomes in several metabolic bone diseases. However, there is a lack of information on the kinetics of these markers, and the immunoassays that are frequently used in their monitoring often measure a mixture of fragments rather than a single molecular entity. For drug development it should also be realised that different markers, but also different assays for the same marker, may provide different results, considerably limiting the ability to compare results. In postmenopausal osteoporosis, relationships have been shown between several biochemical markers of bone turnover, and either fracture risk and/or the antifracture efficacy of drugs. Such relationships can be used for the development of drugs with similar mechanisms of action, but also for the development of these drugs for closely related indications, such as corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. In both of these instances, data on effects on biochemical markers of bone turnover are usually employed in combination with information about effects on bone mineral density. However, the relationships of these parameters with clinical outcomes may be remarkably different for drugs with alternative mechanisms of action, challenging the use of the markers for the development of new drugs for the treatment of patients with osteoporosis. At present, the pharmacological treatment of cancer that has metastasised to the bone is limited to several bisphosphonates. Recent studies have shown relationships between the normalisation of levels of biochemical markers of bone turnover and clinical outcomes, and prospective studies investigating the application of such relationships are ongoing. The markers may play an important role in the optimisation of registered bisphosphonate treatments. However, their role in the development of new drugs is still limited to dose selection, and potential relationships with clinical outcomes remain to be investigated in instances of new mechanisms of action. Biochemical markers of bone turnover are a valuable asset for drug development, but their rational use is determined by a number of variables. Correctly manipulating these may improve clinical development of drugs for the treatment of patients with metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis and cancer metastatic to the bone.
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- Serge Cremers
- Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Clemons M, Cole DEC, Gainford MC. Can bone markers guide more effective treatment of bone metastases from breast cancer? Breast Cancer Res Treat 2005; 97:81-90. [PMID: 16319976 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-005-9094-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2005] [Accepted: 10/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bone metastases are a common problem for breast cancer patients, causing significant disease-related morbidity and mortality. Bisphosphonates and other cancer therapies can assist in managing these patients. However, assessing treatment efficacy in bone metastases is hampered by the inability to accurately measure disease response within a clinically desirable time frame. Bone-specific biochemical markers, notably type I collagen telopeptide cross-link by-products such as N-telopeptide (NTx) and C-telopeptide (CTx), have been shown to be effective tools for assessing the severity and extent of bone metastases, and the response to bisphosphonates. Elevated NTx levels correlate with adverse clinical outcomes. Normalization of NTx and CTx excretion rates are associated with relief of symptoms and a reduced incidence of skeletal-related events (SRE). This review discusses the expanding role of these bone markers in guiding treatment of bone metastases from breast cancer.
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- Mark Clemons
- Division of Medical Oncology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Ibandronate is a bisphosphonate treatment for metastatic bone disease. In Phase III trials in breast cancer patients, intravenous and oral formulations of ibandronate lowered the incidence of skeletal-related events, reduced metastatic bone pain scores throughout 2 years of treatment, and had significant positive effects on patient quality of life, demonstrating its efficacy in this condition. Recent pilot studies in other primary cancers suggest that a loading dose of ibandronate may relieve severe or opioid-resistant metastatic bone pain. In safety analyses, ibandronate was well tolerated with a safety profile comparable to placebo. Ibandronate therefore represents a treatment choice with documented efficacy and safety in metastatic bone disease from breast cancer.
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- Ingo J Diel
- CGG-Klinik GmbH, Quadrat P7, 16-18, Mannheim, Germany.
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Endele R, Loew H, Bauss F. Analytical methods for the quantification of ibandronate in body fluids and bone. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2005; 39:246-56. [PMID: 15927434 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The accurate determination of bisphosphonate levels in bone and biological fluids is important in both clinical and pharmacological/toxicological studies. Ibandronate is a potent nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate containing a tertiary amine group, which does not easily form chromophore derivatives that can be detected by UV light or fluorescence emissions. The current report describes the methodology and validation of a GC-MS assay for ibandronate in serum/plasma and urine, a similar, modified GC-MS method for measurement of bone ibandronate levels, and an ELISA for ibandronate determination in serum/plasma. The range of quantification for the GC-MS was 1-100 ng/ml and 2-7500 ng/ml in plasma or serum and urine, respectively, and 50-1600 pg/ml (potentially 10-320 pg/ml depending on sample size) for the ELISA in plasma or serum. These assays were comparable. The practical application of the assays in preclinical and clinical studies is briefly reviewed.
