WO2021226148A1 - Methods for treating pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors - Google Patents

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WO2021226148A1
WO2021226148A1 PCT/US2021/030740 US2021030740W WO2021226148A1 WO 2021226148 A1 WO2021226148 A1 WO 2021226148A1 US 2021030740 W US2021030740 W US 2021030740W WO 2021226148 A1 WO2021226148 A1 WO 2021226148A1
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  • the invention relates to methods and medicaments useful for treating solid tumors, e.g., pancreatic adenocarcinoma and other solid tumors with a combination of CEND-1 peptide and anti-cancer therapies, e.g., standard-of-care anti-cancer therapies.
  • solid tumors e.g., pancreatic adenocarcinoma and other solid tumors
  • anti-cancer therapies e.g., standard-of-care anti-cancer therapies.
  • Pancreatic cancer is an especially serious cancer and a life-threatening condition. In most cases, early stages of the disease are asymptomatic and less than 20% of pancreatic cancers are amenable to surgery. Moreover, invasive and metastatic pancreatic cancers respond poorly to existing treatments in chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with response rates typically less than 30%.
  • NCI National Cancer Institute estimate that survival rate for cancer of the exocrine pancreas is less than 5% and the median survival time after diagnosis is less than a year.
  • the continuing poor prognosis and lack of effective treatments for pancreatic cancer highlight an unmet medical need to develop less toxic and more efficient treatment strategies that improve the clinical management and prognosis of patients afflicted with pancreatic cancer.
  • CEND-1 Since the tumor homing and the transport process initiated by CEND-1 have been shown to be active in the PD AC stroma and preclinical studies have shown increased drug penetration and efficacy in different kinds of PD AC models, CEND-1 appears particularly well suited to target PD AC.
  • the method comprises administering CEND-1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a combination with simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of at least one anti-cancer agent or therapy.
  • the tumor is a malignant solid tumor characterized by dense tumor stroma.
  • the tumor is a solid tumor of a cancer selected from the group consisting of: breast cancer, squamous cell cancer, small-cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, bladder cancer, hepatoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial carcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, vulval cancer, thyroid cancer, hepatic carcinoma, and head and neck cancer.
  • the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma.
  • the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (such as Stage 0-IV, and the like.
  • the anti-cancer agent or therapy is selected from the group consisting of: a chemotherapeutic agent, small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid- molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides, anti- angiogenic polypeptides cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells, and/or vaccines (mRNA or DNA).
  • a chemotherapeutic agent small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid- molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic poly
  • the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from one or more of the group consisting of: taxane, docetaxel, paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, a nucleoside, gemcitabine, an anthracycline, doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti metabolite, a platinum agent, cisplatin, carboplatin, a steroid, methotrexate, an antibiotic, adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, a maytansinoid, mertansine, emtansine, an antibody such, trastuzumab, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab, a caspase, caspase-8; diphtheria toxin A chain, Pseudomonas exotoxin A, cholera toxin, lig
  • the CEND-1 (e.g. the iRGD-analog set forth in Figure 2) is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month.
  • CEND-1 is present in a dry formulation or suspended in a biocompatible medium.
  • the biocompatible media is selected from the group consisting of: water, buffered aqueous media, saline, buffered saline, optionally buffered solutions of amino acids, optionally buffered solutions of proteins, optionally buffered solutions of sugars, optionally buffered solutions of vitamins, optionally buffered solutions of synthetic polymers, and lipid-containing emulsions.
  • CEND-1 is administered intravenously.
  • pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma.
  • the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (Stage 0-IV).
  • CEND-1 is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month.
  • a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once
  • CEND-1 is administered in a range amount selected from: 0.01-100, 0.02-90, 0.03-80, 0.04- 70, 0.05-60, 0.06-50, 0.07-40, 0.08-30, 0.09-30, 0.1-25, 0.11-20, 0.12-15, 0.13-10, 0.14-9, 0.15-8, 0.16-7, 0.17-6, 0.18-5, 0.19-4, or 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy;
  • nab-paclitaxel is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-500, 10-450, 20-400, 30- 350, 40-300, 50-250, 60-200, 70-175, 80-160, 90-150, 100-140, 110-140, 115-135 or 120-130 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-5000, 100-4500, 200-4000, 300-3500, 400-3000, 500-2500, 550-2000, 600-1750, 650-1500, 700-1400, 750-1300, 800- 1200, or
  • CEND-1 is administered in a range of 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered at 125 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered at 1000 mg/m2.
  • efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining: Overall Response Rate (ORR), Progression Free Survival (PFS) and/or Overall Survival (OS).
  • efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining one or more of: an Overall Response Rate (ORR) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; a Progression Free Survival (PFS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; and/or an Overall Survival (OS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%.
  • ORR Overall Response Rate
  • PFS Progression Free Survival
  • OS Overall Survival
  • compositions comprising: a CEND- 1/iRGD-analog and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
  • the invention composition corresponds to the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2 (CEND-l/iRGD-analog).
  • the invention iRGD-analog differs from the prior art iRGD peptides in the specific moieties used to block the amino and carboxy termini, which has resulted in significant advantages over prior art cyclic iRGD peptides.
  • the invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog (set forth in Figure 2) has the following Molecular formula C37 H60 N14 014 S2; a MW 989.1; and the recent CAS Registry#: 2580154-02-3.
  • one prior art iRGD with at least one inferior therapeutic property corresponds to an iRGD having the Molecular Formula: C35H57N13O14S2; a Molecular Weight of 948.04; and CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0.
  • proteases such as aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases.
  • favorable and/or improved pharmacokinetic properties are selected from one or more of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or excretion.
  • kits or composition comprising an iRGD-analog (CEND- 1); and an anti-cancer agent.
  • the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2.
  • FIG. 1 shows a waterfall plot described in the Examples.
  • FIG. 2 shows the chemical structure of the invention CEND-1 or CEND-l/iRGD- analog cyclic peptide having the Molecular formula C37 H60 N14 014 S2; a MW of 989.1; and the CAS Registry#: 2580154-02-3. It has all natural amino acids and can also be represented as follows: Ac-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asp-Lys-Gly-Pro-Asp-Cys-NH2 (Cys & Cys Bridge). It can also br represented as follows: L-cysteinyl-L-arginylglycyl-L-. alpha.
  • CEND-1 is a tumor-penetrating peptide (also known as iRGD and internalizing arginylglycylaspartic acid cyclic peptide), with a cyclizing (S-S bond through the cysteine side chains) structure containing nine amino acids.
  • an invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog corresponds to the invention iRGD-analog peptide sequence corresponding to the specific cyclic peptide chemical structure set forth in Figure 2, set forth as Ac-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asp-Lys-Gly-Pro-Asp-Cys-NH2 and having CAS Registry #2580154-02-3.
  • the pharmacological effect of CEND-1 is restricted to tumors via the primary RGD tumor homing motif interaction with an-integrins (highly expressed in growing tumors but not in healthy tissues).
  • the secondary ‘CendR’ - motif modulates the tumor microenvironment via NRP-1.
  • the tumor is a malignant solid tumor characterized by dense tumor stroma.
  • the tumor is a solid tumor of a cancer selected from the group consisting of: breast cancer, squamous cell cancer, small-cell lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, bladder cancer, hepatoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial carcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, vulval cancer, thyroid cancer, hepatic carcinoma, and head and neck cancer.
  • the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma.
  • the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (such as Stage 0-IV, and the like.
  • solid tumor refers to essentially solid neoplasmic growth, with low liquid content that is other than a cyst or tumor metastasis (i.e. at its metastatic stage of disease).
