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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Minerva Endocrinol. 2012 Dec;37(4):335–356.

Table 3.

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors studied in DTC (adapted from Sherman93 and Busaidy et al94)

Drug VEGFR1 (IC50) VEGFR2 (IC50) VEGFR3 (IC50) RET (IC50) Other (IC50) PR SD PFS Citations
Motesanib X (2) X (3) X (6) X (59) c-KIT (8) 14% 35% 40 weeks Sherman et al73

Axitinib X (1.2) X (0.25) X (0.29) c-KIT (1.7) 30% 38% 18.1 months Cohen et al71

Sorafenib X (90) X (20) X (49) BRAF (22)
c-KIT (68)
15% 56% 15 months Kloos et al57
23% 53% 84 weeks Gupta-Abramson et al56
25% 34% 58 weeks Hoftijzer et al58
31% 42% 18 months Schneider et al59
18% 79% n/a Ahmed et al60
20% 60% 19 months Cabanillas et al61

Sunitinib X (2) X (9) X (17) X (41) c-KIT (7) 28% 46% TTP 12.8 months Carr et al62

Pazopanib X (10) X (30) X (47) X (2800) c-KIT (74)95 49% n/a 11.7 months Bible et al66

Lenvatinib X (22) X (4) X (5.2) X (35) FGFR (46) 96
c-KIT (100)97
50% n/a 12.6 months Sherman et al77

Cabozantinib X (0.035) X (5.2) c-MET (1.8)
c-KIT (4.6)98
53% 40% n/a Cabanillas et al76

Vandetanib X (1600) X (40) X (110) X (100) EGFR (500) ≤8% 56% 11.1 months Leboulleux et al68

Selumetenib MEK (14)99 3% 54% 8 months Hayes et al75

VEGFR=vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; FGFR= fibroblast growth factor receptor; EGFR= epidermal growth factor receptor; PFS=progression-free survival; PR=partial response; CR=complete response; TTP=time to progression; IC50=half maximal inhibitory concentration in nmol.