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. 2023 Jun 24;46(6):500–534. doi: 10.1007/s12272-023-01452-3

Table 3.

Therapeutic application of cGAS and STING activators

Target Activator Target diseases Phase Clinical trial NCT code
cGAS Manganese Unresectable/metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT03991559
Micronuclei Senescence and various human cancer cells Preclinical
STING Cyclic Dinucleotides (CDNs) 3′3′-cyclic AIMP Hepatocellular carcinoma Preclinical
BI 1387446 (BI-STING) Advanced solid tumors Phase I NCT04147234
BMS-986301 Advanced solid tumors Phase I NCT03956680
E7766 Advanced solid tumors or lymphomas Phase Ia/Ib NCT04144140
exoSTING (CDK-002) Advanced/metastatic, recurrent, injectable solid tumors Phase I/ II NCT04592484
GSK532 Colorectal carcinoma Preclinical
IMSA101 (GB492) Refractory malignancies Phase I/ II NCT04020185
JNJ-67544412 (JNJ-4412) Subcutaneous syngeneic murine tumor models Preclinical
MIW815 (ADU-S100, ML RR-S2 CDA) Advanced/metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT03172936
Advanced/metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT02675439
PD-L1 positive recurrent or metastatic HNSCC phases II NCT03937141
MK-1454 Advanced/metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT03010176
Metastatic or unresectable, recurrent HNSCC phase II NCT04220866
Nano-STING agonist-decorated microrobot Murine tumor models Preclinical
SB11285 Advanced solid tumors Phase Ia/Ib NCT04096638
Non-Cyclic Dinucleotides ALG-031048 Colorectal carcinoma Preclinical
CRD5500 (LB-061) Colorectal carcinoma Preclinical
CS-1018, CS-1020 and CS-1010 Colon adenocarcinoma and melanoma Preclinical
GSK3745417 Advanced solid tumors Phase I NCT03843359
JNJ- ‘6196 Murine tumor models (not specified) Preclinical
MK-2118 Advanced/metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT03249792
MSA-1 Colorectal carcinoma Preclinical
MSA-2 Colon adenocarcinoma and melanoma Preclinical
NEs@STING-Mal-NP TNBC tumor Preclinical
Ryvu’s activators Colorectal carcinoma Preclinical
SAL-LNP SARS-CoV-2 infection Preclinical
Selvita activators In vitro assays for STING activators Preclinical
SNX281 Advanced solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT04609579
TAK-676 Advanced solid tumors Phase I NCT04420884
TTI-10001 Multiple syngeneic murine tumor models Preclinical
Ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1(ENPP1) Inhibitor MV-626 pancreatic adenocarcinoma tumors Preclinical
SR-8314/ SR-8291 Syngeneic murine tumor models Preclinical
SR-8541A In vitro assays for STING activators Preclinical
Others Bacterial-based activators STACT Colorectal carcinoma and melamoma Preclinical
SYNB1891 Advanced solid tumors or lymphomas Phase I NCT04167137
Immune stimulating antibody conjugate (ISAC) ADC XMT-2056 Advanced/recurrent solid tumors Phase I NCT05514717
TAK-500 Advanced or metastatic solid tumors Phase Ia/Ib NCT05070247