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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Hematol. 2014 Aug;7(4):439–464. doi: 10.1586/17474086.2014.932687

Table.1.

Selected Ongoing Clinical Trials of Small Molecular Inhibitors in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Molecular Target Small Molecule
Inhibitor
Phase of the
study
Study Design ClinicalTrials.gov
Identifier
Aurora kinase Alisertib
(Aurora A Kinase inhibitor)
Phase 1 alisertib in combination with 7+3 induction chemotherapy NCT01779843
AMG 900 Phase 1 Single agent NCT01380756

Farnesyl transferase Lestaurtinib Phase 1/ 2 lestaurtinib + cytarabine + idarubicin relapsed and refractory AML NCT00469859

Histone deacetylase Valproic acid Phase 1/ 2 ATRA+ Valproic acid+ low dose cytarabine NCT00995332
Entinostat
(MS275)
Phase 2 Entinostat + 5AZC in elderly NCT01305499
Vorinostat Phase 2 Temozolomide + vorinostat in patients more than 60 years old with newly diagnosed or relapsed or refractory AML NCT01550224
Vorinostat Phase 3 Cytarabine + daunorubicin hydrochloride or idarubicin+ cytarabine with or without vorinostat NCT01802333

Proteasome inhibitors Bortezomib Phase 2 Comparing decitabine with decitabine + subcutaneously injected bortezomib in untreated AML NCT01420926
Ixazomib Phase 2 Single agent for NPM1c relapsed/ refractory AML NCT02030405

CXCR4 Plerixafor Phase 1 Plerixafor+ decitabine for induction and post-remission therapy in elderly NCT01352650
Plerixafor Phase 1/2 Plerixafor+ GCSF + chemotherapy in refractory or relapsed AML NCT00906945
BL-8040 Phase 2A, multicenter, open-label Single agent therapy for relapsed and refractory AML NCT01838395
BMS-936564 (Anti-CXCR4) Phase 1, multicenter, open-label Single agent in relapsed AML, and B cell malignancies NCT01120457

HSP90 Ganetespib Phase 1/2 To combine either the tyrosine kinase inhibitor AC220, plerixafor, or ganetespib with chemotherapy in older patients with AML and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (AML18 Pilot) NCT01236144

FLT3 Crenolanib Phase 2 Single agent therapy in relapsed and refractory AML with FLT3- D835 activating mutation NCT01522469
Sorafenib Phase 1/2 Sorafenib + vorinostat, + bortezomib for AML with complex or poor-risk (monosomy 5/7) cytogenetics or FLT3-ITD–positive mutation NCT01534260
Sorafenib Phase 1 Single agent maintenance therapy after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. NCT01398501
Sorafenib Phase 3 Bortezomib+ sorafenib for de novo AML with high allelic ratio FLT3-ITD disease NCT01371981
Midostaurin
(PKC412)
Phase 2 Single agent therapy for c-kit or FLT3-ITD mutated t(8;21) AML NCT01830361

c-kit Nilotinib Phase 1/2 Nilotinib+ mitoxantrone, etoposide +high-dose cytarabine (NOVE-HiDAC) induction chemotherapy followed by consolidation therapy for poor-risk patients up to 65 years old with c-kit positive AML NCT01222143

Hedgehog pathway PF-04449913 Phase 2 Single agent therapy for high risk AML post-allogeneic stem cell transplantation relapse NCT01841333

WNT pathway PRI-724 Phase 1/2 Single agent tharpy for advanced malignancies. NCT01606579
CWP232291 Phase 1 Single agent therapy for relapsed and refractory AML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome or high-risk myelofibrosis NCT01398462

IDH1/2 AG-120 Phase 1 Monotherapy in advanced hematological malignancies with IDH1 mutation NCT02074839
AG-221 Phase 1 Monotherapy in advanced hematological malignancies with IDH2 mutation NCT01915498

AML, Acute myeloid leukemia; 5AZC, 5-Azacytidine.

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