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An overview of ongoing clinical trials assessing pharmacological therapeutic strategies to manage chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy, based on preclinical studies in rodent models
Author(s) -
Bouchenaki Hichem,
Danigo Aurore,
Sturtz Franck,
Hajj Rodolphe,
Magy Laurent,
Demiot Claire
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fundamental and clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1472-8206
pISSN - 0767-3981
DOI - 10.1111/fcp.12617
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , pharmacology , chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy , duloxetine , peripheral neuropathy , neuropathic pain , bioinformatics , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a major dose‐limiting side effect induced by a variety of chemotherapeutic agents. Symptoms are mainly sensory: pain, tingling, numbness, and temperature sensitivity. They may require the tapering of chemotherapy regimens or even their cessation; thus, the prevention/treatment of CIPN is critical to increase effectiveness of cancer treatment. However, CIPN management is mainly based on conventional neuropathic pain treatments, with poor clinical efficacy. Therefore, significant effort is made to identify new pharmacological targets to prevent/treat CIPN. Animal modeling is a key component in predicting human response to drugs and in understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying CIPN. In fact, studies performed in rodents highlighted several pharmacological targets to treat/prevent CIPN. This review provides updated information about ongoing clinical trials testing drugs for the management of CIPN and presents some of their proof‐of‐concept studies conducted in rodent models. The presented drugs target oxidative stress, renin–angiotensin system, glutamatergic neurotransmission, sphingolipid metabolism, neuronal uptake transporters, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism, endocannabinoid system, transient receptor potential channels, and serotoninergic receptors. As some clinical trials focus on the effect of the drugs on pain, others evaluate their efficacy by assessing general neuropathy. Moreover, based on studies conducted in rodent models, it remains unclear if some of the tested drugs act in an antinociceptive fashion or have neuroprotective properties. Thus, further investigations are needed to understand their mechanism of action, as well as a global standardization of the methods used to assess efficacy of new therapeutic strategies in the treatment of CIPN.