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Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts

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    • Hiroshi Tsukihara
    • Fumio Nakagawa
    • Kazuki Sakamoto
    • Keiji Ishida
    • Nozomu Tanaka
    • Hiroyuki Okabe
    • Junji Uchida
    • Kenichi Matsuo
    • Teiji Takechi
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    Affiliations: Translational Research Laboratory, Tokushima Research Center, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kawauchi-Cho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima 771-0194, Japan, Applied Pharmacology Laboratory, Tokushima Research Center, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kawauchi-Cho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima 771-0194, Japan, Tsukuba Research Center, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Okubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2611, Japan
    Copyright: © Tsukihara et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY_NC 3.0].
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TAS-102 is a novel oral nucleoside antitumor agent that consists of trifluridine (FTD) and tipiracil hydrochloride (TPI) at a molecular ratio of 1:0.5, and was approved in Japan in March 2014 for the treatment of patients with unresectable advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer that is refractory to standard therapies. In the present study, we used colorectal cancer xenografts to assess whether the efficacy of TAS-102 could be improved by combining it with bevacizumab, cetuximab or panitumumab. TAS-102 was orally administered twice a day from day 1 to 14, and bevacizumab, cetuximab and panitumumab were administered intraperitoneally twice a week for 2 weeks. Growth inhibitory activity was evaluated based on the relative tumor volume (RTV) after 2 weeks of drug administration and time taken for the relative tumor volume to increase five-fold (RTV5). Tumor growth inhibition and RTV5 with TAS-102 and bevacizumab combination treatment were significantly better than those with TAS-102 or bevacizumab alone in the SW48 and HCT116 tumor models, and the concentration of phosphorylated FTD in tumors determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis was higher in the TAS-102 and bevacizumab combination group than in the TAS-102 monotherapy group. The combination of TAS-102 and cetuximab or panitumumab was also significantly more effective than either monotherapy in the SW48 tumor model. There was no significant difference in the body weight between the mice treated with TAS-102 monotherapy and any of the combination therapies on day 29. Our preclinical findings indicate that the combination therapy of TAS-102, bevacizumab and cetuximab or panitumumab is a promising treatment option for colorectal cancer.
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Tsukihara H, Nakagawa F, Sakamoto K, Ishida K, Tanaka N, Okabe H, Uchida J, Matsuo K and Takechi T: Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts. Oncol Rep 33: 2135-2142, 2015.
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Tsukihara, H., Nakagawa, F., Sakamoto, K., Ishida, K., Tanaka, N., Okabe, H. ... Takechi, T. (2015). Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts. Oncology Reports, 33, 2135-2142. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.3876
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Tsukihara, H., Nakagawa, F., Sakamoto, K., Ishida, K., Tanaka, N., Okabe, H., Uchida, J., Matsuo, K., Takechi, T."Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts". Oncology Reports 33.5 (2015): 2135-2142.
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Tsukihara, H., Nakagawa, F., Sakamoto, K., Ishida, K., Tanaka, N., Okabe, H., Uchida, J., Matsuo, K., Takechi, T."Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts". Oncology Reports 33, no. 5 (2015): 2135-2142. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.3876
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Tsukihara H, Nakagawa F, Sakamoto K, Ishida K, Tanaka N, Okabe H, Uchida J, Matsuo K and Takechi T: Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts. Oncol Rep 33: 2135-2142, 2015.
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Tsukihara, H., Nakagawa, F., Sakamoto, K., Ishida, K., Tanaka, N., Okabe, H. ... Takechi, T. (2015). Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts. Oncology Reports, 33, 2135-2142. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.3876
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Tsukihara, H., Nakagawa, F., Sakamoto, K., Ishida, K., Tanaka, N., Okabe, H., Uchida, J., Matsuo, K., Takechi, T."Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts". Oncology Reports 33.5 (2015): 2135-2142.
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Tsukihara, H., Nakagawa, F., Sakamoto, K., Ishida, K., Tanaka, N., Okabe, H., Uchida, J., Matsuo, K., Takechi, T."Efficacy of combination chemotherapy using a novel oral chemotherapeutic agent, TAS-102, together with bevacizumab, cetuximab, or panitumumab on human colorectal cancer xenografts". Oncology Reports 33, no. 5 (2015): 2135-2142. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2015.3876
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