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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2014 Sep 16;24(1):79–94. doi: 10.1517/13543784.2015.960077

Table 4.

Phase I and II trials using other agents that modulate metabolism.

Agent Mechanism Phase/Trial/Number of patients Outcome
Asparaginase Depletes asparagine 2/Ovarian/4 Terminated early d/t toxicity (4)
ADI-PEG 20 Inhibits arginine deaminase 1 & 2/Advanced Melanoma/31
2/Advanced solid tumors (+docetaxel)/18
2/Advanced HCC/71
SD in 9 patients (4 with uveal melanoma)
1 PR, 6 SD
31% SD
EGCG Induction of apoptosis 1b/Hormone-receptor negative breast cancer/40
2/Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/42
2/Advanced ovarian cancer/16
Well tolerated in chemopreventive setting
69% Rai stage 0 – 2 with biologic response
Five women without recurrence at 18m
AG-221 IDH2 inhibitor 1: Hematologic malignancies with
IDH2 mutations/22
6/7 evaluable pts with RR
cG250 (Rencarex®) Chimeric monoclonal antibody against CAIX 1/Advanced renal cell carcinoma/23
1 & 2/Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (+IFN-a)/31
Well tolerated, 74% SD at 3m
2 PR, 14 SD at 4m
E7070 (Indisulam) Decreases glutathione synthase and glutathione reductase 1/Advanced solid tumors (+Xeloda)/35
1/Advanced solid tumors (+carboplatin)/16
2/Metastatic renal cell carcinoma/30
2/Advanced NSCLC/44
2 PR, 17 SD
Well tolerated
Majority of patients with PD*
1 MR

ADI: Arginine deiminase; CAIX: Carbonic anhydrase IX; EGCG: Epigallocatechin gallate; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; IDH: Isocitrate dehydrogenase; PR: Partial remission; SD: Stable disease.