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Introduction
Panobinostat is an oral histone deacetylase inhibitor and antineoplastic agent that is approved for use in combination with other agents in refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma. Panobinostat is associated with modest rate of minor serum enzyme elevations during therapy, but has not been linked to cases of clinically apparent liver injury.
Background
Panobinostat (pan" oh bin' oh stat) is an oral small molecule inhibitor of histone deacetylases, thereby preventing removal of acetyl groups from histones. The accumulation of acetyl groups on histones causes cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death. Malignant cells are particularly sensitive to the effects of inhibition of histone deacetylases. In open label studies in patients with multiple myeloma, panobinostat in combination with bortezomib (a proteasome inhibitor) yielded overall response rates of up to 50% and some responders had long term remissions. A large, controlled trial in patients with advanced, refractory multiple myeloma demonstrated prolongation of progression-free survival by the addition of panobinostat to bortezomib and dexamethasone, but the overall survival was not different at the time of the initial analysis. Nevertheless, panobinostat was given accelerated approval for use in the United States in 2015 to be used in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma. Panobinostat is available in capsules of 10, 15 or 20 mg under the brand name Farydak. The recommended dose regimen is 20 mg three times weekly for two weeks in three week cycles until there is disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Side effects are common and may require dose modification. The most common adverse events are thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, anemia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, fatigue, fever, peripheral edema, cough and pruritus. Panobinostat therapy has also been associated with hypokalemia, hypophosphatemia, hyponatremia and mild increases in serum creatinine. Uncommon, but serious adverse events include severe diarrhea and cardiovascular events such as cardiac ischemia, arrhythmias and EKG changes including prolongation of the QTc interval.
Hepatotoxicity
Most clinical trials of panobinostat have not reported rates of serum enzyme elevations during therapy and it is typically given in combination with other antineoplastic agents that can cause serum ALT and AST elevations. In the large controlled trial of panobinostat vs placebo in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone, ALT elevations occurred in similar proportion of patients receiving panobinostat (31%) as placebo (38%) and values above 5 times the upper limit of normal were uncommon (1.8% and 1.3%). In addition, there have been no reports of clinically apparent liver injury with jaundice associated with panobinostat therapy. Thus, panobinostat appears to have little hepatotoxic potential and liver injury from panobinostat must be quite rare, if it occurs at all.
Likelihood score: E (unlikely cause of clinically apparent liver injury).
Mechanism of Injury
The reason why panobinostat might cause serum enzyme elevations is not known, but may be a direct toxicity to hepatocytes caused by inhibition of histone deacetylase or other enzyme activities. Panobinostat is extensively metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P450 system (predominantly CYP 3A4 and 2D6) and drug-drug interactions are likely to occur if it is used with other agents that are inducers, inhibitors or major substrates of these microsomal enzymes.
Outcome and Management
Serum enzyme elevations are uncommon during panobinostat therapy and are rarely dose limiting. Nevertheless, regular monitoring of liver tests with each course of therapy is recommended with more frequent monitoring if serum aminotransferase values rise. Panobinostat should be held if ALT or AST values rise above 5 times the ULN, and elevations of more than 20 times the ULN, or appearance of jaundice or symptoms of liver injury should trigger permanent discontinuation. There is no known cross sensitivity to hepatic injury among the different histone deacetylase inhibitors.
Drug Class: Antineoplastic Agents, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
PRODUCT INFORMATION
REPRESENTATIVE TRADE NAMES
Panobinostat – Farydak®
DRUG CLASS
Antineoplastic Agents
Product labeling at DailyMed, National Library of Medicine, NIH
CHEMICAL FORMULA AND STRUCTURE
DRUG | CAS REGISTRY NO | MOLECULAR FORMULA | STRUCTURE |
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Panobinostat | 404950-80-7 | C21-H23-N3-O2 |
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
References updated: 25 September 2020
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