SB497115 is an oral agent which activates the thrombopoietin receptor and increases platelet counts in healthy volunteers. This study is examining several different doses of SB497115 versus placebo as treatment for patients with advanced solid tumors scheduled to receive chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel every 21 days. Patients will receive SB497115 on days 2-11 of each 21 day cycle for at least 2 cycles of chemotherapy and for a maximum of 8 cycles of chemotherapy.
<b>OBJECTIVES: </b>Eltrombopag, an oral, nonpeptide thrombopoietin receptor agonist, has been shown to increase platelet counts in adults with chronic immune thrombocytopenia and chronic hepatitis C. This multicenter phase 2 study assessed the efficacy and safety of eltrombopag in patients receiving first-line carboplatin/paclitaxel for the treatment of advanced solid tumors.<b>RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: </b>Patients (N = 183) were randomized to placebo or eltrombopag 50 mg, 75 mg, or 100 mg given orally following chemotherapy on days 2 through 11 of each 21-day cycle, for at least two cycles. The primary endpoint was the difference in platelet count from day 1 in cycle 2 to the platelet nadir in cycle 2.<b>Clinical Trial Registry Number: </b>NCT00102726.<b>RESULTS: </b>Although the primary endpoint was not met, postnadir platelet counts increased during cycles 1 and 2 in all eltrombopag treatment groups compared with placebo. The most commonly reported adverse events across all study arms (including placebo) were nausea and alopecia and eltrombopag was generally well tolerated.<b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>This study provides preliminary information that eltrombopag does increase platelets in patients receiving chemotherapy for advanced solid tumors. Further investigation is needed to identify the optimal dose(s) and schedule of eltrombopag in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy.
SB497115 is an oral agent which activates the thrombopoietin receptor and increases platelet counts in healthy volunteers. This study is examining several different doses of SB497115 versus placebo as treatment for patients with advanced solid tumors scheduled to receive chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel every 21 days. Patients will receive SB497115 on days 2-11 of each 21 day cycle for at least 2 cycles of chemotherapy and for a maximum of 8 cycles of chemotherapy.
