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Colorectal/Bowel Cancer 2 Flashcards

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What are the types of targeted therapy?

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monoclonal antibodies
immune checkpoint inhibitors

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What are the different ways of making monoclonal antibodies?

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Murine
- these are made from mouse proteins and the names of the treatments end in -OMAB.

Chimeric
- these proteins are a combination of part mouse and part human, and the names of the treatments end in - XIMAB

Humanized
- these are made from small parts of mouse proteins attached to human proteins and the names of the treatments end in - ZUMAB

Human
- these are fully human proteins, and the names of the treatments end in - UMAB.

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What are the side effects of monoclonal antibodies? How can it be avoided?

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Allergic reactions:
- chills, fevers, breathlessness and wheezing, itchy rash, changes in blood pressure

Pre-medicate with paracetamol, antihistamine and steroid to try prevent allergic reaction

If not life threatening - continue infusion at a slower rate

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What is the mechanism of action of cetuximab?

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is a chimeric immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody that induces EGFR internalization and degradation once bound to the external domain of EGFR
- inhibits the growth and survival of EGFR-positive tumours.

also directs the innate immune system to attack tumour cells by a process called antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)

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What are the side effects of cetuximab?

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Acneiform rash on the face, upper chest and back - consists of papules and pustules affecting the face and upper body

Hypomagnesemia
Nail changes - starts after 4-8 weeks. Resolves once stopped
Conjunctivitis
Hypersensitivity reactions

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What is the mechanism of action of panitumumab?

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is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody
- inhibits the epidermal growth factor receptor

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What are the side effects of panitumumab?

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Acneiform rash on the face, upper chest and back
Diarrhoea
Nausea or vomiting

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What are the risks associated with murine-human chimeric antibodies?

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murine-human chimeric antibodies might cause hypersensitivity reactions (3.5 to 7.5%)

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What is the mechanism of action of bevacizumab?

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is a humanized anti-VEGF monoclonal IgG1antibody

VEGF-A binds to VEGF Receptors (VEGRF) causing growth of blood vessels to the tumour, providing oxygen and nutritional support to the tumour
- bevacizumab binds to VEGF-A, preventing interaction with VEGFR, preventing angiogenesis and causes tumour death

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What is the mechanism of action of VEGF-A?

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VEGF-A binds to and activates both VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2, promoting angiogenesis, vascular permeability, cell migration, and gene expression.

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What are the side effects of bevacizumab?

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Myelosuppression - neutropenia, thrombocytopenia
Delayed wound healing

Cardiovascular - hypertension

Bowel perforation and fistula

Blood clots
Proteinuria

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What is the mechanism of action of nivolumab and pembrolizumab?

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Nivolumab and pembrolizumab work by interfering with the interaction between PD-1 and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1)
- whose unimpeded interaction downregulates T cells allowing cancer cells to evade immune surveillance.

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What is the mechanism of action of ipilimumab?

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is an anti-CTLA-4 antibody
- blocks cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4)
- blocking CTLA-4 removes an inhibitory signal from reducing the activity of T lymphocytes

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What are the side effects of pembrolizumab?

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pneumonitis - is inflammation of the lungs
arthralgia - joint pain/stiffness
hepatic (liver) toxicities

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What are the side effects of nivolumab?

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endocrine toxicities - thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands

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What are the side effects of ipilimumab?

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skin, gastrointestinal and renal (kidney) toxicities

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What is the mechanism of action of trifluridine and tipiracil?

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trifluridine (antiviral drug)
- is a thymidine-based nucleoside analogue
- is incorporated into viral DNA during replication and inhibits DNA synthesis

tipiracil
- is a thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor
- prevents rapid metabolism of trifluridine, increasing the bioavailability of trifluridine

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What are the side effects of trifluridine and tipiracil?

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Myelosuppression
Diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting
Fatigue

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What is the mechanism of action of regorafenib?

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orally-administered inhibitor of multiple kinase
- KIT, RAF-1 and REF (oncogenesis)
- VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, PDGFR-alpha, PDGFR-beta, FGFR-1 and FGFR-2 (angiogenic receptors)
- CSF-1R (tumour immunity)

20
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What is leucovorin? What is its function?

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is also known as folinic acid
- is a folic acid analog/active metabolite of folic acid

counteracts the effects of methotrexate (folic acid antagonists)
- helps normal, healthy cells
- allows higher doses of methotrexate to be used

enhances the effects of fluoroupyrimidines
- increasing the binding of the drug to thymidylate synthase thus inhibiting DNA synthesis

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What is dose banding?

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Doses grouped or rounded nearest mg or 10mg to standardised dosing

22
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What is targeted therapy?

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a term for agents directed at unique biological features of cancers rather than agents that kill cells as they replicate, including both cancer cells and others.

23
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What does EGFR and VEGF stand for?

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),

24
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What are immune checkpoints? What are immune check point inhibitors?

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immune checkpoints are inhibitory regulators of the immune system
- stop immune responses
- are often overexpressed on tumour cells or on non-transformed cells within the tumour microenvironment and compromise the ability of the immune system to mount an effective anti-tumour response.

immune checkpoint inhibitors work by blocking checkpoint proteins from binding with their partner proteins
- this prevents the “off” signal from being sent, allowing the T cells to kill cancer cells.

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What is immune tolerance?

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the process by which immune cells are made unresponsive to self-antigens (can recognise ‘self’ antigens) to prevent damage to healthy tissues.

26
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How do cancer cells remain hidden from immune response?

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by the upregulation of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) which are expressed on T cells
- it leads to the down regulation of effector functions

allows self tolerance to be maintained

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What are the common side effects of VEGF inhibitors?
- bevacizumab, ramucirumab

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bleeding
GI perforation
arterial thromboembolism
impaired wound healing
proteinuria
hypertension

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What are the common side effects of regorafenib?

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hand foot syndrome (palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia)
rash
fatigue
diarrhoea

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What are the side effects of EGFR inhibition?
- cetuximab, panitumumab

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acneiform rash
paronychial infections, skin fissures
infusion related hypersensitivity, allergic reaction
mucositis
hypomagnesia

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What are the side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors?
- pembrolizumab, nivolumab

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immune mediated inflammation of any organ
- endocrine glands, skin, liver, GIT

fatal pneumonitis

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What are the side effects of BRAF inhibition?
- vemurafenib, encorafenib

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fatigue
rash/skin toxicity
diarrhoea

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What is the mechanism of action trastuzumab?

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monoclonal antibody against human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)

binds to an extracellular domain of this receptor and inhibits HER2 homodimerization, thereby preventing HER2-mediated signaling
- stops cell growth and division

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