Publications by authors named "Liangang Liu"

Surrogate endpoints, such as progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR), are increasingly used in oncology trials to expedite drug development and decision making. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of these surrogate endpoints by analyzing their correlations with overall survival (OS) across different cancer types, treatments, and therapy lines at both the patient and trial levels using an integrated dataset from Bristol Myers Squibb. At the patient level, correlation between OS and PFS was consistently stronger than those between OS and best overall response (BOR), suggesting that PFS may serve as a more reliable surrogate for OS.

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The detection of both Br and its derivative of tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB) is a very important issue concerning their biological toxicity but remains challenging. Fluorescent sensing is one of the few methods possessing both selectivity and sensitivity. Moreover, it could be able to be utilized in biological system, but rarely reported.

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  • Iberdomide is a new drug being tested for blood cancers, and a study was performed to understand how it's broken down and eliminated from the body after a single dose.
  • In the study involving six healthy participants, most of the drug was found in urine (45.9%) and feces (42.6%), with the unchanged drug and its metabolites accounting for the majority of what was excreted.
  • The results showed that iberdomide mainly transforms through oxidation and hydrolysis in the body, with the drug itself being the most significant component found in the bloodstream.
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Fedratinib is an oral Janus kinase 2-selective inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk myelofibrosis; however, some patients have difficulty with oral dosing. This randomized, phase 1, open-label, 2-part crossover study evaluated the relative bioavailability, safety, tolerability, taste, and palatability of fedratinib resulting from various alternative oral administration methods in healthy adults. Participants could receive fedratinib 400 mg orally as intact capsules along with a nutritional supplement; as contents of capsules dispersed in a nutritional supplement, delivered via nasogastric tube; or as a divided dose of 200 mg orally twice daily as intact capsules with a nutritional supplement.

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  • Mezigdomide shows promise as a new treatment for multiple myeloma (MM), demonstrating enhanced cell-killing abilities and immunomodulatory effects in this cancer.
  • A population pharmacokinetics (PK) model was developed using data from 64 healthy subjects to analyze how factors like high-fat meals and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) affect the drug's behavior in the body.
  • The model revealed that high-fat meals increase the drug's absorption by about 30%, while PPIs significantly reduce it by about 64%, providing critical insights for optimizing dosing in future clinical studies for MM patients.
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Approved treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have tolerability concerns and limited efficacy. CC-90001, a c-Jun N-terminal kinase inhibitor, is under investigation as a therapy for fibrotic diseases. A Phase 1b safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics study of oral CC-90001 (100, 200, or 400 mg) administered once daily for 12 weeks was conducted in patients with pulmonary fibrosis (NCT02510937).

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  • Iberdomide is an oral medication being researched for blood cancers and autoimmune diseases, with a focus on its potential effects on heart rhythm (QT interval).
  • A study was conducted with 56 healthy subjects to analyze the relationship between iberdomide concentration and changes in the corrected QT interval using a specialized statistical model.
  • The results indicated that even at high doses, iberdomide does not significantly prolong QT intervals, suggesting it has a low risk of causing heart rhythm issues.
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CC-90001 selectively inhibits c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), a stress-activated protein implicated in fibrosis. In 3 phase 1 trials evaluating CC-90001 pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety, healthy adults (N = 184) received oral CC-90001 in a single dose (10-720 mg) or multiple doses (30-480 mg once daily for 7-18 days) or placebo. CC-90001 was rapidly absorbed (median time to maximum concentration, 1-4 hours) and eliminated with a mean terminal elimination half-life of 12-28 hours.

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Purpose: Fedratinib is an orally administered Janus kinase (JAK) 2-selective inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk primary or secondary myelofibrosis. In vitro, fedratinib is predominantly metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 and to a lesser extent by CYP2C19. Coadministration of fedratinib with CYP3A4 inhibitors is predicted to increase systemic exposure to fedratinib.

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Background And Objective: CC-292 is a potent, selective, orally administered small molecule inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). To support the clinical investigation of CC-292, a randomized, seven-treatment, seven-period, crossover study was conducted to assess the relative bioavailability, pH effect, food effect, and dose-proportionality of two formulated tablets of CC-292.

Methods: Healthy subjects (n = 24) were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned into different treatment sequences.

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What Is Known And Objective: CC-292 is a potent, selective, orally administered small molecule inhibitor of bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK). The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative bioavailability of newly developed CC-292 tablet formulation (P22 tablet (P22-TAB) and CC-292 capsule formulation (P22 capsule [P22-CAP]) compared to the current CC-292 capsule formulation (P1 capsule [P01-CAP]).

Methods: This was an open-label, randomized, three-period, crossover study in healthy subjects (N = 12).

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Introduction: Fedratinib, an oral, selective Janus kinase 2 inhibitor, has been shown to inhibit P-glycoprotein (P-gp), breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1, OATP1B3, organic cation transporter (OCT) 2, and multidrug and toxin extrusion (MATE) 1 and MATE2-K in vitro. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of fedratinib on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of digoxin (P-gp substrate), rosuvastatin (OATP1B1/1B3 and BCRP substrate), and metformin (OCT2 and MATE1/2-K substrate).

Methods: In this nonrandomized, fixed-sequence, open-label study, 24 healthy adult participants received single oral doses of digoxin 0.

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Purpose: Fedratinib is an oral and selective Janus kinase 2 inhibitor that is indicated for treatment of adults with intermediate-2 or high-risk primary or secondary myelofibrosis. Fedratinib is metabolized by cytochrome P450s (CYPs), primarily CYP3A4. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of the strong CYP3A4 inducer rifampin and moderate CYP3A4 inducer efavirenz on the pharmacokinetics of single doses of fedratinib.