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- Richard Endele
- Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Pharma Research Penzberg, Germany
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In Response to Body Letter to the Editor Regarding “Safety of Intravenous and Oral Bisphosphonates and Compliance with Dosing Regimens”. Oncologist 2005. [DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.10-5-318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Barrett J, Worth E, Bauss F, Epstein S. Ibandronate: a clinical pharmacological and pharmacokinetic update. J Clin Pharmacol 2004; 44:951-65. [PMID: 15317823 DOI: 10.1177/0091270004267594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ibandronate is a potent nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate. It has a strong affinity for bone mineral and potently inhibits osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Ibandronate is effective for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy, metastatic bone disease, postmenopausal osteoporosis, corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis, and Paget's disease. Oral ibandronate is rapidly absorbed (t(max) < 1 hour), with a low bioavailability (0.63%) that is further reduced (by up to 90%) in the presence of food. Ibandronate has a wide therapeutic index and is not metabolized and, therefore, has a low potential for drug interactions. Given its metabolic stability, ibandronate is eliminated from the blood by partitioning into bone (40%-50%) and through renal clearance (CL(R) approximately 60 mL/min). The CL(R) of ibandronate is linearly related to creatinine clearance. The sequestration of ibandronate in bone (V(D) > 90 L) results in a multiphasic elimination (t((1/2)) range approximately 10-60 hours), characterized by the slow release of ibandronate from the bone compartment. The potency of ibandronate and its sequestration into bone allow ibandronate to be developed as oral and intravenous injection formulations that can be administered with convenient extended between-dose intervals.
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- Joanne Barrett
- Roche Products Ltd., 40 Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3AY, United Kingdom
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Metastatic bone disease constitutes a major clinical problem. Skeletal complications are common and lead to significant morbidity, and patients live with metastatic bone disease for several years, increasing the prevalence of this problem. Effective management aims to reduce the incidence of skeletal complications and relieve symptoms, such as severe bone pain, which adversely affect patient mobility and quality of life. This article describes and discusses strategies for managing metastatic bone disease, with particularly emphasis on the role of the bisphosphonate ibandronate. Two case histories show the long-term efficacy and tolerability of oral ibandronate in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. The third case history illustrates the benefits of rapid pain relief from an intensive, high-dose regimen of intravenous ibandronate in metastatic prostate cancer.
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- Robert Coleman
- Yorkshire Cancer Research Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
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Conte P, Guarneri V. Safety of Intravenous and Oral Bisphosphonates and Compliance With Dosing Regimens. Oncologist 2004; 9 Suppl 4:28-37. [PMID: 15459427 DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.9-90004-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Patients with advanced cancers--particularly breast and prostate cancers--are at high risk for bone metastasis, leading to accelerated bone resorption and clinically significant skeletal morbidity. Bisphosphonates are effective inhibitors of bone resorption and reduce the risk of skeletal complications in patients with bone metastases. The standard routes of administration for bisphosphonates used in clinical practice are either oral or i.v. infusion. Oral administration of bisphosphonates is complicated by poor bioavailability (generally <5%) and poor gastrointestinal tolerability. First-generation bisphosphonates, such as clodronate (Bonefos; Anthra Pharmaceuticals; Princeton, NJ), must be administered at high oral doses (1,600-3,200 mg/day) to achieve therapeutic effects, which leads to poor tolerability and compliance with oral dosing regimens. Infusion of bisphosphonates is associated with dose- and infusion-rate-dependent effects on renal function. In particular, high bisphosphonate doses (e.g., 1,500 mg clodronate) can cause severe renal toxicity unless infused slowly over many hours. In contrast, the newer, more potent bisphosphonates effectively inhibit bone resorption at micromolar concentrations, and the small doses required can be administered via relatively short i.v. infusions without adversely affecting renal function. Zoledronic acid (Zometa; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.; East Hanover, NJ) is a new generation bisphosphonate, and the recommended dose of 4 mg can be safely infused over 15 minutes. The 90-mg dose of pamidronate (Aredia; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.) and the 6-mg dose of ibandronate (Bondronat; Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Nutley, NJ) require 1- to 4-hour infusions. Intravenous bisphosphonates require less frequent dosing (once a month) and are generally well tolerated with long-term use in patients with bone metastases. Zoledronic acid has demonstrated the broadest clinical activity in patients with bone metastases.
