Combination of pioglitazone with tyrosine kinase inhibitor - CML - Chronic myeloid leukemia
Important notice: You must inform your CML doctor or a qualified doctor before using this drug. The material presented here is for information purposes only; it is not a substitute for your physician’s guidance and care. The side-effects of pioglitazone would also to be taken into account if this treatment were to be offered in routine care.
" Philippe Leboulch, M.D., a professor of medicine and cell biology at the University of Paris, and colleagues temporarily administered pioglitazone in addition to imatinib to three patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.
The researchers note that glitazones are agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). They report that activation of PPARγ by the glitazones reduces expression of STAT5 and the downstream targets HIF2α5 and CITED26, guardians of the quiescence and stemness of CML leukemia stem cells.
"When pioglitazone was given temporarily to three chronic myeloid leukemia patients in chronic residual disease in spite of continuous treatment with imatinib, all of them achieved sustained complete molecular response, up to 4.7 years after withdrawal of pioglitazone," the authors write. "This suggests that clinically relevant cancer eradication may become a generally attainable goal by combination therapy that erodes the cancer stem cell pool."
Extract of Addition of Glitazone to Chemo May Help Treat CML by Pratice Update
"Here we show that the residual CML LSC pool can be gradually purged by the glitazones, antidiabetic drugs that are agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). We found that activation of PPARγ by the glitazones decreases expression of STAT5 and its downstream targets HIF2α5 and CITED26, which are key guardians of the quiescence and stemness of CML LSCs.
When pioglitazone was given temporarily to three CML patients in chronic residual disease in spite of continuous treatment with imatinib, all of them achieved sustained CMR, up to 4.7 years after withdrawal of pioglitazone. This suggests that clinically relevant cancer eradication may become a generally attainable goal by combination therapy that erodes the cancer stem cell pool."
Extract of Prost S, Relouzat F, Spentchian M, et al. Erosion of the chronic myeloid leukaemia stem cell pool by PPARγ agonists. Nature. 2015. doi:10.1038/nature15248
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See also Dr. Philippe Rousselot
See also Dr. Stéphane Prost
See also Living with CML and diabètes
See also Inhibition of STAT5 in conjunction with standard TKI therapy
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