Study of Everolimus in the Treatment of Advanced Malignancies in Patients With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2010
In this pilot study the investigators will treat all patients known with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) who are diagnosed with advanced malignancies with everolimus 10mg daily until disease progression. Most patients with PJS have an inherited LKB1 mutation leading to aberrant m-TOR activity. Their risk to develop malignancies or intestinal polyps is probably related to this constitutive mTOR signaling. The hypothesis is that mTOR inhibition is an effective anticancer treatment in PJS patients with advanced malignancies.
Epistemonikos ID: e7fb0269dd1a4dd8cafb4ab4a2c2767edbf56c50
First added on: May 05, 2024