Recent advances in clinical development of leukotriene B4 pathway drugs |
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Affiliation: | Celtaxsys, Inc., 201 17th ST NW Suite 530, Atlanta, GA, 30363, United States |
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Abstract: | The LTB4 pathway is an attractive target for therapeutic drug development. Two broad classes of drugs have been pursued: antagonists of the primary LTB4 receptors (BLT1 and BLT2) and inhibitors of LTA4 Hydrolase (LTA4H), the rate limiting enzyme in the production of LTB4. An initial wave of effort culminated in the 1990s. Over the past 15 years, a second wave of more selective drug candidates, including at least 5 BLT antagonists and 6 LTA4H inhibitors, have reached Phase 2 clinical trials. Despite the extensive efforts to discover and develop LTB4 pathway targeting drugs, only one has reached the market to date. Recently discovered complexities in the pathway and challenges in matching pathway intervention with therapeutic effect could explain the limited clinical success of LTB4 pathway drugs, even though there is a large body of scientific evidence linking LTB4 to human diseases and demonstrating efficacy of these compounds in a wide array of preclinical models. Herein, we describe the clinical programs for the most prominent recent examples from each broad class and discuss the clinical outcomes and their implications for future development of LTB4 pathway drugs. |
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Keywords: | Leukotriene LTB4 BLT1 LTA4 hydrolase Drug development Clinical study |
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