A phase 1b study of the Akt-inhibitor MK-2206 in combination with weekly paclitaxel and trastuzumab in patients with advanced HER2-overexpressing solid tumor malignancies. Homo sapiens

16 patients with HER2+ tumors were enrolled (12 breast, 3 gastric, 1 esophageal). 27 samples (12 primary + 15 metastatic) from the 16 unique patients were assayed on Agilent 60K expression microarrays, and association between expression and response data were evaluated to identify potential biomarker of MK2206 response Overall design: We conducted a phase 1b study of MK-2206 in combination with weekly paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 and trastuzumab 2 mg/kg in patients with HER2+ malignancies. Dose escalation was performed using a modified toxicity probability interval method. Molecular profiling of archived tissue samples and limited PK analyses were performed.