title: Vorinostat in solid and hematologic malignancies.
abstract: Vorinostat (Zolinza), a histone deacetylase inhibitor, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in October 2006 for the treatment of cutaneous manifestations in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma who have progressive, persistent or recurrent disease on or following two systemic therapies. This review summarizes evidence on the use of vorinostat in solid and hematologic malignancies and collated tolerability data from the vorinostat clinical trial program. Pooled vorinostat clinical trial data from 498 patients with solid or hematologic malignancies show that vorinostat was well tolerated as monotherapy or combination therapy. The most commonly reported drug-related adverse events (AEs) associated with monotherapy (n = 341) were fatigue (61.9%), nausea (55.7%), diarrhea (49.3%), anorexia (48.1%), and vomiting (32.8%), and Grade 3/4 drug-related AEs included fatigue (12.0%), thrombocytopenia (10.6%), dehydration (7.3%), and decreased platelet count (5.3%). The most common drug-related AEs observed with vorinostat in combination therapy (n = 157, most of whom received vorinostat 400 mg qd for 14 days) were nausea (48.4%), diarrhea (40.8%), fatigue (34.4%), vomiting (31.2%), and anorexia (20.4%), with the majority of AEs being Grade 2 or less. In Phase I trials, combinations with vorinostat were generally well tolerated and preliminary evidence of anticancer activity as monotherapy or in combination with other systemic therapies has been observed across a range of malignancies. Ongoing and planned studies will further evaluate the potential of vorinostat in combination therapy, including combinations with radiation, in patients with diverse malignancy types, including non-small-cell lung cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA. dsiegel@humed.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: Chandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belani
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Evanthia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galanis
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Richon
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Vargas
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanz-Rodriguez
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rizvi
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077337:Vorinostat
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D000077337:Vorinostat