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Altinoz MA, Nalbantoglu J, Ozpinar A, Emin Ozcan M, Del Maestro RF, Elmaci I. From epidemiology and neurodevelopment to antineoplasticity. Medroxyprogesterone reduces human glial tumor growth in vitro and C6 glioma in rat brain in vivo. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2018; 173:20-30. [PMID: 30055402 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Glial tumor growth may accelerate during gestation, but epidemiological studies consistently demonstrated that parousity reduces life long risk of glial tumors. Pregnancy may also accelerate growth of medulloblastoma and meningioma, but parousity does not confer protection against these tumors. We were the first to show that medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) reduces rat C6 glioma growth in vitro. Now we aimed to determine the effects of MPA on human brain cancers (particularly glioblastoma) in vitro and C6 glioma in vivo. PATIENTS AND METHODS We evaluated the effects of MPA on: i) monolayer growth of human U87 and U251 glioblastoma, ii) 3D-spheroid growth and invasion of C6 rat glioma and human U251 glioma, iii) interactions with PI3-Kinase inhibitors and coxsackie-adenovirus receptor (CAR) in modifying 3D-spheroid invasion of glioma. RESULTS MPA at low doses (3.25-13 μM) insignificantly stimulated and at high doses (above 52 μM) strongly suppressed the growth of human U87 and U251 cells in vitro. MPA also binds to glucocorticoid receptors similar to dexamethasone (Dex) and unexpectedly, PI3-Kinase inhibitors at low doses suppressed anti-invasive efficacies of MPA and Dex. MPA exerted higher invasion-inhibitory effects on CAR-expressing human glioma cells. Lastly, MPA suppressed growth of C6 glioma implanted into rat brain. CONCLUSION Progesterone analogues deserve to be studied in future experimental models of high grade glial brain tumors.
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- Meric A Altinoz
- Neuroacademy Research Group, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Psychiatry, Maastricht University, Holland, Netherlands.
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Kizilay Hospital, Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Neuroacademy Research Group, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurosurgery, Memorial Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Altinoz MA, Ozpinar A, Elmaci I. Reproductive epidemiology of glial tumors may reveal novel treatments: high-dose progestins or progesterone antagonists as endocrino-immune modifiers against glioma. Neurosurg Rev 2018; 42:351-369. [DOI: 10.1007/s10143-018-0953-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Coppin C, Porzsolt F, Autenrieth M, Kumpf J, Coldman A, Wilt TJ. WITHDRAWN: Immunotherapy for advanced renal cell cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015; 2015:CD001425. [PMID: 26713838 PMCID: PMC10759780 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001425.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This review is being updated and replaced following the publication of a new protocol (Unverzagt S, Moldenhauer I, Coppin C, Greco F, Seliger B. Immunotherapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD011673. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011673). It will remain withdrawn when the new review is published. The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
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- Chris Coppin
- BC Cancer Agency Vancouver Island CentreMedical Oncology2410 Lee AvenueVictoriaBCCanadaV8R 6V5
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- University of UlmClinical Economics, Institute of History, Philosophy and Ethics in MedicineFrauensteige 6UlmGermany89075
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- Minneapolis VA Medical CenterGeneral Internal Medicine (111‐0)One Veterans DriveMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA55417
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Porta C. Maintenance biotherapy with interleukin-2 and interferon for metastatic renal cell cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2014; 6:141-52. [PMID: 16375651 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.6.1.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The term maintenance immunotherapy comprises at least two different therapeutic approaches: the continuation of immunotherapy beyond disease progression and the use of chronic immunotherapy after the achievement of an initial response (or disease stabilization) with more intensive treatment modalities, such as chemotherapy. The former therapeutic approach was proposed in renal cell carcinoma some years ago relying on several immunological considerations. Some years later, we have learned that it is feasible and endowed with a favorable therapeutic index; furthermore, its immunologic effects are well described and reproducible, and it has antitumor activity. However, due to the lack of adequate randomized Phase III studies, the actual impact of this treatment strategy on patient survival has not yet been proved. The rationale of this treatment, its immunological and clinical results, as well as its pitfalls and perspectives, will be presented and discussed in this review.
