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Skeletal muscle anabolism is a side effect of therapy with the MEK inhibitor: Selumetinib in patients with cholangiocarcinoma
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background: Cancer cachexia is characterised by skeletal muscle wasting; however, potential for muscle anabolism in patients with advanced cancer is unproven. methods: Quantitative analysis of computed tomography images for loss/gain of muscle in cholangiocarcinoma patients receiving selumetinib (AZD6244; ARRY-142886) in a Phase II study, compared with a separate standard therapy group. Selumetinib is an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal–regulated kinase and of interleukin-6 secretion, a putative mediator of muscle wasting. results: Overall, 84.2% of patients gained muscle after initiating selumetinib; mean overall gain of total lumbar muscle cross-sectional area was 13.6 cm2/100 days (~2.3 kg on a whole-body basis). Cholangiocarcinoma patients who began standard treatment were markedly catabolic, with overall muscle loss of −7.3 cm2/100 days (~1.2 kg) and by contrast only 16.7% of these patients gained muscle. conclusion: Our findings suggest that selumetinib promotes muscle gain in patients with cholangiocarcinoma. Specific mechanisms and relevance for cachexia therapy remain to be investigated.
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- 2012
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- © 2012 Cancer Research UK, distributed under an Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareALike 4.0 International