Feasibility and Efficacy of Eribulin Mesilate in Korean Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Korean Multi-center Phase IV Clinical Study Results / Journal of the Korean Cancer Association, 대한암학회지

PURPOSE: Eribulin mesilate was approved for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC), who had received at least two chemotherapeutic regimens, including anthracycline and taxane. On the other hand, the efficacy and safety information of eribulin in Korean patients is limited by the lack of clinical trials. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this multicenter, open-label, single-arm, phase IV study, locally advanced or MBC patients were enrolled between June 2013 and April 2014 from 14 centers in Korea. One point four mg/m2 dose of eribulin was administered on days 1 and 8 of every 21 days. The primary endpoint was the frequency and intensity of the treatment emergent adverse event. The secondary endpoint was the disease control rate, which included the rate of complete responses, partial responses, and stable disease. RESULTS: A total of 101 patients received at least one dose of eribulin and were included in the safety set. The patients received a total of 543 treatment cycles, with a median of three cycles (range, 1 to 31 cycles). The most common adverse event was neutropenia (91.1% of patients, 48.3% of cycles). The frequent non-hematological adverse events included alopecia, decrease in appetite, fatigue/asthenia, and myalgia/arthralgia. The peripheral neuropathy of any grade occurred in 27 patients (26.7%), including grade 3 in two patients. Disease control rate was 52.7% and 51.3% of patients in the full analysis set and per-protocol set, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated the feasible safety profile and activity of eribulin in Korean patients with MBC.

Single Blinded, Randomized, Active Drug Comparative, Multi-center Study to Evaluate the Therapeutic Efficacy of Gliptide(R)Tab (Sulglycotide 200 mg) in Gastritis Patients; Phase IV Study / 대한소화기내시경학회지

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Sulglycotide is a sulphoglycopeptide with antiulcer and cytoprotective activity that is derived from the porcine duodenal mucosa. This study carried out a 3-week single blinded, randomized, multicenter, noninferiority trial to compare the efficacy of oral sulglycotide in treating symptomatic erosive gastritis with that of rebamipide. METHODS: Seventy-three patients with symptomatic erosive gastritis were randomized to receive 3 weeks of treatment with either sulglycotide or rebamipide. The primary efficacy parameter was the endoscopic cure rate and the endoscopic improvement rate, and the secondary parameter was the improvement rate in the dyspepsia symptom scores. RESULTS: Of the 73 patients recruited, 36 received sulglycotide and 37 received rebamipide. The endoscopic cure rate in the sulgycotide and rebamipide group was 29.6% and 25.0% according to per protocol (PP) analysis, respectively (p=0.69). The endoscopic improvement rate in the sulglycotide and rebamipide group was 63.0% and 62.5% according to PP analysis, respectively (p=0.97). The symptomatic improvement rate in the sulgycotide and rebamipide group was 51.9% and 53.1% according to PP analysis, respectively (p=0.74). The result of 90% CIs for the difference in endoscopic cure rate, endoscopic improvement rate and symptom improvement rate between the two groups met the criteria for the non-inferiority of sulglycotide to rebamipide. CONCLUSIONS: Sulglycotide was not inferior to rebamipide in both erosion healing and symptom relief in patients with acute and chronic gastritis.