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- Camillo Porta
- Medical Oncology and Laboratory of Preclinical Oncology and Developmental Therapeutics, IRCCS San Matteo University Hospital, Piazzale Camillo Golgi, 2I-27100 Pavia, Italy.
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BACKGROUND The course of advanced renal cell carcinoma is extremely variable, ranging from spontaneous remission to disease progression refractory to chemotherapy. Immunotherapy has held promise of improved outcomes based on uncontrolled studies and randomized controlled trials generally limited by small size and low power. OBJECTIVES To evaluate immunotherapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma by comparing: (1) high dose interleukin-2 to other options and (2) interferon-alfa to other options. The primary outcome of interest was overall survival at one year, with remission as the main secondary outcome of interest. SEARCH STRATEGY A systematic search of the CENTRAL, MEDLINE, and EMBASE databases was conducted for the period 1966 through end of December 2003. Handsearches were made of the proceedings of the periodic meetings of the American Urologic Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, ECCO - the European Cancer Conference, and the European Society of Medical Oncology for the period 1995 to June 2004. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials that selected (or stratified) patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, utilized an immunotherapeutic agent in at least one study arm, and reported remission or survival by allocation. Fifty-three identified studies involving 6117 patients were eligible and all but one reported remission; 32 of these studies reported the one-year survival outcome. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two reviewers independently abstracted each article by following a prospectively designed protocol. Dichotomous outcomes for treatment remission (partial plus complete) and for deaths at one year were used for the main comparisons. Survival hazard ratios were also used for studies of interferon-alfa versus controls, and for two randomized studies of the value of initial nephrectomy prior to interferon-alfa in fit patients with metastases detected at the time of diagnosis. MAIN RESULTS Combined data for a variety of immunotherapies gave an overall chance of partial or complete remission of only 12.9% (99 study arms), compared to 2.5% in 10 non-immunotherapy control arms, and 4.3% in two placebo arms. Twenty-eight percent of these remissions were designated as complete (data from 45 studies). Median survival averaged 13.3 months (range by arm, 6 to 27+ months). The difference in remission rate between arms was poorly correlated with the difference in median survival so that remission rate is not a good surrogate or intermediate outcome for survival for advanced renal cancer. We were unable to identify any published randomized study of high-dose interleukin-2 versus a non-immunotherapy control, or of high-dose interleukin-2 versus interferon-alfa reporting survival. It has been established that reduced dose interleukin-2 given by intravenous bolus or by subcutaneous injection provides equivalent survival to high dose interleukin-2 with less toxicity. Results from four studies (644 patients) indicate that interferon-alfa is superior to controls (OR for death at one year = 0.56, 95% confidence interval 0.40 to 0.77). Using the method of Parmar 1998, the pooled overall hazard ratio for death was 0.74 (95% confidence interval 0.63 to 0.88). The weighted average median improvement in survival was 3.8 months. T he optimal dose and duration of interferon-alfa remains to be elucidated. The addition of a variety of enhancers, including lower dose intravenous or subcutaneous interleukin-2, has failed to improve survival compared to interferon-alfa alone. Two recent randomized studies have examined the role of initial nephrectomy prior to interferon-alfa therapy in highly selected fit patients with metastases at diagnosis and minimal symptoms: despite minimal improvement in the chance of remission, both studies of up-front nephrectomy improved median survival by 4.8 months over interferon-alfa alone. Recent studies have been examining anti-angiogenesis agents. A landmark study of bevacizumab, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibody, was associated with significant prolongation of the time to progression of disease when given at high dose compared to low-dose or placebo therapy though frequency of remissions or survival were not improved. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS interferon-alfa provides a modest survival benefit compared to other commonly used treatments and should be considered for the control arm of future studies of systemic agents. In fit patients with metastases at diagnosis and minimal symptoms, nephrectomy followed by interferon-alfa gives the best survival strategy for fully validated therapies. The need for more effective specific therapy for this condition is apparent.
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- C Coppin
- Division of Medical Oncology, Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, 13750-96th Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada, V3V 1Z2.
