Supplemental Figures 1-5 and Methods from Translational Impact of Nanoparticle–Drug Conjugate CRLX101 with or without Bevacizumab in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Pham, Elizabeth; Birrer, Michael J.; Eliasof, Scott; Garmey, Edward G.; Lazarus, Douglas; Lee, Christina R.; Man, Shan; Matulonis, Ursula A.; Peters, Christian G.; Xu, Ping; Krasner, Carolyn; Kerbel, Robert S.

doi:10.1158/1078-0432.22458377.v1

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Supplemental Figures 1-5 and Methods from Translational Impact of Nanoparticle–Drug Conjugate CRLX101 with or without Bevacizumab in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

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posted on 2023-03-31, 18:42 authored by Elizabeth Pham, Michael J. Birrer, Scott Eliasof, Edward G. Garmey, Douglas Lazarus, Christina R. Lee, Shan Man, Ursula A. Matulonis, Christian G. Peters, Ping Xu, Carolyn Krasner, Robert S. Kerbel

Supplemental Figures 1-5 and Methods. This file describes the change in HIF-1α, HIF-2α and downstream markers (Fig. S1), anti-tumor efficacy and change in HIF-1α when combining CRLX101 with Aflibercept (Fig. S2) or Pazopanib (Fig. S3), dose-dependent tumor efficacy and toxicity of CRLX101 in SCID mice (Fig. S4), and change in uptake of CRLX101 when administered with Bevacizumab (Fig. S5). Detailed methods describe immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence and western blot analyses.

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ARTICLE ABSTRACT

Purpose: Increased tumor hypoxia and hence elevated hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1α) is thought to limit the efficacy of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway–targeting drugs by upregulating adaptive resistance genes. One strategy to counteract this is to combine antiangiogenic drugs with agents able to suppress HIF1α. One such possibility is the investigational drug CRLX101, a nanoparticle–drug conjugate (NDC) containing the payload camptothecin, a known topoisomerase-I poison.Experimental Design: CRLX101 was evaluated both as a monotherapy and combination with bevacizumab in a preclinical mouse model of advanced metastatic ovarian cancer. These preclinical studies contributed to the rationale for undertaking a phase II clinical study to evaluate CRLX101 monotherapy in patients with advanced platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.Results: Preclinically, CRLX101 is highly efficacious as a monotherapy when administered at maximum-tolerated doses. Furthermore, chronic low-dose CRLX101 with bevacizumab reduced bevacizumab-induced HIF1α upregulation and resulted in synergistic efficacy, with minimal toxicity in mice. In parallel, initial data reported here from an ongoing phase II clinical study of CRLX101 monotherapy shows measurable tumor reductions in 74% of patients and a 16% RECIST response rate to date.Conclusions: Given these preclinical and initial clinical results, further clinical studies are currently evaluating CRLX101 in combination with bevacizumab in ovarian cancer and warrant the evaluation of this therapy combination in other cancer types where HIF1α is implicated in pathogenesis, as it may potentially be able to improve the efficacy of antiangiogenic drugs. Clin Cancer Res; 21(4); 808–18. ©2014 AACR.