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Cardiotoxicity: Issues, Technologies, and Solutions for the Future

Published by: CHI Insight Pharma Reports

Published: May. 1, 2008 - 270 Pages


Table of Contents


Chapter 1 CARDIAC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

1.1. Anatomy of the Heart

1.2. The Cardiac Cycle

1.3. The Resting Potential

1.4. The Action Potential

1.5. Origin of the Heartbeat

1.6. Clinical Assessment of Cardiac Function

1.7. Cardiac Ion Channels

1.8. Summary

Chapter 2 CARDIOTOXICITY

2.1. "Directly Cardiotoxic" Drugs

2.2. Mechanism of Toxicity of "Directly Cardiotoxic" Drugs

Anthracyclines/Anthracycline-Interacting Anticancer Drugs

Other Anticancer Drugs

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

Other Drugs Associated with Direct Toxicity

2.3. "Direct Cardiotoxicity"

Predisposing Factors

Damage Limitation

2.4. "Proarrhythmic" Drugs

2.5. Mechanism of Cardiotoxicity of Proarrhythmic Drugs

Molecular Targets of Proarrhythmic Drugs

Drug Interactions with Ion Channels

Arrhythmia Generation

2.6. Proarrhythmia

Predisposing Factors

Damage Limitation

2.7. Summary

Chapter 3 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY RESPONSE

3.1. History

3.2. ICH Guideline S7B: Preclinical QT Studies

3.3. ICH Guideline E14: Clinical QT Studies

3.4. Other Regulatory Agency Documents

3.5. Regulatory Decision-Making

3.6. Industry Concerns

3.7. Summary

Chapter 4 ASSESSING DRUG-INDUCED CARDIOTOXICITY

4.1. Surrogate Markers for Proarrhythmia

Measures of Ion Channel Flux

Action Potential Morphology and Duration

Dispersion of Action Potential Duration

Temporal Dispersion of Action Potential Duration (Instability)

Transmural Dispersion of Repolarization

Spatial Dispersion of Repolarization

QT Interval Prolongation

Combinations of Measures

4.2. Preclinical Proarrhythmia Screening

In Silico Approaches

Single-Cell Methods

Cell Types

Non-Patch Clamp Single-Cell Assay

Conventional Patch Clamping

Automated Medium-/High-Throughput Patch Clamping

Scanning Patch Clamping

Multicell Methods

Purkinje Fiber and Papillary Muscle Systems

Ventricular Wedge

Whole Heart Systems

Langendorff Perfused Heart

SCREENIT Perfused Rabbit Heart

Future Developments in Multicellular In Vitro Systems

4.3. Preclinical Proarrhythmia Screening: In Vivo Methods

Anesthetized Animals

Conscious, Telemetrized Animals

Predisposed Models

Methoxamine-Sensitized Rabbits

Canine Chronic Atrioventricular Block

Canine Pharmacological IKs Block

Other Models

4.4. Clinical Trials and Postmarketing Surveillance

Low Frequency of Arrhythmia Complicates Trials

Pharmacogenetics

Measurements in the Trial Population

Impact of QT Effects Discovered in Clinical Trials

4.5. Screening for "Direct" Cardiotoxicity

Markers of Cardiac Damage

Animal Models

4.6. Summary

Chapter 5 INDUSTRY ATTITUDES AND CARDIOTOXICITY SURVEY RESULTS

5.1. Previous Surveys

5.2. Insight Pharma Reports Cardiotoxicity Survey—December 2007

Survey Population

Analysis of Questionnaire Responses

In Silico Methods

In Vitro Methods

In Vivo Methods

Clinical Methods

5.3. Insight Pharma Reports Expert Interviews

Survey Population

Analysis of Interview Responses

In Silico Methods

In Vitro Methods

Single-Cell Systems

Multicell Systems

In Vivo Methods

Clinical Methods

Views on the TQT Study

Timing and Nature of Possible Changes to S7B or E14

S7B

E14

5.4. Summary

Chapter 6 COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT

6.1. Cardiotoxicity Screening Segment

6.2. Proarrhythmia Screening Product/Service Providers

6.3. Summary

Chapter 7 AN OPINION: THE FUTURE OF CARDIOTOXICITY SCREENING IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT