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Mantovani G, Madeddu C, Gramignano G, Lusso MR, Mocci M, Massa E, Ferreli L, Astara G, Macciò A, Serpe R. Subcutaneous interleukin-2 in combination with medroxyprogesterone acetate and antioxidants in advanced cancer responders to previous chemotherapy: phase II study evaluating clinical, quality of life, and laboratory parameters. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS AND ONCOLOGY 2004; 3:205-19. [PMID: 14567291 DOI: 10.1046/j.1359-4117.2003.01096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We carried out an open, non-randomized phase II study including all patients treated with whatever chemotherapy or combined modality regimen for whatever cancer who were in clinical objective response (complete response, CR, or partial response, PR) or stable disease (SD). The treatment consisted of administration of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) at a dose of 1.8 MIU subcutaneously three times/week (every other day) for the first 2 weeks of every month plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) 500 mg/day every other day plus antioxidant agents alpha-lipoic acid 300 mg/day and N-acetyl cysteine 1800 mg/day or carbocysteine lysine salt oral solution 2.7 g/day. The treatment was administered for 1 year except when progression of disease occurred. The primary study endpoints were to define clinical outcome, i.e. duration of response, survival (overall survival, OS and progression-free survival, PFS), the toxicity profile, and the evaluation of quality of life (QL). As secondary endpoints, we measured the changes of lymphocyte count, serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines, IL-2, C-reactive protein (CRP) and leptin, blood levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant enzymes (glutathione peroxidase, GPx and superoxide dismertase, SOD). From July 1998 to June 2003, 42 patients were enrolled in the study (M/F ratio, 39/3; mean age, 62.5 years). Twenty (47.6%) patients were elderly (> 65 years). The majority of patients had either head and neck cancer or lung cancer, 88% had locally advanced or metastatic disease at diagnosis, and 76% had ECOG 0. Forty patients were previously treated with chemotherapy (27 also with radiotherapy), two with IL-2 and interfiron (IFN), one with endocrine therapy and one with only surgery. We obtained an objective response to maintenance treatment of 50%. Median duration of response was 19 months and median PFS was 33 months. Median duration of maintenance treatment was 12 months, median follow-up duration from diagnosis to June 2003 was 40 months, and median follow-up duration from study entry to June 2003 was 17 months. The median overall survival has not been reached. Toxicity was negligible. As for QL, a significant improvement of cognitive functions was observed, whereas all other functioning and symptom scales did not change significantly. As for laboratory parameters, absolute lymphocyte count increased significantly, IL-6, IL-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, CRP, and fibrinogen decreased significantly whereas IL-2 and leptin increased significantly after treatment. ROS decreased significantly, whereas GPx increased significantly after treatment. Patients alive at study end showed a significant increase in absolute lymphocyte count, IL-2, leptin, and GPx and a significant decrease of proinflammatory cytokines, CRP, fibrinogen, and ROS, whereas patients who died before study end exhibited only a significant increase in absolute lymphocyte count, IL-2, and GPx and a significant decrease of ROS. Long-term combined maintenance therapy with rIL-2 + MPA + antioxidant agents is feasible, has a very low toxicity, and results in the improvement of clinical outcome, QL, and laboratory parameters.
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- Giovanni Mantovani
- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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BACKGROUND The course of advanced renal cell carcinoma is extremely variable, ranging from spontaneous remission to disease progression refractory to chemotherapy. Immunotherapy has held promise of improved outcomes based on uncontrolled studies and randomized controlled trials generally limited by small size and low power. OBJECTIVES To evaluate immunotherapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma by comparing: (1) high dose interleukin-2 to other options and (2) interferon-alpha to other options. SEARCH STRATEGY A search of MEDLINE, Cancerlit, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases from 1966 through the end of 1999. Handsearches were made of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Urologic Association, ASCO, and biennial European ECCO meetings, and the references of identified studies. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials that selected (or stratified) patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, utilized an immunotherapeutic agent in at least one study arm, and reported response or survival by allocation. Forty-two studies involving 4216 patients were eligible and reported response and 26 of these reported survival outcome (3089 patients). DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two independent reviewers abstracted each article by following a prospectively designed protocol. Dichotomous outcomes for treatment response (partial plus complete) and for deaths at one year were used for the main comparisons. Survival hazard ratios were also used for studies of interferon-alpha versus controls. MAIN RESULTS The average response rate was 10.2 % (range by arm, 0 - 39%) and complete response rate was 3.2% (123/3852; n = 38 studies). Median survival averaged 11.6 months (range by arm, 6 - 28 months) and two-year survival averaged 22% (16 studies, range by arm 8 - 41%). There were no placebo-controlled studies and no randomized controlled studies examined survival for high dose interleukin-2 versus controls. Results from 6 studies (n = 963) indicate that interferon-alpha is superior to controls (OR for death at one year = 0.67, 95% CI 0.50 - 0.89. The pooled hazard ratio for survival of 0.78 (0.67 - 0.90) indicates that the treatment effect persisted until 24 months from randomization. The weighted average median improvement in survival was 2.6 months. Additional comparisons failed to prove a survival benefit from the addition of other agents to either modified schedules of interleukin-2 or to interferon-alpha. Dose-response studies examining survival for either agent could not be identified. The difference in response rate between arms was correlated with the difference in survival (P<0.001) suggesting that response rate difference may be a surrogate intermediate endpoint for survival. REVIEWER'S CONCLUSIONS Interferon-alpha provides a modest survival benefit compared to other commonly used treatments and should be considered for the control arm of future studies of systemic agents. Interleukin-2 has not been validated in controlled randomized studies.
