First-in-humans trial of an RNA interference therapeutic targeting VEGF and KSP in cancer patients with liver involvement

Cancer Discovery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-417

  Tabernero, Josep ^a   Shapiro, Geoffrey I ^d   LoRusso, Patricia M ^g   Cervantes, Andres ^b   Schwartz, Gary K ^h   Weiss, Glen J ⁱ   Paz Ares, Luis ^c   Cho, Daniel C ^e   Infante, Jeffrey R ^j   Alsina, Maria ^a   Gounder, Mrinal M ^h   Falzone, Rick ^f   Harrop, Jamie ^f   White, Amy C Seila ^f   Toudjarska, Iva ^f   Bumcrot, David ^f   Meyers, Rachel E ^f   Hinkle, Gregory ^f   Svrzikapa, Nenad ^f   Hutabarat, Renta M ^f   Clausen, Valerie A ^f   Cehelsky, Jeffrey ^f   Nochur, Saraswathy V ^f   Gamba Vitalo, Christina ^f   Vaishnaw, Akshay K ^f   Sah, Dinah W Y ^f   Gollob, Jared A ^f   Burris III, Howard A ^j   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^g KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HonorHealth and the Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network   (United States)

^j SARAH CANNON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALN VSP; ALPHA INTERFERON; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FAMOTIDINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYZINE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KINESIN; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MIDDLE AGED; NANOPARTICLES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84877120847     PISSN: 21598274     EISSN: 21598290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-12-0429     Document Type: Article

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