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- PierFranco Conte
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital, via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy.
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Despite the benefits of local therapy with radical prostatectomy and radiation, many patients with prostate cancer require hormonal ablation. While chemotherapy has proven efficacy when the disease progresses to androgen-independent prostate cancer, patients ultimately succumb to the disease, thus the identification of other active therapies is needed. Future treatment modalities include molecular targeted therapies. Prostate cancer has been an ideal model to study the multiple steps required in the metastatic cascade. These steps have been utilized in the development of metastasis inhibitors. This review will present promising agents that have been tested preclinically or are undergoing clinical investigation for their abilities in preventing prostate cancer metastasis. Because prostate cancer metastasizes preferentially to the bone, special attention will be given to agents that interfere with this pattern of metastasis. Specifically, the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors, metalloproteinase inhibitors, inhibitors of prostate cancer cell- endothelial cell interactions, and bisphosphonates will be reported. In addition, the introduction of these novel agents has raised many questions as to the relevance and optimal utilization of current clinical trial designs. Issues regarding combination therapy with chemotherapy, optimal timing of treatment with metastatic inhibitors, and the need for surrogate endpoints for molecular targeted therapies will be discussed.
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- Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Tripathy D, Lichinitzer M, Lazarev A, MacLachlan SA, Apffelstaedt J, Budde M, Bergstrom B. Oral ibandronate for the treatment of metastatic bone disease in breast cancer: efficacy and safety results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Oncol 2004; 15:743-50. [PMID: 15111341 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We report the first results of a randomized trial assessing a new oral aminobisphosphonate, ibandronate, in patients with bone metastases from breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients (n = 435) received placebo, or oral ibandronate 20 mg or 50 mg once-daily for 96 weeks. The primary efficacy measure was the number of 12-week periods with new bone complications [skeletal morbidity period rate (SMPR)]. Multivariate Poisson regression analysis assessed the relative risk reduction of skeletal-related events. Secondary efficacy analyses included bone pain and analgesic use. Adverse events were monitored. RESULTS SMPR was significantly reduced with oral ibandronate [placebo 1.2, 20 mg group 0.97 (P = 0.024), 50 mg group 0.98 (P = 0.037)]. Ibandronate 50 mg significantly reduced the need for radiotherapy (P = 0.005 versus placebo). The relative risk of skeletal events was reduced by 38% (20 mg dose) and 39% (50 mg dose) versus placebo (P = 0.009 and P = 0.005). The tolerability profile of ibandronate was similar to placebo. CONCLUSIONS Oral ibandronate is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for metastatic bone disease. The 50 mg dose is being further evaluated in clinical trials, and this dose was recently approved in the European Union for the prevention of skeletal events in patients with breast cancer and bone metastases.
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8852, USA.
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Leyland-Jones B. Pharmacokinetic and clinical equivalence of oral and intravenous ibandronate for metastatic bone disease. EJC Suppl 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcsup.2004.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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El-Rayes BF, LoRusso PM. The Role of Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Skeletal Complications of Breast Cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.2165/00024669-200403060-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Springer ING, Terheyden H, Suhr MAA, Warnke P, Dunsche A, Tiemann M, Açil Y. Follow-up of collagen crosslink excretion in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and analysis of tissue samples. Br J Cancer 2003; 89:1722-8. [PMID: 14583776 PMCID: PMC2394412 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The presence of an oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) may be associated with increased urinary excretion of the markers of collagen degradation, hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP) and lysylpyridinoline (LP). We investigated the possibility of these markers predicting the presence of active disease. Patients from a current study on HP and LP were included as follows: Group 1a (OSCC with confirmed mandibular bony infiltration, n=12), group 1b (group 1a patients >6 months after successful treatment), group 2a (OSCC without evidence of mandibular bone infiltration, n=8), group 2b (group 2a patients >6 months after successful treatment), group 3a (recurrent OSCC, n=8), group 3b (group 3a patients >6 weeks later, symptoms unchanged) and group 4 (control group, n=74). Tissue samples from tumour tissue and adjacent healthy mucosa were additionally investigated for HP and LP concentrations (n=8). The decrease in the urinary concentrations of HP and LP was statistically significant between groups 1a and 1b (P<0.001 for HP and LP), but not between groups 2a and 2b (P=0.07 for HP and LP), while values in groups 1b and 2b were within the normal range. When comparing groups 3a and 3b, a significant increase was observed for LP (P=0.050), but not HP (P=0.208). In conclusion, successful treatment of OSCC with bony involvement may be associated with a reduction of urinary HP and LP, whereas ongoing disease may result in an increase of LP. HP and LP may both be useful markers of tumour progression in patients with OSCC.
