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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transl Res. 2014 Aug 13;165(4):512–530. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2014.07.010

Table 2.

Anti-fibrotic therapies in clinical trials for kidney diseases.

Therapeutic approaches Drug Type Target Disease Stage Clinical trial identifier www.clinicaltrials.gov

TGF-β antagonists Fresolimumab (GC-1008) Antibody Anti-TGF-β1,2, 3 Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis Phase 2 NCT01665391
LY2382770 Antibody Anti-TGF-β1 Diabetic nephropathy Phase 2 NCT01113801
Pirfenidone Small-molecule TGF-β synthesis inhibitor Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis Phase 2 NCT00001959 *completed (50)
Diabetic nephropathy Phase1/2 NCT00063583 *completed (51)

BMP-7 agonists THR-184 Small peptide BMPR agonist Cardiac Surgery Associated-Acute Kidney Injury Phase 2 NCT01830920

CTGF inhibitors FG-3019 Antibody Anti-CTGF Diabetic nephropathy Phase 1 NCT00102297 *completed
NCT00754143 *completed (115)

CCL2-CCR2 inhibitor CCX140-B Small-molecule CCR2 antagonist Diabetic nephropathy Phase 2 NCT01028963 *completed (131)
Diabetic nephropathy Phase 2 NCT01440257
Diabetic nephropathy Phase 2 NCT01447147

PDE inhibitors Pentoxifylline Small-molecule Nonselective PDE inhibitor Chronic kidney disease Phase 3 NCT00285298 *completed (138)
Diabetic nephropathy Phase 4 NCT01382303
Chronic kidney disease Phase 4 NCT01377285
PF00489791 Small-molecule PDE5 inhibitor Diabetic nephropathy Phase 2 NCT01200394

Nox1/4 inhibitor GKT137831 Small-molecule Nox1/4 inhibitor Diabetic nephropathy Phase 2 NCT02010242

ET-1 antagonists Avosentan Peptide ETA receptor antagonist Diabetic nephropathy Phase 3 NCT00120328 *terminated (160)

TNF-α antagonists Adalimumab Antibody Anti-TNF-α Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis Phase 2 NCT00814255 *completed (163)

Abbreviations; BMP, bone morphogenic protein; BMPR, BMP receptor; CCL2-CCR2, CC motif chemokine ligand 2- CC receptor type 2; CTGF, connective tissue growth factor; ET, endothelin; Nox, NADPH oxidase ; PDE, phosphodiesterase ; TGF-β, transforming growth factor-β; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.