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. 2024 Feb 15;14(2):429–447. doi: 10.62347/HBBE6868

Table 4.

Clinical trials of BNCT in other cancer

Time Cancer Type Trial ID Phase Case Drug Maximum Dose of Radiation Outcomes (SD1/PFS2/CR3) Citation
Registered Clinical Trials
    1997-2006 Metastatic Melanoma NCT00085059 II 4 100 mg BSH4/kg 60.0 muSV5/h N/A [76]
    2002-2005 Metastatic Melanoma NCT00039572 I/II 2 350 mg BPA6/kg N/A N/A [20,78]
    2003-2007 Metastatic Hepatoma NCT00062348 I 6 600 mg BSH/kg / N/A [79,80]
200 mg BPA/kg
    2019-2020 AS7 jRCTs051180217 II 2 BPA## N/A N/A [90]
    2019-2020 rBC8 jRCTs051180219 II 1 BPA## N/A N/A [91]
    2022- rBC jRCTs031220371 0 5# BPA## N/A N/A [92]
Investigator-initiated Clinical Trials
    2005 HCC9 N/A I/II 1 1 g BSH/body 2.0 Gy-Eq10 SD time: 1 month [84]
250 mg BPA/kg
    2005-2006 MPM11/MSSpCC12 N/A I/II 2 250-500 mg BPA/kg 44.7 Gy-Eq PFS time: 3-6 months [81]
    2005-2014 EMPD13 N/A I/II 4 200 mg BPA/kg 25.0 Gy-Eq 6m CR: 100% [86]
    2006 MPM N/A I/II 3 500 mg BPA/kg 39.5 Gy-Eq N/A [82]
    2009 MPM/Hepatoma N/A I/II 10 BPA## 5.0 Gy-Eq N/A [83]
    2011 HCC N/A I/II 1 300 mg BSH/body 5.0 Gy-Eq SD time: 3 months [85]
    2012 EMPD N/A I/II 2 BPA## N/A 1y CR: 100% [87]
    2014 Sarcomas N/A I/II 1 500 mg BPA/kg 13.0 Gy-Eq N/A [88]
    2015 MPNST14 N/A I/II 1 500 mg BPA/kg 24.3 Gy-Eq SD time: 2 years [89]
1

SD: stable disease;

2

PFS: progression-free survival;

3

CR: complete remission;

4

BSH: sodium borocaptate;

5

uSV: microsievert;

6

BPA: boronophenylalanine;

7

AS: angiosarcoma;

8

rBC: refractory breast cancer;

9

HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma;

10

Gy-Eq: Gray Equivalent;

11

MPM: malignant pleural mesothelioma;

12

MSSpCC: malignant short spindle cell carcinoma;

13

EMPD: Extramammary Paget’s Disease;

14

MPNST: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.

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Number of patients panned to recruit in the registered information for ongoing trials or trials not yet updated after its predicted completion date.

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The drug dosage is not reflected in the literature.