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- I N G Springer
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Kiel, Arnold-Hellerstr. 16, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Liberato NL, Marchetti M, Barosi G. Clinical and economic issues in the treatment of advanced breast cancer with bisphosphonates. Drugs Aging 2003; 20:631-42. [PMID: 12831288 DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200320090-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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An ideal palliative therapy for bone metastases would successfully reduce skeletal complications in several thousands of breast cancer patients. Second- and third-generation bisphosphonates are effective in reducing the overall skeletal complication rate and the time to first skeletal complication. Nevertheless, not enough evidence supports their benefit on quality of life. Furthermore, bisphosphonates are expensive (up to 775 US dollars per month, 2002 value) and cost-effectiveness evaluations have been limited to pamidronate (pamidronic acid). In economic evaluations of pamidronate, resulting incremental dollar per quality-adjusted life year gained ranged from cost savings to 108,000 US dollars per quality-adjusted life year. The data were quite sensitive to quality-of-life estimates and country-specific cost values. Because of the wide range of the cost-effectiveness ratio, it is uncertain whether the universal prescription of bisphosphonates in this setting represents an efficient use of healthcare resources. Probably, country- and drug-specific policies might increase the efficiency of this treatment. Further outcomes research is required to assess these agents more fully.
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Açil Y, Springer I, Behrens P, Ullrich KP, Hedderich J, Bruns J. Differential enhancement of collagen crosslink excretion in cases of osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2003; 129:583-8. [PMID: 14513370 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-003-0470-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2003] [Accepted: 05/30/2003] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP) and lysylpyridinoline (LP) are markers of collagen absorption and LP is specific for collagen type I in bone. In the present study we evaluated the concentration of HP and LP in urine of patients with osteosarcoma ( n=20; age range 16-49 years) and chondrosarcoma ( n=15; age range 18-70 years). The values were compared with those obtained from 74 healthy controls (age range 16-83 years). The range and upper limit of normal values (HP(max) and LP(max)) were measured in our control group. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to determine concentrations of HP and LP (nmol/mmol creatinine). The average urinary HP concentrations were significantly increased in patients with osteosarcoma ( p=0.001) and chondrosarcoma ( p<0.001), whereas HP remained within the normal range in approximately half of the patients. The average urinary LP concentrations were not increased in osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma patients as compared with the control group. Further studies in a large group of patients are necessary to evaluate whether HP might be a valuable marker of prognosis, and if its urinary concentration can be correlated to tumour burden.
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- Yahya Açil
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Kohno N, Kokufu I. Prevention of bone metastases from breast cancer by adjuvant bisphosphonate therapy. Breast Cancer 2003; 10:33-7. [PMID: 12525761 DOI: 10.1007/bf02967623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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There is increasing evidence regarding the importance of osteoclast activation in the pathogenesis of bone metastases. Cancer cells produce osteoclast-activating factors which play an important role in the development of bone metastases. Bisphosphonates are drugs that inhibit bone turnover by decreasing bone resorption. In patients with bone metastases from breast cancer, the effectiveness of bisphosphonate is well established for reducing skeletal complications, such as bone pain, pathological fracture, bone surgery and hypercalcemia. Recent attention has focused on a possible preventive effect on bisphosphonates of bone metastases. Animal models have supported the prevention of bone metastasis by bishosphonate therapy, but three major adjuvant clinical trials of the oral bisphosphonate clodronate have yielded conflicting results. However, our preliminary trial of intravenous bisphosphonate with pamidronate showed effective inhibition of bone metastases. Use of bisphosphonates as adjuvant therapy is still investigational yet promising. Several more randomized trials are underway to further investigate adjuvant therapy with bisphosphonates.