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- C Coppin
- Division of Medical Oncology, Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, 13750-96th Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada, V3V 1Z2.
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Mazure R, Fernandez Marty P, Niveloni S, Pedreira S, Vazquez H, Smecuol E, Kogan Z, Boerr L, Mauriño E, Bai JC. Successful treatment of retractile mesenteritis with oral progesterone. Gastroenterology 1998; 114:1313-7. [PMID: 9609769 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(98)70438-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Retractile mesenteritis is a rare inflammatory mesenteric disorder that involves the intestine secondarily. The natural history of this process is diverse, but most patients require some empiric therapeutic measures. Up to now, pharmacological therapy has included corticosteroids, colchicine, and immunosuppressive drugs. Although these drugs are successful in most patients, some have been refractory to these therapies and, in others, the beneficial effects were counterbalanced by adverse reactions. Many patients require surgery, but most have poor results. This report describes a 42-year-old man with histologically proven retractile mesenteritis refractory to surgical intervention who had a good response to oral progesterone (10 mg/day for 6 months) with complete disappearance of tumor mass and clinical symptoms. No adverse effects were detected. Current knowledge about the mechanism by which progesterone affects fibrogenesis is scanty. It seems likely that progesterone down-regulates proliferation and metabolism of fibroblasts and fibrogenesis.
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- R Mazure
- Clinical Department, Hospital de Gastroenterologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Canobbio L, Miglietta L, Boccardo F. Medical treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma: present options and future directions. Cancer Treat Rev 1996; 22:85-104. [PMID: 8665566 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-7372(96)90029-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) continues to be disappointing. A large number of hormones, chemotherapeutic agents and combinations have been tested with poor and non-reproducible results. Among the immunological treatments investigated in MRCC, the best results have been claimed with interferons (IFNs) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) and, although no randomized studies have shown higher activity than cytotoxic drugs, hormones or even no treatment, many oncologists feel it justified to consider these biologic agents the treatment of choice for this disease. Of patients treated with alpha-IFN, 15-20% achieve an objective remission and 3-5% achieve a long-lasting complete response. No substantial increase of the therapeutic activity of alpha-IFN was produced by combination with chemotherapeutic agents and gamma-IFN or tumour necrosis factor. High doses of IL-2 with or without lymphokine-activated killer cells led to successful results in about 20-30% of patients with 5-10% complete responses. More recently, less toxic regimens with lower doses of IL-2 alone or combined with alpha-IFN produce similar response rates. Many studies have clarified the importance of prognostic factors in patient selection for response and survival during treatments with IFNs and IL-2. Good performance status, a long interval from diagnosis to treatment, and only one site of disease seem to be the most important predictors for survival. Both IFNs and IL-2 appear to possess encouraging antitumour activity in patients with favourable prognostic factors, but further studies are needed to identify the treatment of choice, the optimal dose regimen and route of administration in this subgroup of patients. Patients with poor prognosis should be encouraged to enter controlled studies aimed to evaluate investigational drugs and new therapeutic methods.
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- L Canobbio
- Department of Medical Oncology II, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova, Italy
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