Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Modeling of hypertension toxicity in response to anti-angiogenic therapy Ron Keizer, Anubha Gupta, Jantien Wanders, Mendel Jansen, Jos H Beijnen, Jan HM Schellens, Mats O Karlsson, Alwin DR Huitema Slotervaart Hospital / NKI-AvL, Amsterdam (NL) / Eisai Ltd, London (UK) / Uppsala University, Uppsala (SE)
Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Angiogenesis inhibition in cancer treatment ●VEGF(R) is a major target ● mAbs, e.g. bevacizumab ● TKI, e.g. sorafenib ●Hypertension occurs in: ● 20-30% of patient on bevacizumab [1,2] ● 15-60% of patients on TKI [3] ●Proteinuria occurs in : ● 21-62% of patient on bevacizumab [4] ● 23–70% of patients on axitinib [5] [1] Cobleigh, Semin. Oncol. (2003) [2] Sane et al. Angiogenesis (2004) [3] Sica, J. Clin. Oncol. (2006) [4] Zhu AmJKidneyDis (2007) [5] Rugo et al. JCO (2005)
Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Angiogenesis inhibition in cancer treatment ●Hypertension is treatable and reversible ●Hypertension is not dose-limiting in most cases ● Anti-hypertensive medication (AH) ●Proteinuria is often dose-limiting ● Limited effect AH therapy ●Treatment interruptions → reduced efficacy [1,2] ●Hypertension correlated with efficacy [3-5] [1] Harshman et al, Onkologie (2008) [2] Blay et al, ASCO (2008; #10554), [3-5] ASCO (2009; #3527,5045,8042)
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Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Model: Structure PharmacokineticsCentralPeriphDoseE7080 k in k out AH BP SystolicBP DiastolicBP Time Conc Start E7080 Time BP
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Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Days of treatment % patient PU Grade 0 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Simulations 25 mg qd (MTD) for 3 months continuous In 47% of patients only PU grade 0/1 In 39% of patients dose-limiting PU AH intervention: 35% dose-limiting
Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Conclusion / Prospects ●Combined model describing hypertension and proteinuria following anti-VEGF treatment General: applicable to other VEGF inhibitors Use in phase II development of E7080 ●Update model: data from other studies / drugs Gain insight into concentration effect relationships Obtain more info on AH effect Investigate possible role of hypertension as biomarker for efficacy
Proprietary Eisai Information. Cannot be reproduced in whole or in part without Eisai’s express written consent – Copyright 2009 Eisai Acknowledgements Mats Karlsson Pharmacometrics group Anubha Gupta Mendel Jansen Jantien Wanders Alwin Huitema Jos Beijnen Jan Schellens Powered by Piraña and