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- Norio Kohno
- Department of Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Japan
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Eaton CL, Coleman RE. Pathophysiology of bone metastases from prostate cancer and the role of bisphosphonates in treatment. Cancer Treat Rev 2003; 29:189-98. [PMID: 12787713 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-7372(03)00071-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Metastasis to bone is a common feature in advanced prostate cancer patients. Current treatments, while effective in suppressing tumour growth and relieving tumour associated bone pain, do not provide long term remission or 'cure' for the disease. A greater understanding of prostate cancer metastasis is required if new treatment strategies are to be developed. Growth of tumour foci in skeletal sites is a major cause of morbidity in advanced prostate cancer and has required the development of specialised approaches to treatment, including the use of bisphosphonates. These drugs inhibit tumour induced osteoclastic bone resorption, thereby preventing skeletal related events and treatment induced bone loss. Zoledronic acid is currently the only bisphosphonate with proven benefit in prostate cancer. Bisphosphonates may also modify the bone microenvironment so that it becomes less favourable for the growth and survival of metastases. The most recent developments in our understanding of the advantages for growth and survival gained by metastatic prostate cancer cells in the skeleton are reviewed, along with the clinical evidence supporting the use of bisphosphonates in advanced prostate cancer.
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- Colby L Eaton
- Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Springer ING, Terheyden H, Dunsche A, Czech N, Suhr MAA, Tiemann M, Hedderich J, Açil Y. Collagen crosslink excretion and staging of oral cancer. Br J Cancer 2003; 88:1105-10. [PMID: 12671712 PMCID: PMC2376365 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Lysylpyridinoline (LP) and hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP) are collagen crosslink residues of which the urinary concentration reflects the level of connective-tissue turnover. HP is ubiquitous in tissue, whereas LP is specific for bone. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of an increased urinary concentration of both HP and LP in indicating infiltration of mandibular bone by an oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) or recurrence of the disease after successful therapy. We investigated the history and urine levels in 116 adult patients, who were divided into the following groups. Group 1: patients with OSCC with bone infiltration (n=17); group 2: patients with confirmed OSCC (n=12) without evidence of bone infiltration; group 3: patients with recurrence of an OSCC (n=13); group 4: patients without clinical evidence of disease (n=74). The range and upper limit of normal values (HP(max) and LP(max)) were measured from the normal controls in group 4. Levels of LP and HP were measured by HPLC and fluorescence detection. There was a significant difference in the average urinary levels of LP and HP between groups 1-4 (P<0.001). The presence of mandibular bone infiltration could be detected with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% when comparing groups 1 and 2. Presence of tumour tissue could be detected with a sensitivity of 90%. In conclusion, a normal LP concentration in patients with an OSCC strongly suggests that bone invasion by the disease has not taken place. If both urinary HP and LP are elevated, disease recurrence is highly likely.
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- I N G Springer
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Kiel, Germany.