  • the phrase “in a combination” refers to administering more that one therapeutic agent to a respective patient in need thereof.
  • CEND-1 is administered with at least one other anti-cancer therapeutic agent.
  • the phrase “simultaneous, separate or sequential administration” refers to administering CEND-1 at the same time as the one or more other cancer therapeutic agents; or either before or after administration with the co-administered anti-cancer agents; such that the co-administration can be from separate pharmaceutical compositions administered with either the same or different dosing regimens.
  • CEND-1 is administered before the subsequent and sequential administration of the one or more anti-cancer agents.
  • malignant refers to a tumor or cancer in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Malignant cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems.
  • the methods and medicaments of the present invention are suitable for using CEND-1 (e.g., an iRGD-analog) to enhance the therapeutic effects of any anticancer agent used to treat solid tumors.
  • CEND-1 e.g., an iRGD-analog
  • the methods and medicaments of the present invention can thus contain combinations of CEND-l/iRGD-analog with any anticancer agent used to treat solid tumors, such as at least one of a taxane such as docetaxel or paclitaxel (including nab-paclitaxel), a nucleoside such as gemcitabine, an anthracyclin such as doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti-metabolite, a platinum agent such as cisplatin or carboplatin, a steroid such as methotrexate, an antibiotic such as adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, or an antibody such as trastuzumab.
  • a taxane such as docetaxel or paclitaxel (including nab-paclitaxel)
  • a nucleoside such as gemcitabine
  • an anthracyclin such as doxorubicin
  • An anticancer agent whose effects can be enhanced by CEND- 1 can be an antibody such as a humanized monoclonal antibody.
  • the anti-epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab (Herceptin: Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif.) is a therapeutic agent useful in a conjugate for treating HER2/neu overexpressing breast cancers (White et al., Annu. Rev. Med. 52:125-141 (2001)).
  • Anticancer agents whose effects can be enhanced by CEND-1 also can be cytotoxic agents, which, as used herein, can be any molecule that directly or indirectly promotes cell death.
  • cytotoxic agents include, without limitation, small molecules, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid-molecules, cells and viruses.
  • useful cytotoxic agents include cytotoxic small molecules such as doxorubicin, docetaxel or trastuzumab, antimicrobial peptides such as those described further below; pro-apoptotic polypeptides such as caspases and toxins, for example, caspase-8; diphtheria toxin A chain, Pseudomonas exotoxin A, cholera toxin, ligand fusion toxins such as DAB389EGF, Ricinus communis toxin (ricin); and cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells. See, for example, Martin et al., Cancer Res.
  • an anticancer agent whose effects can be enhanced by CEND- 1 can be a therapeutic polypeptide.
  • a therapeutic polypeptide can be any polypeptide with a biologically useful function.
  • Useful therapeutic polypeptides encompass, without limitation, cytokines, antibodies, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides; and anti-angiogenic polypeptides.
  • An anticancer agent whose effects can be enhanced by CEND-1 can be an anti-angiogenic agent.
  • the term “anti-angiogenic agent' means a molecule that reduces or prevents angiogenesis, which is the growth and development of blood vessels.
  • anti-angiogenic agents can be used to treat cancer associated with angiogenesis.
  • anti-angiogenic agents can be prepared by routine methods.
  • Such anti-angiogenic agents include, without limitation, small molecules; proteins such as dominant negative forms of angiogenic factors, transcription factors and antibodies; peptides; and nucleic acid molecules including ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding, for example, dominant negative forms of angiogenic factors and receptors, transcription factors, and antibodies and anti gen-binding fragments thereof. See, for example, Hagedorn and Bikfalvi, Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 34:89-110 (2000), and Kirsch et al., J. Neurooncol. 50:149-163 (2000).
  • the anti-cancer agent or therapy is selected from the group consisting of: a chemotherapeutic agent, small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid- molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides, anti- angiogenic polypeptides cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells, and/or vaccines (mRNA or DNA).
  • a chemotherapeutic agent small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid- molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic poly
  • the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from one or more of the group consisting of: taxane, docetaxel, paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, a nucleoside, gemcitabine, an anthracycline, doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti metabolite, a platinum agent, cisplatin, carboplatin, a steroid, methotrexate, an antibiotic, adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, a maytansinoid, mertansine, emtansine, an auri statin, monomethyl auri statin E (MMAE) and F (MMAF), a natural antimitotic drug, an antibody, trastuzumab, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab, a caspase, caspase-8; diph
  • the CEND-1 (e.g. the iRGD-analog set forth in Figure 2) is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • the phrae “per dose of cancer therapy” refers to the co administration of CEND-1 with one or more anti-cancer agents, such that each time an anti cancer therapeutic is administered, CEND-1 is likewise co-administered to facilitate the therapeutics penetration into the tumor.
  • the co-administration per dose of CEND-1 does not need to be exactly simultaneous with the therapeutic agent(s), and CEND-1 can be administered either before or after the administration of the therapeutic agent.
  • CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month.
  • CEND-1 is present in a dry formulation or suspended in a biocompatible medium.
  • the biocompatible media is selected from the group consisting of: water, buffered aqueous media, saline, buffered saline, optionally buffered solutions of amino acids, optionally buffered solutions of proteins, optionally buffered solutions of sugars, optionally buffered solutions of vitamins, optionally buffered solutions of synthetic polymers, and lipid-containing emulsions.
  • CEND-1 is administered intravenously.
  • the method of the present invention is particularly suitable for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, which is characterized by a prominent dense tumor stroma, acting as a physical barrier to drug entry. Therefore, advanced pancreatic cancer was chosen as the first clinical indication for CEND-1.
  • CEND-1 As an example of clinical usefulness, we show safety and efficacy results of CEND-1 when given alone or in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine, including its ability to enhance tumor response.
  • pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma.
  • the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (Stage 0-IV).
  • the afore described CEND-1 for use in the treatment of pancreatic cancer can be administered in combination with at least one additional anti-cancer drug, which preferably is known to be effective against pancreatic cancer, such as gemcitabine.
  • additional anti-cancer drug which preferably is known to be effective against pancreatic cancer, such as gemcitabine.
  • gemcitabine preferably is known to be effective against pancreatic cancer
  • CEND-1 is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
  • CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month.
  • a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once
  • CEND-1 is administered in a range amount selected from: 0.01-100, 0.02-90, 0.03- 80, 0.04-70, 0.05-60, 0.06-50, 0.07-40, 0.08-30, 0.09-30, 0.1-25, 0.11-20, 0.12-15, 0.13-10, 0.14-9, 0.15-8, 0.16-7, 0.17-6, 0.18-5, 0.19-4, or 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy;
  • nab-paclitaxel is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-500, 10-450, 20- 400, 30-350, 40-300, 50-250, 60-200, 70-175, 80-160, 90-150, 100-140, 110-140, 115-135 or 120-130 mg/m2; and
  • gemcitabine is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-5000, 100-4500, 200-4000, 300-3500, 400-3000, 500-2500, 550-2000, 600-1750, 650-1500, 700-1400, 750- 1300, 800-1200, or 900-1100 mg/m2.
  • CEND-1 is administered in a range of 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered at 125 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered at 1000 mg/m2.
  • efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining: Overall Response Rate (ORR), Progression Free Survival (PFS) and/or Overall Survival (OS).
  • efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining one or more of: an Overall Response Rate (ORR) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; a Progression Free Survival (PFS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; and/or an Overall Survival (OS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%.
