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Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1574-8928
ISSN (Online): 2212-3970

Insulin-like Growth Factor: Current Concepts and New Developments in Cancer Therapy

Author(s): Erin R. King and Kwong-Kwok Wong

Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012

Page: [14 - 30] Pages: 17

DOI: 10.2174/157489212798357930

Price: $65

Abstract

The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family and the IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) play an important role in cancer. This intricate and complex signaling pathway provides many opportunities for therapeutic intervention, and several novel therapeutics aimed at the IGF-1R, particularly monoclonal antibodies and small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors, are under clinical investigation. This article provides a patent overview of the IGF signaling pathway and its complexity, addresses the justification for the use of IGF-1R-targeted therapy, and reviews the results of in vivo and in vitro novel therapeutics. Over the past year, the completion of several phase I, II, and III trials have provided interesting new information about the clinical activity of these novel compounds, particularly CP-751,871, IMC-A12, R1507, AMG-479, AVE-1642, MK-0646, XL-228, OSI-906, and BMS-754807. We review the important preliminary results from clinical trials with these compounds and conclude with a discussion about future therapeutic efforts.

Keywords: Cancer, clinical trials, insulin-like growth factor, insulin receptor, IGF-1R, IGF-1R inhibitor, monoclonal antibody, targeted therapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, cell cycle


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