NAMPT inhibitor GMX1778 enhances the efficacy of 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment of neuroendocrine tumors

AK Elf, P Bernhardt, T Hofving… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
AK Elf, P Bernhardt, T Hofving, Y Arvidsson, E Forssell-Aronsson, B Wängberg, O Nilsson…
Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2017Soc Nuclear Med
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can be treated by peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
using radiolabeled somatostatin analogs. However, the efficacy of such treatment is low and
needs to be optimized. Our study evaluated the potential radiosensitizing effects of inhibition
of nicotineamide phosphoribosyltransferase on 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment in a NET
model. Methods: Nude mice xenografted with the human NET cell line GOT1 were treated
with semiefficient doses of 177Lu-DOTATATE (7.5 MBq, intravenously) or the nicotineamide …
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can be treated by peptide receptor radionuclide therapy using radiolabeled somatostatin analogs. However, the efficacy of such treatment is low and needs to be optimized. Our study evaluated the potential radiosensitizing effects of inhibition of nicotineamide phosphoribosyltransferase on 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment in a NET model.
Methods
Nude mice xenografted with the human NET cell line GOT1 were treated with semiefficient doses of 177Lu-DOTATATE (7.5 MBq, intravenously) or the nicotineamide phosphoribosyltransferase inhibitor GMX1778 (100 mg/kg/wk, orally).
Results
Median time to tumor progression (tumor volume larger than at day 0) was 3 d for controls, 7 d for single-dose GMX1778, 28 d for single-dose 177Lu-DOTATATE, 35 d for 3 weekly doses of GMX1778, and 98 d for combined treatment with 177Lu-DOTATATE and GMX1778 × 1. After 177Lu-DOTATATE and 3 weekly doses of GMX1778, none of the tumors progressed within 120 d.
Conclusion
GMX1778 enhances the efficacy of 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment and induces a prolonged antitumor response.
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