Treatment of parathyroid neoplasia by pharmacologic cdk4/6 inhibition

NIH RePORTER · NIH · R03 · $82,000 · view on reporter.nih.gov ↗

Abstract

Project Summary: Parathyroid cancer is a rare, but typically incurable malignancy. Prolonged elevation of parathyroid hormone and accompanying hypercalcemia cause significant morbidity and mortality. Surgery remains the primary treatment and recurrence is seen in ~50% of patients. A precision medicine approach may improve outcomes for patients whose disease is surgically incurable. Pharmacologic cdk4/6 inhibitors have recently been introduced for the treatment of various cancer types, with mixed results. These drugs might be effective in the 30% of parathyroid cancers which harbor cyclin D1 amplification. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of pharmacologic cdk4/6 inhibitors in a cyclin D1-driven mouse model of parathyroid neoplasia. Transgenic mice will be treated with the cdk4/6 inhibitors palbociclib or abemaciclib, alone or in combination with cinacalcet. These pre-clinical studies will help to determine if pharmacologic cdk4/6 inhibitors are likely to be effective in parathyroid carcinoma patients whose tumors harbor amplifications/rearrangements of cyclin D1, potentially establishing a new treatment for patients with surgically-incurable parathyroid cancer.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10372170
Project number
5R03CA259649-02
Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT
Principal Investigator
Jessica Costa
Activity code
R03
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2022
Award amount
$82,000
Award type
5
Project period
2021-03-15 → 2024-02-29