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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Genet. 2008 Oct;9(10):776–788. doi: 10.1038/nrg2432

Table 1.

Current DNA product Phase I to III open clinical trial targets

Number of open trials Category Diseases and conditions treated
Phase I
54 Cancer Melanoma, glioblastoma, lymphoma, cancer cachexia, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, head and
neck squamous cell carcinomarenal cell carcinoma, chronic lymphocytic B leukaemia, Hodgkins
lymphoma, and colorectal, prostate, pancreatic, lung and breast cancer
6 Cardiovascular Re-endothelialization, claudication, limb ischaemia, angiogenesis and Buerger disease
5 Healthy volunteers HIV vaccine safety
2 Infectious disease Chronic hepatitis B and HIV-1
1 Neurological Effect of human insulin-like growth factor for cubital tunnel syndrome
1 Ocular Retinitis pigmentosa
3 Other Erectile dysfunction, type I diabetes mellitus and overactive bladder syndrome
Phase II
10 Cancer Melanoma, angioendothelioma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, lung cancer,
mantle cell carcinoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma
4 Cardiovascular Claudication (cramp-like pains in the legs cause by poor circulation), peripheral ischaemic ulcers,
limb ischaemia
3 Neurological Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy and nerve conduction velocity
3 Ocular Atrophic macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa
Phase III
1 Cancer Lung cancer
1 Cardiovascular Limb ischaemia