7.1. Proarrhythmia Screening

Early-Stage Drug Development

Late-Stage Drug Development

7.2. Screening for "Direct" Cardiotoxicity

Chronic Cardiotoxicity

Acute Cardiotoxicity

7.3. Summary




Appendix A EXPERT INTERVIEWS

Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, Executive Director and Director of Research, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY

Ernest D. Bush, PhD, Vice President and Scientific Director, Cambridge Healthtech Associates, Needham, MA (formerly Head of Non-clinical Drug Safety Department, Hoffmann-La Roche)

Marek Malik, MD, PhD, Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology, St. George’s Hospital, University of London, UK

Umesh Patel, PhD, Director, R&D, Ion Channel Group, BioScience Division, Millipore UK, Cambridge, UK

Katya Tsaioun, PhD, President, Apredica, Watertown, MA

Benoit Tyl, MD, Medical Director, Europe, MDS Pharma Services/Centralized Cardiac Services

Appendix B COMPANIES PROVIDING CARDIOTOXICITY SCREENING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

Appendix C PROFILES OF TOP 29 COMPANIES

Apredica

Aurora Biomed

AVIVA Biosciences

BioFocus (part of Galapagos)

bSys GmbH

Caliper Life Sciences (Xenogen subsidiary)

Cellectricon

Cellular Dynamics International

CEREP

ChanTest

Charles River Laboratories

Cyprotex

Cytocentrics

Cytoplex BioSciences

Essen Instruments

EvoTec

Flyion

Hondeghem Pharmaceutical Consulting

IonGate Biosciences GmbH

MDS Pharma Services (part of MDS Inc.)

Millipore

MultiChannel Systems GmbH

Nanion Technologies

Nerviano Medical Sciences

NeuroSolutions Ltd.

QTest Labs

RxGen

Sophion

Zenas Technologies

Appendix D INSIGHT PHARMA REPORTS CARDIOTOXICITY SURVEY—DECEMBER 2007


Abstract

At least 50 companies have a claimed product or service relevant to cardiotoxicity screening, of which 29 have some clear focus on proarrhythmic cardiotoxicity or ion channel screening.

This new report offers in-depth analysis of:
  • 50 commercial entities that offer cardiotoxicity screening products/services
  • The history and status quo of the current regulatory environment pertinent to drug-induced proarrhythmia
  • Methods for assessing the potential for drug-induced cardiotoxicity, with a primary focus on proarrhythmia screening
  • Drugs associated with cardiotoxicity, factors that may predispose to drug-induced cardiotoxicity, and current/proposed cardioprotective approaches
  • A primer on cardiac anatomy/physiology, with particular consideration given to the various ion fluxes that contribute to the cardiac action potential
  • Results of an Insight Pharma Reports cardiotoxicity survey undertaken for this report in December 2007
In addition, this report provides a subjective opinion on the future of cardiotoxicity screening, suggests how regulatory guidelines might change in the future, and outlines some commercial opportunities that might be associated with the current and future cardiotoxicity screening environment.

Ion currents across a cardiac myocyte cell membrane cause a sequence of voltage changes known as the action potential, which is the basis of the heartbeat. Drug-mediated interference with one or more of the ion channels that give rise to the action potential may cause potentially lethal arrhythmias. This could be brought about by direct binding of drug to ion channel proteins, or by indirect interference with ion channel function. The clinical outcome of drug-ion channel interactions could be potentiated by a variety of predisposing factors, such as concurrent disease, medication, genetic variations, age, and gender.

Additionally or alternatively, drugs may have more directly cytotoxic effects on cardiac cells, such as pro-apoptotic effects. In particular, the anthracyclines are commonly used in pediatric malignancies and breast cancer, and are associated with chronic cardiotoxicity. Hence, many cancer survivors have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than of recurrent cancer.

Cardiotoxicity: Issues, Technologies, and Solutions for the Future provides a full discussion of both direct and proarrhythmic cardiotoxicity. This report identifies and discusses methods, products, and services that are designed to identify cardiotoxic compounds before they reach the market. It also outlines the main commercial competitors and suggests broad types of commercial opportunity and future merger and acquisition activity.

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