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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Oncol. 2011 Feb;7(2):263–283. doi: 10.2217/fon.11.2

Table 1.

Rational combinations with histone deacetylase inhibitors: current Phase II/III clinical trials.

HDACi Cancer Combination(s)
Vorinostat Breast Paclitaxel/trastuzumab/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide; carboplatin/nab-
paclitaxel; bevacizumab/paclitaxel; capecitabine; lapatinib
Glioma Bevacizumab/temozolomide; temozoloamide/radiation therapy
Glioblastoma multiforme Carboplatin/isotretinoin; erlotinib/carboplatin
NSCLC Gefitinib; paclitaxel/radiation therapy
Pancreatic Fluorouracil/radiation therapy
Ovarian Carboplatin/paclitaxel
Ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal Carboplatin/gemcitabine
Colorectal Fluorouracil/leucovorin
Renal Carboplatin/isotretinoin
Lymphoma Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin
T-cell lymphoma Cyclophosphamide/vincristine/doxorubicin/prednisone
DLBCL Rituximab/cyclophosphamide/vincristine/prednisone
Large B-cell lymphoma Rituximab/cyclophosphamide/etoposide/prednisone
HIV-associated DLBCL Rituximab/cyclophosphamide/vincristine/doxorubicin/prednisone
Panobinostat Breast Trastuzumab; letrozole
Prostate Bicalutamide
Renal cell Everolimus
Melanoma Decitabine/temozolomide
Multiple myeloma and lymphomas Everolimus
Valproic acid Breast 5-fluorouracil/epirubicin/cyclophosphamide
Gliomas Temozolomide/radiation therapy; bevacizumab/radiation therapy
Ovarian Azacyitidine/carboplatin; hydralazine
Cervical Hydralazine
Small-cell lung carcinoma Adriamycin/cyclophosphamide/vindesine
Mesothelioma Doxorubicin
Sarcomas Bevacizumab/gemcitabine/docetaxel
MDS 5-azacytidine/ATRA
MDS/AML Decitabine; 5-azacytidine/ATRA
AML Decitabine/ATRA
Belinostat NSCLC Carboplatin/paclitaxel/bevacizumab; erlotinib
Ovarian, fallopian tube or primary
peritoneal cancer
Carboplatin
Cancer of unknown primary Carboplatin/paclitaxel
Soft tissue sarcoma Doxorubicin
Thymic malignancies Cisplatin/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide
Entinostat NSCLC Azacitadine
Colorectal Azacitadine
PCI-24781 Soft tissue sarcoma Doxorubicin

AML: Acute myeloid leukemia; ATRA: All-trans retinoic acid; DLBLC: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; HDACi: Histone deacetylase inhibitor; MDS: Myelodysplastic syndrome; NSCLC: Non-small-cell lung carcinoma.