Preemptive leucovorin administration minimizes pralatrexate toxicity without sacrificing efficacy

E Koch, SK Story, LJ Geskin - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Balancing efficacy and safety of drugs is key for successful cancer therapy, as adverse
reactions can prohibit the use of efficacious treatments. Pralatrexate (PDX) is a novel …

Pralatrexate: a comprehensive update on pharmacology, clinical activity and strategies to optimize use

OA O'Connor, J Amengual, D Colbourn… - Leukemia & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
It has been nearly 8 years since pralatrexate became the first drug approved by the US Food
and Drug Administration for the treatment of relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Phase II-I-II study of two different doses and schedules of pralatrexate, a high-affinity substrate for the reduced folate carrier, in patients with relapsed or …

OA O'Connor, S Horwitz, P Hamlin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phase II-I-II Study of Two Different Doses and Schedules of Pralatrexate, a High-Affinity
Substrate for the Reduced Folate Carrier, in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Lymphoma …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of An Active, Well-Tolerated Dose of Pralatrexate In Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL): Final Results of …

SM Horwitz, YH Kim, FM Foss, JM Zain, P Myskowski… - Blood, 2010 - Elsevier
Abstract Abstract 2800 Background: Pralatrexate (FOLOTYN®) is an antifolate designed for
preferential tumor uptake and accumulation. Pralatrexate was granted accelerated approval …

Pralatrexate, a novel class of antifol with high affinity for the reduced folate carrier‐type 1, produces marked complete and durable remissions in a diversity of …

OA O'Connor, PA Hamlin, C Portlock… - British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
T‐cell lymphomas (TCLs) are characterised by poor responses to therapy with brief
durations of remissions. An early phase study of pralatrexate has demonstrated dramatic …

The potential of pralatrexate as a treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma

A Dondi, A Bari, S Pozzi, P Ferri… - Expert Opinion on …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) are a group of rare malignancies
originating from clonal proliferation of mature, post-thymic T cells that represent 10–15% of …

A phase 1 clinical trial of sequential pralatrexate followed by a 48‐hour infusion of 5‐fluorouracil given every other week in adult patients with solid tumors

JL Grem, ME Kos, RE Evande, JL Meza, JK Schwarz - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Pralatrexate (PDX) is an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase that was
rationally designed to improve cellular uptake and retention of the drug. Preclinical data …

Current and emerging therapies in peripheral T-cell lymphoma: focus on pralatrexate

T Reungwetwattana, S Jaramillo… - Clinical Medicine …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) represent about 12%–15% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas
and are characterized for being a molecularly heterogenous group of diseases. The optimal …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of pivotal pralatrexate studies in relapsed/refractory mature T-cell lymphoma (r/r TCL)

OA O'Connor, BS Ko, MC Wang, D Maruyama, Y Song… - Blood, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction While patients with r/r TCL have a poor prognosis, significant progress has been
made over the past decade in developing new drugs and regimens for the disease. All of the …

Gene expression profiling of leukemia T-cells resistant to methotrexate and 7-hydroxymethotrexate reveals alterations that preserve intracellular levels of folate and …

AK Fotoohi, YG Assaraf, A Moshfegh, J Hashemi… - Biochemical …, 2009 - Elsevier
In vitro treatment of human T-cell leukemia cells with 7-hydroxymethotrexate, the major
metabolite of methotrexate resulted in acquired resistance as a result of the complete loss of …