TLK 286.
TLK 286 [TELCYTA] is an antitumour agent in clinical development with Telik. It was developed through the application of Telik's proprietary TRAP chemogenomics technology. TLK 286 works by targeting tumours that overexpress glutathione S-transferase (GST) P1-1, an enzyme that has been implicated in drug resistance and poor prognosis, and is elevated in solid tumours such as head and neck, breast, gastrointestinal, lung and ovarian tumours. TLK 286 is activated by GST P1-1 and, subsequently, initiates apoptosis in targeted tumour cells. Telik owns worldwide rights to TLK 286 and intends to commercialise it in the North American market. The company plans to select a collaborator in other territories with capabilities in manufacturing, sales and marketing. Telik was previously collaborating with Taiho, Japan, on development of TLK 286, but this agreement appears to have been terminated. Telik announced in October 2002 that it had begun the first of a series of planned clinical trials of TLK 286 in combination with docetaxel in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. A phase II trial was initiated in May 2001 in patients with ovarian cancer. Two additional combination trials were initated in ovarian cancer patients in December 2002. One of the trials will evaluate the combination of TLK 286 with Doxil in patients who have failed platinum-based chemotherapy. The second trial will evaluate TLK 286 in combination with carboplatin in patients who have recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. Telik held a successful phase III meeting with the US FDA to discuss plans for the first registration trial of TLK 286, and in March 2003 it was announced that a phase III registration trial of TLK 286 as monotherapy had been initiated in platinum-refractory ovarian cancer patients. The multinational trial has been designated the ASSIST-1 (Assessment of Survival in Solid Tumours-1) trial. Telik plans to enrol approximately 440 women who will be assigned to either TLK 286 treatment or a control (doxorubicin liposomal or topotecan).
D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005978:Glutathione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; C107479:TER 286; D005978:Glutathione