Background. Copanlisib is a pan-class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor with activity against all four PI3K class I isoforms (PI3Kα, PI3Kβ, PI3Kγ, and PI3Kδ). Copanlisib was approved for use by… Click to show full abstract
Background. Copanlisib is a pan-class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor with activity against all four PI3K class I isoforms (PI3Kα, PI3Kβ, PI3Kγ, and PI3Kδ). Copanlisib was approved for use by the FDA in the treatment of refractory follicular lymphoma in 2017. Preclinical data have suggested that deregulation of the PI3K pathway is a key driver of multiple malignancies. The relevance of this pathway in osteosarcoma tumorigenesis remains a subject of debate, however, whole genome and RNA sequencing data have revealed several PI3K aberrations in osteosarcoma tumor samples. The in vivo effects of copanlisib were studied in the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium osteosarcoma xenograft models. Methods. The in vivo anticancer effects of copanlisib were assessed in a panel of 6 osteosarcoma models (OS-2, OS-9, OS-31, OS-33, OS-36, and OS-60). Copanlisib was administered by oral gavage at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day, two days on and five days off, repeated weekly for 4 weeks. Time to event and tumor volume responses were defined and analyzed utilizing standard PPTC statistical methods. Results. Copanlisib was well tolerated in the models with minimal weight loss and no treatment related mortality as compared to controls. Copanlisib induced prolonged event-free survival (EFS) in 5/6 osteosarcoma models (p Citation Format: Douglas Harrison, Jonathan Gill, Pooja Hingorani, Michael Roth, Wendong Zhang, Beverly Teicher, Eric J. Earley, Stephen W. Erickson, Gregory Gatto, Raushan T. Kurmasheva, Peter J. Houghton, Malcolm A. Smith, Edward A. Kolb, Richard Gorlick. Evaluation of the pan-class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor copanlisib in the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium osteosarcoma in vivo models [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr LB252.
               
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