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Cloos PAC, Christgau S, Lyubimova N, Body JJ, Qvist P, Christiansen C. Breast cancer patients with bone metastases are characterised by increased levels of nonisomerised type I collagen fragments. Breast Cancer Res 2003; 5:R103-9. [PMID: 12818000 PMCID: PMC165019 DOI: 10.1186/bcr607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2002] [Revised: 04/04/2003] [Accepted: 04/16/2003] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fragments of collagen type I containing the epitope AHDGGR (CTX) are generated during bone resorption. The aspartyl-glycine (DG) site within CTX is synthesised in the L-aspartyl peptide (alphaL) form, but converts to the age-modified forms L-isoaspartyl peptide (betaL) and D-aspartyl peptide (alphaD) over time. The purpose of the present study was to test the ability of the various CTX forms to identify breast cancer patients with bone metastases and to investigate whether such patients had an altered CTX excretion pattern. METHODS In this cross-sectional study we compared CTX excretion in healthy premenopausal and postmenopausal women with CTX levels in patients with breast cancer. The breast cancer cohort comprised eight hypercalcemic patients with bone metastases (HC+), 100 normocalcemic patients with bone metastases (NC+) and 15 normocalcemic patients without bone metastases (NC-). RESULTS In HC+ patients and NC+ patients, the excretion of alphaL CTX was highly increased compared with NC- patients (P < 0.01), with Z scores of 3.4 and 2.0, respectively. The excretion of the age-modified forms (betaL and alphaD CTX) was less increased in HC+ patients and in NC+ patients as compared with NC- patients, with Z scores of 2.2 and 1.0, respectively, for betaL CTX, and of 1.6 and 0.8, respectively, for alphaD CTX. CONCLUSION Assays for the various isoforms of CTX have different sensitivities to identify patients affected by bone metastases. The alphaL CTX isoform reflecting resorption of young bone appeared to provide the best differentiation of patients affected by breast cancer-induced bone metastases. In conclusion, patients affected by metastatic bone disease present an altered excretion pattern of CTX isoforms.
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Androgen-independent Prostate Cancer: The Evolving Role of Chemotherapy. Prostate Cancer 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012286981-5/50048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] Open
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Paterson AHG. Bisphosphonates: biological response modifiers in breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer 2002; 3:206-16; discussion 217-8. [PMID: 12196279 DOI: 10.3816/cbc.2002.n.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bone recurrence constitutes one third of initial sites of relapse and one half of distant sites of relapse at 10 years from diagnosis of breast cancer. Bone pain, fracture (including vertebral fracture resulting from increased bone resorption following chemotherapy-induced menopause), and hypercalcemia are components of skeletal morbidity. The pathophysiology of malignant osteopathy occurs because of the secretion of substances (such as parathyroid hormone-related peptide), by the malignant cell, which stimulate osteoclast function; this in turn feeds further growth, which causes a vicious cycle. Interruption of this cycle by bisphosphonates may inhibit the growth of malignant cells. Bisphosphonates are drugs that inhibit bone turnover by decreasing bone resorption. Side effects of bisphosphonates include upper gastrointestinal symptoms (in oral nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates) and diarrhea (in oral non-nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates) and an acute phase-like reaction with intravenous (I.V.) pamidronate. Bisphosphonates have different molecular mechanisms of action: Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (eg, pamidronate and alendronate) inhibit the mevalonate-signaling pathway while the non-nitrogen-containing drugs (eg, clodronate) incorporate into adenosine triphosphate analogues. There is in vitro evidence that these drugs also possess anticancer properties. In hypercalcemia patients, treatment with pamidronate and zoledronate produce prompt and efficient normocalcemia. Intravenous pamidronate and zoledronate, oral clodronate, and ibandronate reduce skeletal complications in patients with bone metastases; I.V. pamidronate and clodronate are useful for bone pain relief. Three adjuvant bisphosphonate trials are discussed herein: 2 small open-label studies giving conflicting results and a large placebo-controlled trial of oral clodronate. This latter trial shows a reduction in the incidence of skeletal metastases (while the patients are on therapy) and an improved survival at 5 years.
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- A H G Paterson
- Tom Baker Cancer Center and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Pelger RC, Soerdjbalie-Maikoe V, Hamdy NA. Strategies for management of prostate cancer-related bone pain. Drugs Aging 2002; 18:899-911. [PMID: 11888345 DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200118120-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies and a leading cause of cancer-related death in men worldwide. In the majority of cases, prostate cancer metastases to the skeleton, in which case cancer-related bone pain becomes a major cause of morbidity. Androgen ablation is the treatment of choice for securing regression of skeletal metastases in the majority of cases. Intermittent androgen ablation is an attractive alternative, aimed at minimising adverse effects of hormone deprivation but also potentially delaying hormone-refractoriness. The development of hormone-refractoriness is heralded by a significant increase in morbidity largely because of escalating bone pain caused by the progression of the metastatic process. Skillful use of analgesics is initially successful but eventually fails to control symptoms. Localised metastases are best treated with local radiotherapy that is rapidly effective. Over the last few years, it has become clear that therapeutic modalities using bone-seeking radionuclides or bisphosphonates have been effective in the palliation of prostate cancer-related bone pain, although not affecting survival. The main limiting factor with the use of radionuclides is bone marrow suppression, also a feature of the very late stages of prostate cancer. Bisphosphonates do not carry this disadvantage. Results of large double-blind, placebo-controlled studies should be awaited, however, before advocating the widespread use of these agents in the management of patients with prostate cancer and skeletal metastases.
