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. 2015 Dec 25;4(1):1. doi: 10.3390/diseases4010001

Table 1.

Anti-VEGF TKIs.

Agent Trial Phase Number Patient Therapy Dosing Results a vs. b
Sorafenib Abou-Alfa et al. (2006) [51] II 137 No prior systemic therapy a. Sorafenib (n = 137) Sorafenib 400 mg BID OS: 9.2 months; TTP: 4.2 months; ORR: 8%; DCR: 41.6%
Abdel-Rahman et al. (2013) [33] II 52 No prior systemic therapy a. Sorafenib (n = 26);
b. Capecitabine (n = 26)
Sorafenib 400 mg BID; Capecitabine 1000 mg/m2 BID OS: 7.05 months vs. 5.07 months, p < 0.016; PFS: 6 months vs. 4 months, p < 0.005; ORR: 15.5% vs. 3%
SHARP (2008) [52] III 602 No prior systemic therapy a. Sorafenib (n = 299);
b. Placebo (n = 303)
Sorafenib 400 mg BID OS: 10.7 months vs 7.9 months, HR 0.69, p < 0.001; TTP: 4.1 months vs. 4.9 months, p = 0.77; ORR: 2% vs. 1%; DCR: 43% vs. 32%, p = 0.002
Asia-Pacific (2009) [53] III 226 No prior systemic therapy a. Sorafenib (n = 150);
b. Placebo (n = 76)
Sorafenib 400 mg BID OS: 6.5 months vs. 4.2 months, HR 68, p = 0.014; TTP: 2.8 months vs. 1.4 months, HR 0.57, p = 0.0005; ORR: 3.3% vs. 1.3%; DCR: 53% vs. 12%, p = 0.0019
Abou-Alfa et al. (2010) [54] III 96 No prior systemic therapy a. Sorafenib/Doxorubicin (n = 47);
b. Doxorubicin/Placebo (n = 49)
Sorafenib 400 mg BID; Doxorubicin 60 mg/m2 q21days OS: 13.7 months vs. 6.5 months, HR 0.49, p = 0.006; PFS: 6 months vs. 2.7 months, p = 0.006; TTP: 6.4 months vs. 2.8 months, HR 0.5, p = 0.02; ORR: 4% vs. 2%; DCR: 62% vs. 29%
CALGB-80802; (NCT01015833) III R No prior systemic therapy a. Sorafenib/Doxorubicin;
b. Sorafenib
Pending
BOOST; (NCT01405573) III R No prior anti-angiogenesis, Child-Pugh B only a. Sorafenib;
b. Placebo
Pending
Sunitinib Zhu et al. (2009) [67] II 34 No prior systemic therapy a. Sunitinib (n = 34) Sunitinib 50 mg daily, 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off OS: 9.8 months; TTP: 4.1 months; ORR: 2.9%; DCR: 52.9%
Faivre et al. (2009) [68] II 37 No prior systemic therapy a. Sunitinib (n = 37) Sunitinib 50 mg daily, 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off OS: 8.0 months; PFS: 3.7 months; TTP: 5.3 months; ORR: 2.7%; DCR: 37.8%
SAKK 77/06 (2010) [66] II 45 No prior systemic therapy a. Sunitinib (n = 45) Sunitinib 37.5 mg daily OS: 9.3 months; PFS: 1.5 months; TTP: 1.5 months; ORR: 2%; DCR: 42%
Barone et al. (2013) [65] II 34 No prior systemic therapy a. Sunitinib (n = 34) Sunitinib 50 mg daily, 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off OS: 5.8 months; TTP: 2.8 months; ORR: 11.8%; DCR: 44%
Linifanib Toh et al. (2012) [72] II 44 No prior systemic therapy a. Llinifanib (n = 44) Linifanib 0.25 mg/kg daily OS: 9.7 months; TTP: 3.7 months; ORR: 9.1%
Cainap et al. (2015) [73] III 1035 No prior systemic therapy a. Linifanib (n = 530);
b. Sorafenib (n = 544)
Linifanib 17.5 mg daily; Sorafenib 400 mg BID OS: 9.1 months vs. 9.8 months, HR 1.046; PFS: 4.2 months vs. 2.9 months, HR 0.813, p = 0.008; TTP: 5.4 months vs. 4.0 months, HR 0.895, p = 0.001; ORR: 10.1% vs. 6.1%
Brivanib BRISK-FL (2013) [76] III 1155 No prior systemic therapy a. Brivanib (n = 577);
b. Sorafenib (n = 578)
Brivanib 800 mg daily; Sorafenib 400 mg BID OS: 9.5 months vs. 9.9 months, p = 0.3116; PFS: 4.2 months vs. 4.1 months, p = 0.8532); ORR: 12% vs. 9%, p = 0.0569; DCR: 66% vs. 65%, p = 0.8739
BRISK-PS (2009) [77] III 395 Failed sorafenib a. Brivanib (n = 263);
b. Placebo (n = 132)
Brivanib 800 mg daily OS: 9.4 months vs. 8.2 months, HR 0.89, p = 0.3307; TTP: 4.2 months vs. 2.7 months, p < 0.001; ORR: 10% vs. 2%; DCR: 61% vs. 40%, p < 0.001
Cediranib Alberts et al. (2012) [79] II 28 No prior systemic therapy a. Cediranib (n = 28) Cediranib 45 mg daily OS: 5.8 months; TTP: 2.8 months; DCR: 25%
Zhu et al. (2013) [80] II 17 Any line of therapy a. Cediranib (n = 17) Cediranib 30 mg daily OS: 11.7 months; PFS: 5.3 months; DCR: 29%
Regorafenib Bruix et al. (2013) [94] II 36 Failed sorafenib a. Regorafenib (n = 36) Regorafenib 160 mg daily, 3 weeks on, 1 week off OS: 13.8 months; TTP: 4.3 months; ORR: 3%; DCR: 72%
RESORCE (NCT01774344) III R Failed sorafenib a. Regorafenib;
b. Placebo
Regorafenib 160 mg daily, 3 weeks on, 1 week off Pending
Orantinib Kanai et al. (2011) [83] I/II 35 Any line of therapy a. Orantinib (n = 35) Orantinib 400 mg BID OS: 13.1 months; TTP: 2.1 months; ORR: 8.6%; DCR: 51.4%
Pazopanib Yau et al. (2011) [90] I 26 Prior therapy a. Pazopanib (n = 26) Pazopanib 200–800 mg daily PFS: 17.7 weeks; ORR: 8%; DCR: 73%

OS: median overall survival; PFS: median progression free survival; TTP: median time to progression; ORR: objective response rate; DCR: disease control rate.