  • ORR Overall Response Rate
  • PFS Progression Free Survival
  • OS Overall Survival
  • compositions comprising: a CEND- 1/iRGD-analog and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable excipients are well-known in the art.
  • the CEND-1 compositions can be administered to an individual (such as human) via a bolus injection or an infusion, via various routes, including, for example, intravenous, intra-arterial, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, oral and inhalation, subcutaneous. In some embodiments, the composition is administered intravenously.
  • CEND-1 for Injection is a sterile, white, lyophilized powder supplied as 100 mg per vial of active ingredient dose strength for intravenous administration.
  • CEND-1 Injection consists of CEND-1 drug substance with sodium acetate trihydrate and mannitol as excipients.
  • the invention composition corresponds to the iRGD- analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2 (CEND-l/iRGD-analog).
  • the invention iRGD- analog differs from the prior art iRGD peptides in the specific moieties used to block the amino and carboxy termini, which has resulted in significant advantages over prior art cyclic iRGD peptides.
  • the invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog (set forth in Figure 2) has the following Molecular formula C37 H60 N14 014 S2; a MW 989.1; and the recent CAS Registry#: 2580154-02-3.
  • one prior art iRGD with at least one inferior therapeutic property corresponds to an “academic” iRGD having the Molecular Formula: C35H57N13O14S 2 ; a Molecular Weight of 948.04; and CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0.
  • Advantages of the invention iRGD-analog ( Figure 2; C37 H60 N14 014 S2; MW 989.1), relative to prior art CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0 cyclic peptide and other known iRGD molecules, while maintaining favorable in vitro/in vivo potency and/or efficacy, include one or more of the following:
  • proteases such as aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases.
  • favorable and/or improved pharmacokinetic properties are selected from one or more of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or excretion.
  • the phrase “while maintaining favorable in vitro/in vivo potency and/or efficacy” refers to the continued affect of CEND-1 on the respective therapeutic agents, such that the efficacy and/or potency is not diminished by CEND-1.
  • a kit or composition comprising an iRGD-analog (CEND- 1); and an anti-cancer agent.
  • Example 1 Phase I trial (referred to as CEND-001 trial) of CEND-1 in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
  • CEND-1 was well tolerated in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel and provided clinical benefit in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. When compared to benchmark trials, the response rates are more than doubled.
  • CEND-1 is also referred to herein as the iRGD-analog or CEND-l/iRGD- analogFfiguel corresponding to the chemical structure set forth in Figure 2 and CAS Registry # 2580154-02-3.
  • CEND-1 drug product is a synthetic peptide manufactured using solid phase peptide synthetic techniques with high chemical purity.
  • CEND-1 for Injection is a sterile, white, lyophilized powder supplied as 100 mg per vial of active ingredient dose strength for intravenous administration.
  • CEND-1 Injection consists of CEND-1 drug substance with sodium acetate trihydrate and mannitol as excipients.
  • Results 29 patients completed the first treatment cycle and were evaluable for response (data cutoff, 27 April 2020). No dose limiting toxicities were observed. AEs were generally consistent with those of nabpaclitaxel and gemcitabine. The only drug related grade (gr) 3 - 4 adverse events (AEs) present in >3 patients were neutropenia in 18 (62%) and anemia in 5 (17%) patients. By investigator assessed RECIST 1.1 criteria, 1 pt had a complete response (3.4%), 16 pt. with partial response (55%), 10 pt. with stable disease (34%), and 2 pt. with progressive disease (6.9%). Among the patients with elevated CA19-9 with a postbaseline assessment available, A total of 96% of the patients had a decrease from baseline of at least 20%, and 74% had a decrease of at least 90% and/or had the CA19-9 levels normalized to baseline.
  • Figure 1 corresponds to a waterfall plot of maximum percentage changes from baseline in the size of target lesions according to the Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors 1.1. A total of 16 patients exhibited partial response (55%) and 10 patients had stable disease (34%).
  • the median duration of treatment was 6.9+ months (vs. 3.9 months), with 76% receiving treatment for at least 6 months (vs. 32%). 86% of the patients had reductions in the nab-paclitaxel dose (vs. 41%) and 76% had reductions in the gemcitabine dose (vs. 47%). In total, 53% of all nab-paclitaxel doses administered during the study were at the full dose of 125 mg per square meter (vs. 71%).
  • the median relative dose intensity (the proportion of the administered cumulative dose relative to the planned cumulative dose) in the nab-paclitaxel- gemcitabine group was 78% for nab-paclitaxel and 82% for gemcitabine (vs 81% and 75%, respectively).
  • Table 2 below shows frequencies of bone marrow toxicity observed according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.
  • CTCAE Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
  • the frequency of grade 3-4 bone marrow toxicity in this material was 66% for neutropenia, 14% for leukopenia, 23% for neutropenia, 3% for thrombocytopenia and 24% for anaemia.
  • the data from the iMPACT3 [Von Hoff et al. 2013] phase III trial are shown on the middle column for comparison.
  • CEND-1 was given initially at escalating doses from 0.2 mg/kg to 3.2 mg/kg during a run-in period of 1 to 7 days, during which PK and safety of the single agent were assessed.
  • CEND-1 was eliminated with median Tl/2 values between 1.6 hours and 1.8 hours over all days of PK sampling.
  • CL mean values were between 106.8 mL/h/kg and 266.5 mL/h/kg.
  • the terminal volume of distribution (Vz) mean values were between 220.9 mL/kg and 277.4 mL/kg over all days of PK sampling
  • a DLT in the run-in period was defined as:

Abstract

Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating solid tumor cancers.

Description

METHODS FOR TREATING PANCREATIC CANCER AND OTHER SOLID
TUMORS
[0001] The invention relates to methods and medicaments useful for treating solid tumors, e.g., pancreatic adenocarcinoma and other solid tumors with a combination of CEND-1 peptide and anti-cancer therapies, e.g., standard-of-care anti-cancer therapies.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The National Cancer Institute estimates that in 2018 approximately 1 ,735,350 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 609,640 people will die from the disease. Despite advances in the treatment of certain forms of cancer through surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and most recently immunotherapy, most types of solid tumors are essentially incurable. Even when an effective treatment is available for a particular cancer, the side effects from the treatment can have a significant adverse impact on a patient's quality of life.
[0003] Pancreatic cancer is an especially serious cancer and a life-threatening condition. In most cases, early stages of the disease are asymptomatic and less than 20% of pancreatic cancers are amenable to surgery. Moreover, invasive and metastatic pancreatic cancers respond poorly to existing treatments in chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with response rates typically less than 30%. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimate that survival rate for cancer of the exocrine pancreas is less than 5% and the median survival time after diagnosis is less than a year. The continuing poor prognosis and lack of effective treatments for pancreatic cancer highlight an unmet medical need to develop less toxic and more efficient treatment strategies that improve the clinical management and prognosis of patients afflicted with pancreatic cancer.
[0004] An important reason for why most anti-cancer agents have toxicity and limited efficacy for solid tumors is the fact that anti-cancer drugs only penetrate 3-5 cell diameters deep from the blood vessels, leaving some areas of the tumor exposed to an ineffective concentration of the drug or to no drug at all. As an example, studies have suggested that less than 1% of the administered nabpaclitaxel may be able to penetrate / enter the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissue. SUMMARY.
Improved Penetration of Chemotherapeutics with CEND-1
[0005] The results from both in vivo and in vitro pharmacology and mechanistic studies indicate that combining the invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog (Fig. 2) with chemotherapeutics significantly increases the tumor penetration of these drugs and improves their efficacy. Although the invention methods are applicable to a broad class of cancers and/or solid tumors, the initial indication for this investigational drug is pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PD AC) because, in addition to its poor prognosis, it is characterized by a dense extracellular matrix stroma, which acts as a physical barrier to drug entry. Since the tumor homing and the transport process initiated by CEND-1 have been shown to be active in the PD AC stroma and preclinical studies have shown increased drug penetration and efficacy in different kinds of PD AC models, CEND-1 appears particularly well suited to target PD AC.
