Circulating thrombospondin 1 level as a surrogate marker in patients receiving cyclophosphamide-based metronomic chemotherapy

Invest New Drugs. 2012 Feb;30(1):403-4. doi: 10.1007/s10637-010-9443-1. Epub 2010 May 7.

Abstract

Several previous reports suggest that thrombospondin (TSP-1) may be a mediator of the antiangiogenic effects of low-dose metronomic cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy (MC). We conducted a randomized phase II trial evaluating megestrol acetate (n = 44) versus MC (n = 44) in patients having exhausted all standard treatments. We measured the TSP-1 levels at baseline and D15. We did not observe significant differences in TSP-1 at baseline in the two arms (p = 0.07). TSP-1 levels decreased in patients receiving metronomic cyclophosphamide (from 16.6 ± 7.2 µg/ml to 12.8 ± 7.4 µg/ml; p = 0.057). The TSP-1 level was stable in patients receiving megestrol acetate. Nevertheless, the TSP-1 level driven by MC did not correlate to clinical benefit.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase II
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Metronomic
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / administration & dosage*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis*
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage*
  • Disease Progression
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • France
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / blood
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thrombospondin 1 / blood*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Thrombospondin 1
  • Cyclophosphamide