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. 2023 Mar 7;29(9):1395–1426. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i9.1395

Table 2.

Agents targeting vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor under clinical investigation for the treatment of drug-resistant and metastatic colorectal cancer

Agent
Targeted molecule
Condition
Study phase
Clinical trial identifier
Vanucizumab VEGF-A/angiopoietin-2 mCRC Phase II NCT02141295
Sorafenib VEGFR mCRC Phase II NCT03251612
Previously treated mCRC Phase II NCT01471353
mCRC Phase II NCT00826540
KRAS-mutated mCRC Phase II NCT01715441
Bevacizumab VEGF Untreated mCRC Phase II NCT02141295
Advanced CRC Phase II NCT02487992
Linifanib ABT-869 VEGFR Advanced CRC Phase II NCT00707889
Vatalanib VEGFR mCRC Phase III NCT00056446
mCRC Phase III NCT00056459
Famitinib VEGFR2/3 Advanced CRC Phase II NCT01762293
Cediranib VEGFR2 First-line mCRC Phase III NCT00399035
Semaxanib VEGFR mCRC Phase III NCT00004252
Advanced CRC Phase I/II NCT00005818
Nintedanib VEGFR Refractory mCRC Phase III NCT02149108
Ramucirumab VEGFR2 Chemotherapy refractory mCRC Phase III NCT03520946
Apatinib VEGFR2 Refractory CRC Phase II NCT03190616
mCRC NA NCT03743428
End-stage CRC Phase II NCT02829385
Brivanib VEGFR2 KRAS-wild-type mCRC Phase III NCT00640471
Regorafenib VEGFR1/2/3 Later-lines treatment of mCRC Phase III NCT05328908
mCRC Phase III NCT05425940
Surufatinib VEGFR1/2/3 Advanced CRC Phase II NCT05372198
Lenvatinib VEGFR1/2/3 mCRC Phase III NCT04776148
Fruquitinib VEGFR tyrosine kinase Non-MSI-H/dMMR mCRC Phase II NCT04866862
Vandetanib VEGF/VEGFR mCRC Phase I NCT00532090
mCRC Phase II NCT00500292
Advanced CRC Phase I NCT00496509

VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR: Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; mCRC: Metastatic colorectal cancer; MSI: Microsatellite instability; dMMR: mismatch repair deficient.