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. 2016 Mar 1;7:11–17. doi: 10.2147/LCTT.S60344

Table 1.

Key completed trials involving HSP90 inhibitors

Drug name Trial information Stratification End point ORR Comments
Ganetespib NCT01031225
n=99
Phase II
Cohort A: mutant RAS
Cohort B: mutant EGFR
Cohort C: wild type
PFS at 16 weeks
Cohort A: 13.3%
Cohort B: 5.9%
Cohort C: 13.9%
4% (only seen in patients with ALK translocation) Two deaths (one cardiac arrest and one renal failure)
GALAXY-1
NCT01348126
n=255
Phase II
Combination drug: docetaxel
LDH
RAS mutation
Time since advanced disease
Performance status
Smoking
OS: HR 0.69
PFS: HR 0.70
15% in the combination arm
11% in stand-alone arm
Best response achieved in patients with >6 months since advanced diagnosis (HR 0.41)
AUY922 NCT01922583
n=112
Phase II
EGFR-mutated
KRAS-mutated
ALK-rearranged
Wild type
ORR and SD at 18 weeks
Overall: 13%
EGFR: 18%
KRAS: 0%
ALK: 25%
Wild type: 13%
SD achieved in some crizotinib-resistant patients
Retaspimycin (IPI-504) NCT00431015
n=76
Phase II
EGFR wild-type
EGFR-mutated
ORR of 7% EGFR wild-type: 10%
EGFR-mutated: 4%
Grade 3 liver dysfunction in 11% of patients

Abbreviations: ORR, overall response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; SD, stable disease; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.