The clinical development of MEK inhibitors

Y Zhao, AA Adjei - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2014 - nature.com
MEK inhibitor (CI-1040) was carried out by LoRusso and colleagues, 34 numerous clinical
studies have been conducted to evaluate various MEK inhibitors… As KRAS mutations predict a …

Oral MEK1/MEK2 inhibitor trametinib (GSK1120212) in combination with pemetrexed for KRAS-mutant and wild-type (WT) advanced non-small cell lung cancer …

K Kelly, J Mazieres, NB Leighl, F Barlesi, G Zalcman… - 2013 - ascopubs.org
… of KRAS mutation subtype vs efficacy, are ongoing. Conclusions: MEK inhibition with trametinib
+ pem demonstrates tolerability and clinical activity in both KRAS-mutant and WT NSCLC…

Sensitivity of KRAS-mutant colorectal cancers to combination therapy that cotargets MEK and CDK4/6

EK Ziemke, JS Dosch, JD Maust, A Shettigar… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
… Aberrant hyperactivation of KRAS plays a prominent role in … KRAS mutations comprise
>80% of all RAS mutations and are … of MEK inhibitors to inhibit ERK signaling in KRAS-mutant

[HTML][HTML] Insights into significance of combined inhibition of MEK and m-TOR signalling output in KRAS mutant non-small-cell lung cancer

S Broutin, A Stewart, P Thavasu, A Paci… - British journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
… that upon maximal MEK inhibition, KRAS M cell lines showed significantly greater GI compared
with KRAS WT cell lines. However, the GI caused by MEK inhibition in KRAS M cell lines …

A combinatorial strategy for treating KRAS-mutant lung cancer

E Manchado, S Weissmueller, JP Morris, CC Chen… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
… combination targets for trametinib, a MEK inhibitor approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration, which acts downstream of KRAS to suppress signalling through the mitogen-…

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological induction of RAS-GTP confers RAF inhibitor sensitivity in KRAS mutant tumors

I Yen, F Shanahan, M Merchant, C Orr, T Hunsaker… - Cancer Cell, 2018 - cell.com
… with MEK inhibitors in KRAS mutant cell lines (Figure 2A). This suggests that paradoxical
activation is not the primary reason type 1.5 RAF inhibitors do not synergize with MEK inhibitors

[HTML][HTML] A high content clonogenic survival drug screen identifies MEK inhibitors as potent radiation sensitizers for KRAS mutant non–small-cell lung cancer

SH Lin, J Zhang, U Giri, C Stephan, M Sobieski… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
… To determine whether inhibition to downstream signaling of Kras specifically sensitized
KRAS mutant lung cancer cells, we focused on the MEK1/2 inhibitors, given the importance of …

PIK3CA mutation uncouples tumor growth and cyclin D1 regulation from MEK/ERK and mutant KRAS signaling

E Halilovic, QB She, Q Ye, R Pagliarini, WR Sellers… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
… a panel of 16 KRAS mutant colorectal, lung, and pancreatic cancer cell lines to PD0325901,
a potent and selective MEK inhibitor, to ascertain their dependence on MEK signaling for …

[HTML][HTML] Combined use of PI3K and MEK inhibitors synergistically inhibits lung cancer with EGFR and KRAS mutations

ZB Jiang, J Huang, C Xie, X Li, L Liu… - Oncology …, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
… Out data indicated that for NSCLC patients with EGFR or KRAS mutations, inhibition of the
PI3K pathway alone or in combination with the MEK inhibitor may suppress tumor growth, and …

… Phase I study of the combination of a RAF-MEK inhibitor CH5126766 and FAK inhibitor defactinib in an intermittent dosing schedule with expansions in KRAS mutant …

R Shinde, A Terbuch, M Little, R Caldwell, R Kurup… - Cancer Research, 2020 - AACR
… Background: Preclinical experiments in-vitro show MEK inhibitors can cause upregulation
of p-FAK in KRAS M cells. The combination of a MEK and FAK inhibitor could overcome this in-…