[0006] Provided herein are methods for treating, inhibiting, or reducing the volume of a tumor of a cancer in a subject or patient in need thereof, wherein the method comprises administering CEND-1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a combination with simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of at least one anti-cancer agent or therapy. In certain embodiments, the tumor is a malignant solid tumor characterized by dense tumor stroma. In other embodiments, the tumor is a solid tumor of a cancer selected from the group consisting of: breast cancer, squamous cell cancer, small-cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, bladder cancer, hepatoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial carcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, vulval cancer, thyroid cancer, hepatic carcinoma, and head and neck cancer. In another embodiment, the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma. In a particular embodiment, the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (such as Stage 0-IV, and the like.
[0007] In particular embodiments, the anti-cancer agent or therapy is selected from the group consisting of: a chemotherapeutic agent, small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid- molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides, anti- angiogenic polypeptides cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells, and/or vaccines (mRNA or DNA).
[0008] In other embodiments, the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from one or more of the group consisting of: taxane, docetaxel, paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, a nucleoside, gemcitabine, an anthracycline, doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti metabolite, a platinum agent, cisplatin, carboplatin, a steroid, methotrexate, an antibiotic, adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, a maytansinoid, mertansine, emtansine, an antibody such, trastuzumab, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab, a caspase, caspase-8; diphtheria toxin A chain, Pseudomonas exotoxin A, cholera toxin, ligand fusion toxins, DAB389EGF, Ricinus communis toxin (ricin); chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T), chimeric antigen receptor macrophages (CAR-M), chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells (CAR-K), and tumor- infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), anti -PD- 1 antibodies, nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, avelumab, durvalumab; anti-CTLA-4 antibodies ipilimumab; bispecific antibodies, catumaxomab, Modema’s mRNA-4157 and/or BioNTech’s BNT122.
[0009] In particular embodiments, the CEND-1 (e.g„ the iRGD-analog set forth in Figure 2) is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy. In a particular embodiment, CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
[0010] In certain embodiments, CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month. In one embodiment, CEND-1 is present in a dry formulation or suspended in a biocompatible medium. [0011] In particular embodiments, the biocompatible media is selected from the group consisting of: water, buffered aqueous media, saline, buffered saline, optionally buffered solutions of amino acids, optionally buffered solutions of proteins, optionally buffered solutions of sugars, optionally buffered solutions of vitamins, optionally buffered solutions of synthetic polymers, and lipid-containing emulsions. In a particular embodiment, CEND-1 is administered intravenously.
[0012] Also provided herein is a method of treating pancreatic cancer in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of CEND-1, in combination with gemcitabine and/or nab-paclitaxel, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In certain embodiments, the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma. In a particular embodiment, the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (Stage 0-IV).
[0013] In certain ebodiments, CEND-1 is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy. In once embodiment, CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
[0014] In particular embodiments, CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month. In a particular embodiment,
CEND-1 is administered in a range amount selected from: 0.01-100, 0.02-90, 0.03-80, 0.04- 70, 0.05-60, 0.06-50, 0.07-40, 0.08-30, 0.09-30, 0.1-25, 0.11-20, 0.12-15, 0.13-10, 0.14-9, 0.15-8, 0.16-7, 0.17-6, 0.18-5, 0.19-4, or 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-500, 10-450, 20-400, 30- 350, 40-300, 50-250, 60-200, 70-175, 80-160, 90-150, 100-140, 110-140, 115-135 or 120-130 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-5000, 100-4500, 200-4000, 300-3500, 400-3000, 500-2500, 550-2000, 600-1750, 650-1500, 700-1400, 750-1300, 800- 1200, or 900-1100 mg/m2.
[0015] In yet another embodiment, CEND-1 is administered in a range of 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered at 125 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered at 1000 mg/m2.
[0016] In certain embodiments of the invention methods provided herein, efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining: Overall Response Rate (ORR), Progression Free Survival (PFS) and/or Overall Survival (OS). In yet further embodiments, efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining one or more of: an Overall Response Rate (ORR) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; a Progression Free Survival (PFS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; and/or an Overall Survival (OS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%.
[0017] Also provided herein are pharmaceutical composition comprising: a CEND- 1/iRGD-analog and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. In a particular embodiment, the invention composition corresponds to the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2 (CEND-l/iRGD-analog). The invention iRGD-analog differs from the prior art iRGD peptides in the specific moieties used to block the amino and carboxy termini, which has resulted in significant advantages over prior art cyclic iRGD peptides. For example, the invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog (set forth in Figure 2) has the following Molecular formula C37 H60 N14 014 S2; a MW 989.1; and the recent CAS Registry#: 2580154-02-3. Whereas one prior art iRGD with at least one inferior therapeutic property corresponds to an iRGD having the Molecular Formula: C35H57N13O14S2; a Molecular Weight of 948.04; and CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0.
[0018] Advantages of the invention iRGD-analog (Figure 2; C37 H60 N14 014 S2; MW 989.1), relative to prior art CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0 cyclic peptide and other known iRGD molecules, while maintaining favorable in vitro/in vivo potency and efficacy include one or more of the following:
Favorable pharmacokinetic properties;
Improved stability in plasma/serum;
Improved stability in formulated solution;
Improved stability in storage; and/or
Improved protection from proteases such as aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases.
[0019] In certain embodiments, favorable and/or improved pharmacokinetic properties are selected from one or more of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or excretion.
[0020] Also provided herein is a kit or composition comprising an iRGD-analog (CEND- 1); and an anti-cancer agent. In a particular embodiment, the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0021] FIG. 1 shows a waterfall plot described in the Examples.
[0022] FIG. 2 shows the chemical structure of the invention CEND-1 or CEND-l/iRGD- analog cyclic peptide having the Molecular formula C37 H60 N14 014 S2; a MW of 989.1; and the CAS Registry#: 2580154-02-3. It has all natural amino acids and can also be represented as follows: Ac-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asp-Lys-Gly-Pro-Asp-Cys-NH2 (Cys & Cys Bridge). It can also br represented as follows: L-cysteinyl-L-arginylglycyl-L-. alpha. -aspartyl- L-lysylglycyl-L-prolyl-L-. alpha. -aspartyl-, cyclic (l.fwdarw.9)-disulfide, with N-terminal amino group blocked by an acetyl group and the C-terminal carbonyl group by a carboxyamide group. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Provided herein are methods for treating, inhibiting, or reducing the volume of a tumor of a cancer in a subject or patient in need thereof, wherein the method comprises administering CEND-1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a combination with simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of at least one anti-cancer agent or therapy. The invention provides improved methods and medicaments for more effectively treating solid tumors with anti-cancer therapies. CEND-1 is a tumor-penetrating peptide (also known as iRGD and internalizing arginylglycylaspartic acid cyclic peptide), with a cyclizing (S-S bond through the cysteine side chains) structure containing nine amino acids. In a particular embodiment, an invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog corresponds to the invention iRGD-analog peptide sequence corresponding to the specific cyclic peptide chemical structure set forth in Figure 2, set forth as Ac-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asp-Lys-Gly-Pro-Asp-Cys-NH2 and having CAS Registry #2580154-02-3. The pharmacological effect of CEND-1 is restricted to tumors via the primary RGD tumor homing motif interaction with an-integrins (highly expressed in growing tumors but not in healthy tissues). The secondary ‘CendR’ - motif modulates the tumor microenvironment via NRP-1. Based on experimental models, the interaction with neuropilin-1 leads to transformation of the solid tumor microenvironment into a temporary drug conduit, allowing an efficient tumor access of anti-cancer therapies given in combination with CEND-1. Studies have demonstrated that CEND-1 increases, via the above-mentioned tumor microenvironment modulation mechanism, accumulation and penetration of anticancer drugs into tumors, but not into normal tissues. As a result, anti-tumor activity is enhanced, while the therapeutic margins/safety profile is potentially improved. In addition to the invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog (Figure 2); other iRGD peptides and anglogs known in the art, such as those described hereinabove, can be used in the invention methods, in view of the data, dosages and results provided herein.
