Abstract 3890: Pharmacodynamic and proteomic analysis of combined gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in patient-derived pancreatic cancer xenograft models

Gemcitabine (GEM) combined with albumin-bound paclitaxel nanoparticles (nab-PTX) is the first-line therapy for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, the in vivo mechanisms of drug action and interaction have not been investigated quantitatively for this combination. We evaluated the effects of GEM (100 mg/kg iv weekly) and nab-PTX (equivalent to 30 mg/kg PTX iv weekly), alone or combined, on tumor volume progression in 3 patient-derived xenograft (PDX) PDAC models in SCID mice. The MS1-based quantitative proteomic analysis (IonStar), which offers highly reproducible and accurate quantification with extremely low missing data (