Phase 1 dose escalation study of the allosteric AKT inhibitor BAY 1125976 in advanced solid cancer-Lack of association between activating AKT mutation and AKT inhibition-derived efficacy [PDF]
This open-label, phase I first-in-human study (NCT01915576) of BAY 1125976, a highly specific and potent allosteric inhibitor of AKT1/2, aimed to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and maximum tolerated dose of BAY 1125976 in patients with advanced ...
Boix, Oliver +14 more
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Preclinical evaluation of drugs to block inflammation-driven preterm birth [PDF]
Intrauterine inflammation, the major cause of early preterm birth, can have microbial and sterile aetiologies. We assessed in a Transwell model the anti-inflammatory efficacies of five drugs on human extraplacental membranes delivered after preterm spontaneous labour (30–34 wk).
Demelza J, Ireland +7 more
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Biomarker-Drug and Liquid Biopsy Co-development for Disease Staging and Targeted Therapy: Cornerstones for Alzheimer's Precision Medicine and Pharmacology. [PDF]
Systems biology studies have demonstrated that different (epi)genetic and pathophysiological alterations may be mapped onto a single tumor's clinical phenotype thereby revealing commonalities shared by cancers with divergent phenotypes.
Goetzl, Edward J +4 more
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Delivering drugs effectively to the central nervous system (CNS) is a major challenge in drug development, including adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy.
Takuro Okai +12 more
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Combined Treatment with MEK and mTOR Inhibitors is Effective in In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. [PDF]
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer histotype, characterized by high biological aggressiveness and scarce treatment options.
Calvisi, Diego F +14 more
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The current preclinical pipeline for drug discovery can be cumbersome and costly, which limits the number of compounds that can effectively be transitioned to use as therapies.
Chansey J. Veinotte +2 more
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Study protocol for THINK : a multinational open-label phase I study to assess the safety and clinical activity of multiple administrations of NKR-2 in patients with different metastatic tumour types [PDF]
Introduction: NKR-2 are autologous T cells genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a fusion of the natural killer group 2D (NKG2D) receptor with the CD3 zeta signalling domain, which associates with the adaptor ...
Aftimos, Philippe +15 more
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In the last decades three-dimensional (3D) in vitro cancer models have been proposed as a bridge between bidimensional (2D) cell cultures and in vivo animal models, the gold standards in the preclinical assessment of anticancer drug efficacy. 3D in vitro
Elena M. Tosca +3 more
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EXPERT EVALUATION OF PRECLINICAL STUDIES OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PHARMACODYNAMICS OF MEDICINES
The article dwells upon the results of comparative analysis of the Russian national requirements and EAEU regulations dealing with evaluation of preclinical pharmacological studies.
G. N. Engalycheva +3 more
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L-Tetrahydropalamatine: A Potential New Medication for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction [PDF]
Levo-tetrahydropalmatine (l-THP) is an active constituent of herbal preparations containing plant species of the genera Stephania and Corydalis and has been approved and used in China for a number of clinical indications under the drug name Rotundine ...
Mantsch, John R., Wang, Jia Bei
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