[0023] In certain embodiments, the tumor is a malignant solid tumor characterized by dense tumor stroma. In other embodiments, the tumor is a solid tumor of a cancer selected from the group consisting of: breast cancer, squamous cell cancer, small-cell lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, bladder cancer, hepatoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial carcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, vulval cancer, thyroid cancer, hepatic carcinoma, and head and neck cancer. In another embodiment, the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma. In a particular embodiment, the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (such as Stage 0-IV, and the like.
[0024] As used herein the phrase “solid tumor” refers to essentially solid neoplasmic growth, with low liquid content that is other than a cyst or tumor metastasis (i.e. at its metastatic stage of disease).
[0025] As used herein, the phrase “in a combination” refers to administering more that one therapeutic agent to a respective patient in need thereof. In particular embodiments, CEND-1 is administered with at least one other anti-cancer therapeutic agent.
[0026] As used herein, the phrase “simultaneous, separate or sequential administration” refers to administering CEND-1 at the same time as the one or more other cancer therapeutic agents; or either before or after administration with the co-administered anti-cancer agents; such that the co-administration can be from separate pharmaceutical compositions administered with either the same or different dosing regimens. In certain embodiments, CEND-1 is administered before the subsequent and sequential administration of the one or more anti-cancer agents.
[0027] As used herein, the term “malignant” refers to a tumor or cancer in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Malignant cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems.
[0028] Based on the novel drug conduit mechanism discovered by the present inventors, the methods and medicaments of the present invention are suitable for using CEND-1 (e.g., an iRGD-analog) to enhance the therapeutic effects of any anticancer agent used to treat solid tumors. The methods and medicaments of the present invention can thus contain combinations of CEND-l/iRGD-analog with any anticancer agent used to treat solid tumors, such as at least one of a taxane such as docetaxel or paclitaxel (including nab-paclitaxel), a nucleoside such as gemcitabine, an anthracyclin such as doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti-metabolite, a platinum agent such as cisplatin or carboplatin, a steroid such as methotrexate, an antibiotic such as adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, or an antibody such as trastuzumab. [0029] An anticancer agent whose effects can be enhanced by CEND- 1 can be an antibody such as a humanized monoclonal antibody. As an example, the anti-epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab (Herceptin: Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif.) is a therapeutic agent useful in a conjugate for treating HER2/neu overexpressing breast cancers (White et al., Annu. Rev. Med. 52:125-141 (2001)).
[0030] Anticancer agents whose effects can be enhanced by CEND-1 also can be cytotoxic agents, which, as used herein, can be any molecule that directly or indirectly promotes cell death. Useful cytotoxic agents include, without limitation, small molecules, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid-molecules, cells and viruses. As non limiting examples, useful cytotoxic agents include cytotoxic small molecules such as doxorubicin, docetaxel or trastuzumab, antimicrobial peptides such as those described further below; pro-apoptotic polypeptides such as caspases and toxins, for example, caspase-8; diphtheria toxin A chain, Pseudomonas exotoxin A, cholera toxin, ligand fusion toxins such as DAB389EGF, Ricinus communis toxin (ricin); and cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells. See, for example, Martin et al., Cancer Res. 60:3218-3224 (2000); Kreitman and Pastan, Blood 90:252-259 (1997); Allam et al., Cancer Res. 57:2615-2618 (1997); and Osborne and Coro nado-Heinsohn, Cancer J. Sci. Am. 2: 175 (1996). One skilled in the art understands that these and additional cytotoxic agents described herein or known in the art can be combined with CEND-1 in the disclosed methods and medicaments.
[0031] In one embodiment, an anticancer agent whose effects can be enhanced by CEND- 1 can be a therapeutic polypeptide. As used herein, a therapeutic polypeptide can be any polypeptide with a biologically useful function. Useful therapeutic polypeptides encompass, without limitation, cytokines, antibodies, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides; and anti-angiogenic polypeptides. An anticancer agent whose effects can be enhanced by CEND-1 can be an anti-angiogenic agent. As used herein, the term “anti-angiogenic agent' means a molecule that reduces or prevents angiogenesis, which is the growth and development of blood vessels. The combination of CEND-1 with anti-angiogenic agents can be used to treat cancer associated with angiogenesis. A variety of anti-angiogenic agents can be prepared by routine methods. Such anti-angiogenic agents include, without limitation, small molecules; proteins such as dominant negative forms of angiogenic factors, transcription factors and antibodies; peptides; and nucleic acid molecules including ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding, for example, dominant negative forms of angiogenic factors and receptors, transcription factors, and antibodies and anti gen-binding fragments thereof. See, for example, Hagedorn and Bikfalvi, Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 34:89-110 (2000), and Kirsch et al., J. Neurooncol. 50:149-163 (2000).
[0032] In particular embodiments, the anti-cancer agent or therapy is selected from the group consisting of: a chemotherapeutic agent, small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid- molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides, anti- angiogenic polypeptides cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells, and/or vaccines (mRNA or DNA).
[0033] In other embodiments, the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from one or more of the group consisting of: taxane, docetaxel, paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, a nucleoside, gemcitabine, an anthracycline, doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti metabolite, a platinum agent, cisplatin, carboplatin, a steroid, methotrexate, an antibiotic, adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, a maytansinoid, mertansine, emtansine, an auri statin, monomethyl auri statin E (MMAE) and F (MMAF), a natural antimitotic drug, an antibody, trastuzumab, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab, a caspase, caspase-8; diphtheria toxin A chain, Pseudomonas exotoxin A, cholera toxin, ligand fusion toxins, DAB389EGF, Ricinus communis toxin (ricin); chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T), chimeric antigen receptor macrophages (CAR-M), chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells (CAR-K), and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), anti -PD- 1 antibodies, nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, avelumab, durvalumab; anti-CTLA-4 antibodies ipilimumab; bispecific antibodies, catumaxomab, anti-CD47 antibodies, enfortumab, sacituzumab, antibody-drug conjugates. Moderna’s mRNA-4157 and/or BioNTech’s BNT122.
[0034] In particular embodiments, the CEND-1 (e.g„ the iRGD-analog set forth in Figure 2) is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy. In a particular embodiment, CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
[0035] As used herein, the phrae “per dose of cancer therapy” refers to the co administration of CEND-1 with one or more anti-cancer agents, such that each time an anti cancer therapeutic is administered, CEND-1 is likewise co-administered to facilitate the therapeutics penetration into the tumor. The co-administration per dose of CEND-1 does not need to be exactly simultaneous with the therapeutic agent(s), and CEND-1 can be administered either before or after the administration of the therapeutic agent.
[0036] In certain embodiments, CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month. In one embodiment, CEND-1 is present in a dry formulation or suspended in a biocompatible medium.
