| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method for treating patients afflicted with cancer, wherein said patients are treated with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, mast cell inhibitor or c-Kit inhibitor, in particular masitinib, optionally in combination with at least one antineoplastic agent. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor, mast cell inhibitor or c-Kit inhibitor, and the optional at least one antineoplastic agent, are administered in a dosage regimen that comprises a therapeutically effective amount. The present invention also relates to methods for predicting therapeutic response to said treatment in a given patient and therefore identification of applicable patient subpopulations based upon these predictor factors; sometimes referred to as biomarkers. One method is based upon the clinical marker of pain intensity. The second method is based upon gene expression predictive biomarkers assessed via RNA expression in peripheral blood cell samples collected prior to treatment with a compound of the invention (i.e. a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, mast cell inhibitor or c-Kit inhibitor, especially masitinib). Advantageously, the present invention relates to a method for treating patients afflicted with pancreatic cancer wherein said patients are treated with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, mast cell inhibitor or c-Kit inhibitor, and in particular masitinib, optionally in combination with at least one antineoplastic agent, and in particular gemcitabine. |