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We performed a two-part study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of oral apremilast, a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor indicated for the treatment of psoriasis, in healthy Korean adult men. In part 1, there were 12 subjects who randomly received a single oral dose of apremilast at 20, 30, or 40 mg in each of 3 periods in a crossover fashion. In part 2, there were 16 subjects who randomly received 30 mg of apremilast or its matching placebo in a ratio of 3:1 twice daily for 14 days.

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Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety/tolerability of iberdomide (CC-220), a highly potent oral cereblon E3 ligase modulator (CELMoD), were evaluated in escalating single-dose (0.03, 0.1, 0.

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Purpose: Iberdomide is a cereblon E3 ligase modulator capable of redirecting the protein degradation machinery of the cell towards the elimination of target proteins potentially driving therapeutic effects. In vitro studies demonstrated that iberdomide predominantly undergoes oxidative metabolism mediated by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4/5 but had no notable inhibition or induction of CYP enzymes. Consequently, the potential of iberdomide as a victim of drug-drug interactions (DDI) was evaluated in a clinical study with healthy subjects.

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  • - The study aimed to explore the pharmacokinetics (PK) of ozanimod's major metabolites and how certain drugs (gemfibrozil, itraconazole, and rifampin) affect its PK in healthy individuals.
  • - In a phase 1 trial, subjects received single doses of ozanimod (0.46 mg and 0.92 mg) under different conditions: with or without the aforementioned drugs, to assess their influence on the drug's absorption and metabolism.
  • - Results showed that ozanimod and its metabolites displayed dose-dependent increases in concentration, with itraconazole slightly enhancing and rifampin reducing ozanimod's overall exposure, indicating the complex interactions at play in its metabolism.
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CC-122 (Avadomide) is a nonphthalimide analogue of thalidomide that has multiple pharmacological activities including immune modulation of several immune cell subsets, antigrowth activity, antiproliferative activity, and antiangiogenic activity. CC-122 as monotherapy and in combination with other agents is being evaluated for multiple indications including hematologic malignancies and advanced solid tumors. Given that renal clearance is one of the major routes of elimination for CC-122 and its clearance/exposure could be affected by renal impairment, a total of 50 subjects with various degrees of renal function were enrolled in an open-label, single-dose study to evaluate the impact of renal impairment on CC-122 pharmacokinetic disposition.

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Avadomide (CC-122) is a novel immunomodulatory drug that binds to cereblon, a member of the Cullin 4-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Avadomide has multiple pharmacologic activities including potent immune modulation, antiangiogenic, antitumor, and antiproliferative activity and is being evaluated as an oncology treatment for hematologic malignancies and advanced solid tumors. In vitro study has indicated that cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A and CYP1A2 appear to be the major enzymes involved in the oxidative metabolism of avadomide.

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The aim of this study was to assess and compare the pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety of Enasidenib in healthy adult male Japanese subjects to healthy adult male Caucasian subjects. This was a phase 1, single dose study to evaluate the PK and safety of Enasidenib in healthy adult male Japanese subjects relative to healthy adult male Caucasian subjects. A total of 62 subjects (31 Japanese and 31 Caucasian) were enrolled into three dose cohorts (single doses of 50 mg, 100 mg, or 300 mg Enasidenib).

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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the bioavailability of a pomalidomide oral liquid suspension relative to the commercial capsule formulation and to assess the food effect on the pomalidomide oral liquid suspension when administered as a single 4 mg dose.

Methods: This was an open-label, randomized, three-period, two-sequence crossover study in healthy subjects consisting of a screening phase, a baseline assessment phase, a treatment phase with three periods, and a follow-up phone call phase. Blood samples for pharmacokinetics (PK) assessment were collected up to 48 h postdose during each treatment period.

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Objectives: and encoding transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos) are susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The pharmacology of iberdomide (CC-220), a cereblon () modulator targeting Ikaros and Aiolos, was studied in SLE patient cells and in a phase 1 healthy volunteer study.

Methods: , and gene expression was measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with SLE and healthy volunteers.

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Objective: To assess whether pomalidomide can distribute into human semen and its duration in human semen.

Method: A phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (CC-4047-CP-006) was conducted to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of pomalidomide (CC-4047) following multiple daily doses in healthy male subjects. Semen samples were collected on Day -1 and 4 hours after dosing on Day 4 to quantify the pomalidomide concentrations in ejaculate after multiple oral doses of pomalidomide.

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Pomalidomide is an immunomodulatory drug, and the dosage of 4 mg per day taken orally on days 1-21 of repeated 28-day cycles has been approved in the European Union and the United States to treat patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. In vitro data showed that pomalidomide is a substrate of multiple cytochrome P450 (CYP) isozymes and that its oxidative metabolism is mediated primarily by CYP1A2 and CYP3A4, with minor contributions from CYP2C19 and CYP2D6. The effect of CYP1A2 inhibition by fluvoxamine (a strong CYP1A2 inhibitor) and CYP1A2 induction by smoking on pomalidomide pharmacokinetics in healthy subjects has been assessed in 2 separate phase 1 open-label, single-dose studies.

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Pomalidomide is an immunomodulatory drug and the dosage of 4 mg per day taken orally on days 1-21 of repeated 28-day cycles has been approved in the European Union and United States to treat patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Because pomalidomide is extensively metabolized prior to excretion, a total of 32 subjects (8 healthy subjects in group 1; 8 subjects with severe hepatic impairment in group 2; 8 subjects with moderate hepatic impairment in group 3; and 8 subjects with mild hepatic impairment in group 4) were enrolled in a multicenter, open-label, single-dose study to assess the impact of hepatic impairment on pomalidomide exposure. Following administration of a single oral dose of 4-mg pomalidomide, the geometric mean ratios of pomalidomide total plasma exposures (AUC) were 171.

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