[0037] In particular embodiments, the biocompatible media is selected from the group consisting of: water, buffered aqueous media, saline, buffered saline, optionally buffered solutions of amino acids, optionally buffered solutions of proteins, optionally buffered solutions of sugars, optionally buffered solutions of vitamins, optionally buffered solutions of synthetic polymers, and lipid-containing emulsions. In a particular embodiment, CEND-1 is administered intravenously.
[0038] The method of the present invention is particularly suitable for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, which is characterized by a prominent dense tumor stroma, acting as a physical barrier to drug entry. Therefore, advanced pancreatic cancer was chosen as the first clinical indication for CEND-1. As an example of clinical usefulness, we show safety and efficacy results of CEND-1 when given alone or in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine, including its ability to enhance tumor response.
[0039] Also provided herein is a method of treating pancreatic cancer in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of CEND-1, in combination with gemcitabine and/or nab-paclitaxel, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In certain embodiments, the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma. In a particular embodiment, the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (Stage 0-IV).
[0040] In another embodiment the afore described CEND-1 for use in the treatment of pancreatic cancer can be administered in combination with at least one additional anti-cancer drug, which preferably is known to be effective against pancreatic cancer, such as gemcitabine. In context of the present invention it was found that using a CEND-1 can enhance the clinical activity of other pancreatic cancer drugs such as gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel administered by the intravenous route.
[0041] In certain embodiments, CEND-1 is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy. In once embodiment, CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
[0042] In particular embodiments, CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month. In a particular embodiment,
[0043] CEND-1 is administered in a range amount selected from: 0.01-100, 0.02-90, 0.03- 80, 0.04-70, 0.05-60, 0.06-50, 0.07-40, 0.08-30, 0.09-30, 0.1-25, 0.11-20, 0.12-15, 0.13-10, 0.14-9, 0.15-8, 0.16-7, 0.17-6, 0.18-5, 0.19-4, or 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; [0044] nab-paclitaxel is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-500, 10-450, 20- 400, 30-350, 40-300, 50-250, 60-200, 70-175, 80-160, 90-150, 100-140, 110-140, 115-135 or 120-130 mg/m2; and
[0045] gemcitabine is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-5000, 100-4500, 200-4000, 300-3500, 400-3000, 500-2500, 550-2000, 600-1750, 650-1500, 700-1400, 750- 1300, 800-1200, or 900-1100 mg/m2.
[0046] In yet another embodiment: CEND-1 is administered in a range of 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered at 125 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered at 1000 mg/m2.
[0047] In certain embodiments of the invention methods provided herein, efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining: Overall Response Rate (ORR), Progression Free Survival (PFS) and/or Overall Survival (OS). In yet further embodiments, efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining one or more of: an Overall Response Rate (ORR) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; a Progression Free Survival (PFS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; and/or an Overall Survival (OS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%.
[0048] Also provided herein are pharmaceutical composition comprising: a CEND- 1/iRGD-analog and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Pharmaceutically acceptable excipients are well-known in the art. The CEND-1 compositions can be administered to an individual (such as human) via a bolus injection or an infusion, via various routes, including, for example, intravenous, intra-arterial, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, oral and inhalation, subcutaneous. In some embodiments, the composition is administered intravenously.
[0049] The formulations can be presented in unit-dose or multi-dose sealed containers, such as ampules and vials, and can be stored in a freeze-dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid excipient, for example, saline, for injections, immediately prior to us. [0050] In a particular embodiments, CEND-1 for Injection is a sterile, white, lyophilized powder supplied as 100 mg per vial of active ingredient dose strength for intravenous administration. CEND-1 Injection consists of CEND-1 drug substance with sodium acetate trihydrate and mannitol as excipients.
[0051] In a particular embodiment, the invention composition corresponds to the iRGD- analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2 (CEND-l/iRGD-analog). The invention iRGD- analog differs from the prior art iRGD peptides in the specific moieties used to block the amino and carboxy termini, which has resulted in significant advantages over prior art cyclic iRGD peptides. For example, the invention CEND-l/iRGD-analog (set forth in Figure 2) has the following Molecular formula C37 H60 N14 014 S2; a MW 989.1; and the recent CAS Registry#: 2580154-02-3. Whereas one prior art iRGD with at least one inferior therapeutic property corresponds to an “academic” iRGD having the Molecular Formula: C35H57N13O14S2; a Molecular Weight of 948.04; and CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0.
[0052] Advantages of the invention iRGD-analog (Figure 2; C37 H60 N14 014 S2; MW 989.1), relative to prior art CAS Registry No. 1392278-76-0 cyclic peptide and other known iRGD molecules, while maintaining favorable in vitro/in vivo potency and/or efficacy, include one or more of the following:
Favorable pharmacokinetic properties;
Improved stability in plasma/serum;
Improved stability in formulated solution;
Improved stability in storage; and/or
Improved protection from proteases such as aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases.
In certain embodiments, favorable and/or improved pharmacokinetic properties are selected from one or more of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or excretion.
[0053] As used herein, the phrase “while maintaining favorable in vitro/in vivo potency and/or efficacy” refers to the continued affect of CEND-1 on the respective therapeutic agents, such that the efficacy and/or potency is not diminished by CEND-1. [0054] Also provided herein is a kit or composition comprising an iRGD-analog (CEND- 1); and an anti-cancer agent. The kit of claim 26, wherein the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Phase I trial (referred to as CEND-001 trial) of CEND-1 in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
[0055] This example demonstrates that CEND-1 was well tolerated in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel and provided clinical benefit in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. When compared to benchmark trials, the response rates are more than doubled. CEND-1 is also referred to herein as the iRGD-analog or CEND-l/iRGD- analogFfiguel corresponding to the chemical structure set forth in Figure 2 and CAS Registry # 2580154-02-3.
Materials:
[0056] CEND-1 drug product is a synthetic peptide manufactured using solid phase peptide synthetic techniques with high chemical purity. CEND-1 for Injection is a sterile, white, lyophilized powder supplied as 100 mg per vial of active ingredient dose strength for intravenous administration. CEND-1 Injection consists of CEND-1 drug substance with sodium acetate trihydrate and mannitol as excipients.
[0057] Methods: The open-label, dose escalation, multicenter (3 active sites in Australia) trial involved a run-in phase with ascending doses of CEND-1 monotherapy (1-7 days), followed by the combination of CEND-1 with nab-paclitaxel (125 mg/m2) and gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) on days 1, 8, 15 of a 21 -day treatment cycle. Patients will first receive the intravenous infusion of nabpaclitaxel (125mg/m2 over 30 minutes (±3 minutes)). CEND-1 is given intravenously at the applicable dose level as a slow IV push over 1 minute (±30 seconds) immediately following completion of the post-nabpaclitaxel saline flush. The intravenous infusion of gemcitabine (1000mg/m2 over 30 minutes (±3 minutes)) will be started as soon as possible, but at the latest within 10 minutes of CEND-1 administration.
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[0058] Patients (n=31) who had measurable metastatic pancreatic cancer, no prior treatments for metastatic disease and an ECOGPS of 0 to 1 were included. Primary endpoints are safety and optimal biologic dose, secondary and exploratory endpoints included response rates, pharmacokinetics and biomarkers.
