Dusquetide: Reduction in oral mucositis associated with enduring ancillary benefits in tumor resolution and decreased mortality in head and neck cancer patients

Mahesh Kudrimoti; Amarinthia Curtis; Samar Azawi; Francis Worden; Sanford Katz; Douglas Adkins; Marcelo Bonomi; Zack Scott; Jenna Elder; Stephen T. Sonis; Richard Straube; Oreola Donini

doi:10.1016/j.btre.2017.05.002

Dusquetide: Reduction in oral mucositis associated with enduring ancillary benefits in tumor resolution and decreased mortality in head and neck cancer patients

Mahesh Kudrimoti, Amarinthia Curtis, Samar Azawi, Francis Worden, Sanford Katz, Douglas Adkins, Marcelo Bonomi, Zack Scott, Jenna Elder, Stephen T. Sonis, Richard Straube, Oreola Donini

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Abstract

Innate immunity is a key component in the pathogenesis of oral mucositis, a universal toxicity of chemoradiation therapy (CRT). Dusquetide, a novel Innate Defense Regulator, has demonstrated both nonclinical and clinical efficacy in ameliorating severe oral mucositis (SOM). Long term follow-up studies from the Phase 2 clinical study evaluating dusquetide as a treatment for SOM in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients receiving CRT have now been completed. Extended analysis indicates that dusquetide therapy was well-tolerated and did not contribute to increased infection, tumor growth or mortality. Potential ancillary benefits of duquetide therapy were also identified.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	24-26
Number of pages	3
Journal	Biotechnology Reports
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2017.05.002
State	Published - Sep 2017

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Funding: A portion of this work was supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Small Business Innovation Research grant # 1R43 DE024032-01(Soligenix, Inc).

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National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Small Business Innovation Research	1R43 DE024032-01

Keywords

Cancer supportive care
Dusquetide
Head and neck cancer
Immune
Innate
Oral mucositis

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Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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Kudrimoti, M., Curtis, A., Azawi, S., Worden, F., Katz, S., Adkins, D., Bonomi, M., Scott, Z., Elder, J., Sonis, S. T., Straube, R., & Donini, O. (2017). Dusquetide: Reduction in oral mucositis associated with enduring ancillary benefits in tumor resolution and decreased mortality in head and neck cancer patients. Biotechnology Reports, 15, 24-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2017.05.002

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