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- R C Pelger
- Department of Urology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Bone metastases are a common problem in the management of breast cancer and are associated with considerable morbidity. Bone pain, hypercalcaemia, fractures and cord compression all occur requiring interventions such as analgesia, radiotherapy and surgery. Bisphosphonates are drugs that are active in the bone microenvironment. Their effects on osteoclasts are well described: they potently inhibit osteoclast mediated bone resorption by delaying the maturation of immature osteoclasts and by directly inducing osteoclast apoptosis. It has been known for some time that bisphosphonates, in combination with intravenous rehydration, effectively treat hypercalcaemia associated with solid malignancies. It has now been demonstrated In clinical trials in breast cancer patients that regular bisphosphonate administration reduces the morbidity associated with osteolytic skeletal metastases. There is an emerging suggestion from clinical trial work that bisphosphonates may be able to reduce or delay the development of skeletal metastases although this remains controversial as the three published trials present conflicting results. The more potent third-generation bisphosphonates, such as zoledronate, are now being tested for each of these indications with promising results and may replace other bisphosphonates in the future. Laboratory studies have recently demonstrated that bisphosphonates have direct cytotoxic effects against breast cancer cells in vitro, inducing apoptosis and preventing adhesion to bone. This adds support to the hypothesis that bisphosphonates may have a genuine beneficial effect in the adjuvant setting.
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- L M Pickering
- Department of Oncology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
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Ravn P, Neugebauer G, Christiansen C. Association between pharmacokinetics of oral ibandronate and clinical response in bone mass and bone turnover in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Bone 2002; 30:320-4. [PMID: 11792604 DOI: 10.1016/s8756-3282(01)00665-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Data from the 1-year, phase II trial of oral ibandronate for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis are presented (n = 180). Participants were at least 10 years past menopause and had osteopenia defined as a forearm bone mineral density at least 1.5 SD below the premenopausal mean value. Doses were 0.25, 0.50, 1.0, 2.5, or 5.0 mg daily oral ibandronate or placebo. A total of 116 women treated with ibandronate completed the study. Blood samples for pharmacokinetic analyses were drawn 20 min, 40 min, 60 min, 2 h, 4 h, and 6 h after the first and last administration of the study drug. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine the concentration of ibandronic acid (BM 21.0955) in serum (Enzymun-Test System ES 600). The assay is based on streptavidine technology to fix the capture antibody to the wall of the tube. Standards were prepared for each participant using individual drug-free serum. The serum concentration-time curves of ibandronate, expressed as the area under the curve over the sampling period (AUC(0-6h)), revealed a highly significant dose-response relationship, p < 0.0001, and linear pharmacokinetic behavior. An initial half-life (T(1/2lambda1)) in serum representing distribution and early elimination was 1.3 hours. Steady-state AUC (AUC(0-6h ss)) increased by a factor of 2.5, which is consistent with an apparent elimination half-life of 32.6 h and a dosing interval of 24 h. There was an exponential association between AUC(0-6h) (ss) and the change from baseline at month 12 in the bone markers (n = 116): r = -0.37 (serum total osteocalcin), r = -0.65 (urine C-telopeptides of type I collagen), and r = -0.65 (serum C-telopeptides of type I collagen), all p < 0.0001. All bone markers were maximally depressed at values of AUC(0-6h ss) of about 3 ng h/mL. AUC(0-6h ss) furthermore revealed a logarithmic association with change from baseline at month 12 in spine BMD, r = 0.39, p < 0.0001. In conclusion, the serum concentration of ibandronate was determined validly by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The data are the first to show highly significant associations between pharmacokinetic parameters of a bisphosphonate and the clinical response in bone mass and bone turnover.
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- P Ravn
- Center for Clinical and Basic Research, Ballerup, Denmark.
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