[0059] Results: 29 patients completed the first treatment cycle and were evaluable for response (data cutoff, 27 April 2020). No dose limiting toxicities were observed. AEs were generally consistent with those of nabpaclitaxel and gemcitabine. The only drug related grade (gr) 3 - 4 adverse events (AEs) present in >3 patients were neutropenia in 18 (62%) and anemia in 5 (17%) patients. By investigator assessed RECIST 1.1 criteria, 1 pt had a complete response (3.4%), 16 pt. with partial response (55%), 10 pt. with stable disease (34%), and 2 pt. with progressive disease (6.9%). Among the patients with elevated CA19-9 with a postbaseline assessment available, A total of 96% of the patients had a decrease from baseline of at least 20%, and 74% had a decrease of at least 90% and/or had the CA19-9 levels normalized to baseline.
[0060] Conclusions: Administration of CEND-1 in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine is safe, with no dose-limiting toxicities. The incidence of Grade 3 and 4 Adverse Event is lower than in similar published trials. The median duration of treatment was longer and the response rates were >2 times higher than in the benchmark trials. BASELINE SUBJECT CHARACTERISTICS
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[0061] Frequencies below are compared with iMPACT3 trial, data in parenthesis (Von Hoff et al., 2013).
EFFICACY RESULTS - RESPONSE RATES
[0062] The overall response rate (ORR) for all evaluable patients (N = 29) was 55% (vs. 23%). The overall disease control rate for 16 weeks was 76% (vs. 48%).
[0063] Figure 1 corresponds to a waterfall plot of maximum percentage changes from baseline in the size of target lesions according to the Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors 1.1. A total of 16 patients exhibited partial response (55%) and 10 patients had stable disease (34%).
CA19-9
[0064] A total of 24 patients had an elevated baseline CA19-9 (>37 U/L). Of these, 23 patients had at least one on-treatment CA19-9 measurement. A total of 96% of the patients had a decrease from baseline of at least 20% (vs. 61%), and 74% had a decrease of at least 90% and/or had the CA19-9 levels normalized to baseline.
TREATMENT EXPOSURE
[0065] The median duration of treatment was 6.9+ months (vs. 3.9 months), with 76% receiving treatment for at least 6 months (vs. 32%). 86% of the patients had reductions in the nab-paclitaxel dose (vs. 41%) and 76% had reductions in the gemcitabine dose (vs. 47%). In total, 53% of all nab-paclitaxel doses administered during the study were at the full dose of 125 mg per square meter (vs. 71%). The median relative dose intensity (the proportion of the administered cumulative dose relative to the planned cumulative dose) in the nab-paclitaxel- gemcitabine group was 78% for nab-paclitaxel and 82% for gemcitabine (vs 81% and 75%, respectively).
SAFETY
[0066] Table 2 below shows frequencies of bone marrow toxicity observed according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5. The frequency of grade 3-4 bone marrow toxicity in this material was 66% for neutropenia, 14% for leukopenia, 23% for neutropenia, 3% for thrombocytopenia and 24% for anaemia. The data from the iMPACT3 [Von Hoff et al. 2013] phase III trial are shown on the middle column for comparison.
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Table 2
CENDl-001 STUDY
[0067] In the CENDl-001 trial, as set forth above, CEND-1 was given initially at escalating doses from 0.2 mg/kg to 3.2 mg/kg during a run-in period of 1 to 7 days, during which PK and safety of the single agent were assessed.
[0068] There were 8 patients in Cohort la: 1 patient at dose level 1 (CEND-1 0.2 mg/kg), 1 patient at dose level 2 (0.8 mg/kg), 3 patients at dose level 3 (1.6 mg/kg) and 3 patients at dose level 4 (3.2 mg/kg). There were 23 patients in Cohort lb, 11 patients at dose level 3 (1.6 mg/kg), 11 patients at dose level 4 (3.2 mg/kg), and 1 patient who was assigned to dose level 4 (3.2 mg/kg) but withdrew from the study following the run-in period and only received the run-in dosing with CEND-1 0.2 mg/kg.
[0069] Of the 31 patients enrolled, 29 were evaluated for efficacy, 31 were evaluated for
PK and 30 were evaluated for PD (N=14 at the 1.6 mg/kg CEND-1 dose and N=14 at the 3.2 mg/kg CEND-1 dose level, not including the 2 patients in the CEND-1 low dose group). There were 10 patient deaths reported during the study, 9 caused by progression of primary disease (metastatic pancreatic cancer) and 1 due to a left middle cerebral artery stroke.
[0070] Confirmed objective responses (OR) occurred in 17/29 (58.6%) patients (95% Cl = 38.9, 76.5). The objective response rates for patients treated with CEND-1 1.6 mg/kg and 3.2 mg/kg were 50% (7/14) and 61.5% (8/13) (61.5%), respectively. Disease control was defined as CR + PR + SD > 16 weeks and the disease control rate (DCR) was 64.3% (9/14) in the CEND-1 1.6 mg/kg group and 92.3% (12/13) in the CEND-1 3.2 mg/kg group. Overall, the number of patients with progression was 16/29 (55.2%) and the median time to progression was approximately 9.7 months.
[0071] These response rates (OR) are clearly above and a marked improvement over what has been achieved in comparable trials historically, Table 3. In the Phase 3 registration trial for nab-paclitaxel, the response rate in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer patients treated with the gemcitabine / nab-paclitaxel combo was 23% and the PFS 5.5 months (Von Hoff et ah, 2013).
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Table 3
[0072] Because of the trend for an improved outcome with the 3.2 mg/kg dose level, this was chosen as the dose for further exploration in future studies.
TUMOR BIOMARKERS
[0073] The number of patients with a >50% reduction in CA19-9 from Baseline increased to a high of 20/22 (90.9%) patients at Cycle 5 Day 1.
[0074] Tumor biomarker results of CEND-1 at the dose levels of 1.6 mg/kg and 3.2 mg/kg show a trend of decreasing CA values over successive cycles of dosing. This supports the further development of CEND-1, in combination with drugs such as Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine, in patients with metastatic cancers.
CEND-1 PHARMACOKINETICS
[0075] Overall, the median Tmax for CEND-1 was 0.067 hours over all days of PK sampling (minimum was 0.03, maximum 0.55). There was dose proportional increase in Cmax without increase with repeat dosing.
[0076] Assessment of plasma CEND-1 parameters demonstrated that exposure (AUCO-t, AUC0-6h and AUCO-inf) followed the same pattern described for Cmax with a trend to increase with increased dose. Dose normalized PK parameters (ATiCO-t/D, ATiC0-6h/D and AUCO-inf/D) were similar between visits and doses.
[0077] CEND-1 was eliminated with median Tl/2 values between 1.6 hours and 1.8 hours over all days of PK sampling. CL mean values were between 106.8 mL/h/kg and 266.5 mL/h/kg. The terminal volume of distribution (Vz) mean values were between 220.9 mL/kg and 277.4 mL/kg over all days of PK sampling
CEND-1 SAFETY
[0078] During the CEND-1 run-in during dose escalation, the following definition of DLT was used:
CEND-1 monotherapy:
A DLT in the run-in period was defined as:
-Grade 4 neutropenia lasting > 5 days or Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia with fever and/or infection
-Grade 4 thrombocytopenia (or Grade 3 with bleeding)
-Grade 3 or 4 treatment-related non-hematological toxicity (Grade 3 nausea, vomiting or diarrhea that last > 72 hours despite maximal treatment constitutes a DLT, insufficient treatment will not constitute an exception to the DLT criteria, as this would constitute inadequate conduct of the study)
-Dosing delay greater than 2 weeks due to treatment-emergent AEs or related severe laboratory abnormalities.
[0079] There were no DLTs or grade 3 or 4 adverse events at any CEND-1 dose level during the single agent run-in portion of the study and no clinically significant adverse events attributable to CEND-1 were reported.
During the combination portion of the study, the following definition of dose-limiting toxicity was used:
-Any side effect that is more severe, longer in duration or more frequent than side effects expected from the nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine package insert.
