Finding studies
Finding studies
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Lead
RedHill Biopharma Limited
With
Sphingosine Kinase (SK) is an innovative target for anti-cancer therapy due to its critical role in lipid metabolism which drives cancer cell growth. We have found that the SK inhibitor ABC294640 (which is formulated for clinical use as an oral agent) significantly inhibits and reverses progression of virus-associated DLBCL in pre-clinical animal models \[Qin et a., 2014\]. In addition, we have found that ABC294640 selectively induces death for virus-infected endothelial cells in a laboratory model relevant to KS, with selective sparing of uninfected cells \[Dai et al., 2014; Dai et al., 2015\]. Both DLBCL and KS disproportionately impact patients with immune-deficiencies, including HIV infection, for whom standard chemotherapeutic approaches are less effective and incur greater side effects. Therefore, this trial which utilizes a well-tolerated, oral agent to inhibit SK for DLBCL and KS patients may provide a unique approach to treatment.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
