Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, which has been demonstrated to induce anti-tumour effects in different types of neuroendocrine tumours, has never been evaluated in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo effects of everolimus in combination with octreotide in MTC. Two patients with progressive metastatic MTC and high calcitonin levels were treated with everolimus 5-10 mg/day. Both patients were under treatment with octreotide LAR at the study entry. An in vitro study was also performed to assess everolimus effects on MTC cell lines (TT and MZ-CRC-1 cells). A tumour response was observed in both patients. Serum calcitonin decreased by 86% in patient 1 and by 42% in patient 2. In TT and MZ-CRC-1 cells, everolimus induced a significant dose-dependent inhibition in cell proliferation. This effect seems to be related to a cell cycle arrest in G(0) /G(1) phase in both cell lines and to the induction of cellular senescence in TT cells. Everolimus in combination with octreotide may be active as anti-tumour therapy in patients with progressive metastatic MTC, suggesting to further evaluate this agent in MTC patients in a large prospective study.

Everolimus is an active agent in medullary thyroid cancer: a clinical and in vitro study / Faggiano, A; Ramundo, V; Dicitore, A; Castiglioni, S; Borghi, M O; Severino, R; Ferolla, P; Crinò, L; Abbruzzese, A; Sperlongano, P; Caraglia, M; Ferone, D; Hofland, L; Colao, A; Vitale, G. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1582-4934. - 16:7(2012), pp. 1563-1572. [10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01438.x]

Everolimus is an active agent in medullary thyroid cancer: a clinical and in vitro study

Faggiano, A;Ramundo, V;
2012

Abstract

Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, which has been demonstrated to induce anti-tumour effects in different types of neuroendocrine tumours, has never been evaluated in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo effects of everolimus in combination with octreotide in MTC. Two patients with progressive metastatic MTC and high calcitonin levels were treated with everolimus 5-10 mg/day. Both patients were under treatment with octreotide LAR at the study entry. An in vitro study was also performed to assess everolimus effects on MTC cell lines (TT and MZ-CRC-1 cells). A tumour response was observed in both patients. Serum calcitonin decreased by 86% in patient 1 and by 42% in patient 2. In TT and MZ-CRC-1 cells, everolimus induced a significant dose-dependent inhibition in cell proliferation. This effect seems to be related to a cell cycle arrest in G(0) /G(1) phase in both cell lines and to the induction of cellular senescence in TT cells. Everolimus in combination with octreotide may be active as anti-tumour therapy in patients with progressive metastatic MTC, suggesting to further evaluate this agent in MTC patients in a large prospective study.
2012
Aged; Apoptosis; Blotting, Western; Calcitonin; Cell Cycle; Cell Proliferation; Cellular Senescence; Diphosphonates; Everolimus; Humans; Imidazoles; Male; Middle Aged; Sirolimus; Thyroid Neoplasms; Thyroidectomy; Treatment Outcome; beta-Galactosidase
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Everolimus is an active agent in medullary thyroid cancer: a clinical and in vitro study / Faggiano, A; Ramundo, V; Dicitore, A; Castiglioni, S; Borghi, M O; Severino, R; Ferolla, P; Crinò, L; Abbruzzese, A; Sperlongano, P; Caraglia, M; Ferone, D; Hofland, L; Colao, A; Vitale, G. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1582-4934. - 16:7(2012), pp. 1563-1572. [10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01438.x]
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