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. 2025 Jan 16;33(2):245–262. doi: 10.32604/or.2024.055449

Table 1. Overview of antiangiogenic therapies in melanoma.

Type of drug Drug Trade name Target Effect Literature
Monoclonal antibodies Bevacizumab Avastin™ VEGF Inhibition of VEGF-A binding to its receptors; decrease of ECs growth and vessel formation; can be administered in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin; [119,120]
Aflibercept EYLEA™, Zaltrap™ (ziv Aflibercept™) VEGF/PlGF decoy receptor for VEGF-A and PlGF with greater affinity than their natural receptors; inhibition of VEGF binding to VEGFR1 and VEGFR2; can be combined with pembrolizumab and IL-2; [121123]
Etaracizumab Abegrin™ αvβ3 integrin Binding to αvβ3 integrin and inhibiting its function; [124126]
Ramucirumab Cyramza™ VEGFR-2 Inhibition of VEGF binding by binding to VEGFR-2 receptor; inhibition of angiogenesis; [127]
Ontuxizumab Ontuxizumab™ Endosialin Binds to endosialin (CD248/TEM1); inhibition of angiogenesis and tumor growth; [128]
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors Axtinib Inlyta™ c-SRC, Kit, and RET, VEGFR-1/2, Inhibition of VEGF signaling pathway; [129131]
Imatinib Imatinib™ PDGFR, c-kit, v-Abl Inhibition of PDGF signaling pathway; [132,133]
Lenvatinib Lenvima™, Lenvatinib™ VEGFR, FGFR Inhibition of VEGF and FGF signaling pathways; can be combined with PD-L1 inhibitors; [134136]
Pazopanib Pazopanib™, Votrient™ c-kit, PDGFR-α/β, VEGFR-1/2/3 Inhibition of VEGFR1/2/3, PDGFR-α/β pathways; [137,138]
Sorafenib Sorafenib™, Nexavar™ c-kit, FGFR-1, PDGFR-1, VEGFR Inhibition of PDGFR-1, VEGFR and FGFR-1 pathways; [139141]
Sunitinib Sunitinib™, Krka™, Sutent™, Sutinib™ VEGFR Inhibition of VEGFR pathway; [142,143]
Vatalanib PDGFR-β, VEGFR-1/2/3 Inhibition of VEGFR and PDGFR-β pathways. [144]