Overcoming mTOR Resistance in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, attending physician, medical oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses a phase I trial looking at overcoming mTOR resistance in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
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Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, attending physician, medical oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses a phase I trial looking at overcoming mTOR resistance in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
- This study represents the first step in a long process: testing the hypothesis that HDAC inhibition can overcome resistance to mTOR inhibition
- Two patients treated with prior mTOR inhibitors progressed and then did well when treated with the combination of ridaforolimus and vorinostat
- Ridaforolimus 20 mg once daily plus vorinostat 100 mg once daily will be tested in a larger trial in patients who had both prior mTOR inhibitors and those who did not
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