-Any side effect that is not included in the nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine package insert that meets the DLT definition of the monotherapy above. [0080] There were no DLTs reported during the study. The majority of TEAEs were CTCAE grade 1 or 2. The number of reported TEAEs at each grade was similar between CEND-1 dose levels. Overall, the severity of TEAEs did not increase with CEND-l dose. The most common CTCAE grade 3-4 TEAEs by SOC were blood and lymphatic system disorders. Overall, 22 (71.0%) patients reported SAEs. There was no trend of increasing frequency of SAEs with increasing CEND-1 dose. The most common SAEs by SOC were infections and infestations. The safety data for CEND-1 suggest a favorable benefit-risk profile and safety profile. The absence of any CEND-1 monotherapy related SAEs and low frequency of CEND- 1 combination therapy related SAEs supports the continued evaluation of this investigational therapy for metastatic exocrine pancreatic cancer.

Claims

1. A method for treating, inhibiting, or reducing the volume of a tumor of a cancer in a subject or patient in need thereof, wherein the method comprises administering CEND-
1. or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a combination with simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of at least one anti-cancer agent or therapy.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tumor is a malignant solid tumor characterized by dense tumor stroma.
3. The method of claim 1-2, wherein the tumor is a solid tumor of a cancer selected from the group consisting of: breast cancer, squamous cell cancer, small-cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, bladder cancer, hepatoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial carcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, vulval cancer, thyroid cancer, hepatic carcinoma, and head and neck cancer.
4. The method of claim 1-3, wherein the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma.
5. The method of claims-1-4, wherein the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (Stage 0- IV).
6. The method of claim 1-5, wherein the anti-cancer agent or therapy is selected from the group consisting of: a chemotherapeutic agent, small molecule, antibody, antibody drug conjugate, nanoparticle, cell therapy, polypeptides, peptides, peptidomimetics, nucleic acid-molecules, ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, and nucleic acid molecules encoding transgenes, viruses, cytokines, cytotoxic polypeptides; pro-apoptotic polypeptides, anti-angiogenic polypeptides cytotoxic cells such as cytotoxic T cells, and/or vaccines (mRNA or DNA).
7. The method of claims 1-6, wherein the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from one or more of the group consisting of: taxane, docetaxel, paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, a nucleoside, gemcitabine, an anthracycline, doxorubicin, an alkylating agent, a vinca alkaloid, an anti-metabolite, a platinum agent, cisplatin, carboplatin, a steroid, methotrexate, an antibiotic, adriamycin, an isofamide, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, a maytansinoid, mertansine, emtansine, an antibody such, trastuzumab, an anti- epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, trastuzumab, a caspase, caspase-8; diphtheria toxin A chain, Pseudomonas exotoxin A, cholera toxin, ligand fusion toxins, DAB389EGF, Ricinus communis toxin (ricin); chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T), chimeric antigen receptor macrophages (CAR-M), chimeric antigen receptor natural killer cells (CAR-K), and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), anti -PD- 1 antibodies, nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, avelumab, durvalumab; anti-CTLA-4 antibodies ipilimumab; bispecific antibodies, catumaxomab, Moderna’s mRNA-4157 and/or BioNTech’s BNT122.
8. The method of claims 1-7, wherein CEND-1 is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
9. The method of claims 1-8, wherein CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
10. The method of claims 1-9, wherein CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3 rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month.
11. The method of claims 1-10, wherein CEND-1 is present in a dry formulation or suspended in a biocompatible medium.
12. The method of claim 1-9, wherein the biocompatible media is selected from the group consisting of: water, buffered aqueous media, saline, buffered saline, optionally buffered solutions of amino acids, optionally buffered solutions of proteins, optionally buffered solutions of sugars, optionally buffered solutions of vitamins, optionally buffered solutions of synthetic polymers, and lipid-containing emulsions.
13. The method of claims 1-12, wherein CEND-1 is administered intravenously.
14. A method of treating pancreatic cancer in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of CEND-1, in combination with gemcitabine and/or nab-paclitaxel, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the pancreatic cancer is selected from the group consisting of: primary pancreatic cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, refractory pancreatic cancer, cancer drug resistant pancreatic cancer and adenocarcinoma.
16. The method of claims 15, wherein the cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma (Stage 0- IV).
17. The method of claims 14-16, wherein CEND-1 is administered in an amount selected from the group consisting of: about 0.2 to 20 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.3 to 17 mg/kg body weight/ per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.4 to 14 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.5 to 11 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.6 to 8 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.7 to 5 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy, about 0.8 to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
18. The method of claims 14-17, wherein CEND-1 is administered in an amount corresponding to 3.2 mg/kg body weight/per dose of cancer therapy.
19. The method of claims 14-18, wherein CEND-1 is administered before or during the administration of anti-cancer therapy, wherein the cancer therapy is at a dosing regimen selected from the group consisting of: 4 times/day, 3 times/day, twice daily, once daily, once every other day, once every 2nd day, once every 3rd day, once every 4th day, once every 5th day, once every 6th day, once weekly, once every 8th day, once every 9th day, once every 10th day, once every 11th day, once every 12th day, once every 13th day, once every 2 weeks, once every 3 weeks, and/or once per month.
20. The method of claim 14-19, wherein: CEND-1 is administered in a range amount selected from: 0.01-100, 0.02-90, 0.03-80, 0.04-70, 0.05-60, 0.06-50, 0.07-40, 0.08-30, 0.09-30, 0.1-25, 0.11-20, 0.12- 15, 0.13-10, 0.14-9, 0.15-8, 0.16-7, 0.17-6, 0.18-5, 0.19-4, or 0.2-3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-500, 10-450, 20-400, 30-350, 40-300, 50-250, 60-200, 70-175, 80-160, 90-150, 100-140, 110-140, 115-135 or 120-130 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered in a range amount selected from: 1-5000, 100- 4500, 200-4000, 300-3500, 400-3000, 500-2500, 550-2000, 600-1750, 650-1500, 700- 1400, 750-1300, 800-1200, or 900-1100 mg/m2.
21. The method of claims 14-20, wherein: CEND-1 is administered in a range of 0.2- 3.2 mg/kg body weight/day or per dose of chemotherapy; nab-paclitaxel is administered at 125 mg/m2; and gemcitabine is administered at 1000 mg/m2.
22. The method of claims 1-21, wherein efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining: Overall Response Rate (ORR), Progression Free Survival (PFS) and/or Overall Survival (OS).
23. The method of claims 1-22, wherein efficacy or clinical activity of the method is measured by determining one or more of: an Overall Response Rate (ORR) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; a Progression Free Survival (PFS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%; and/or an Overall Survival (OS) selected from greater than 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or greater that 95%.
24. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a CEND-l/iRGD-analog and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
25. The composition of claim 24, wherein the CEND-l/iRGD-analog corresponds to the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2.
26. The composition of claim 24-25, wherein the iRGD-analog (Figure 2) has one or more improved properties, relative to a prior art iRGD molecule, while maintaining favorable in vitro/in vivo potency and/or efficacy selected from the group consisting of:
Improved pharmacokinetic properties;
Improved stability in plasma/serum;
Improved stability in formulated solution;
Improved stability in storage; and/or
Improved protection from proteases such as aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases.
27. The composition of claim 24-26, wherein improved pharmacokinetic properties are selected from one or more of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or excretion.
28. A kit or composition comprising an iRGD-analog (CEND-1); and an anti-cancer agent.
29. The kit of claim 26, wherein the iRGD-analog is set forth as the structure in Figure 2
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