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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cancer Ther. 2017 Mar 14;16(6):1041–1053. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0794

Table 1. Top drug combinations, in rank order.

combination number observationsa agent 1 targetb agent 2 targetb Rankc
Flavopiridol & JQ1 11 CDK Bromodomain 1
Flavopiridol & PF-431396 10 CDK FAK/PYK2 2
Gemcitabine & JQ1 10 nucleoside analog Bromodomain 2
GSK1120212 & PF-431396 9 MEK1 & 2 FAK/PYK2 3
JQ1 & MLN-4924 9 Bromodomain Neddylation 3
SB225002 & YM155 9 CXCR2 Survivin 3
Foretinib & GDC-0941 8 MET & AXL &… PI3K 4
GDC-0941 & GSK1120212 8 PI3K MEK1 & 2 4
JQ1 & SN-38 8 Bromodomain Topoisomerase 4
MLN-4924 & PF-431396 8 Neddylation FAK/PYK2 4
AZD-8055 & SN-38 7 mTOR-specific Topoisomerase 5
BI-2536 & JQ1 7 Polo-like kinase Bromodomain 5
Dasatinib & Foretinib 7 Abl & Src MET & AXL &… 5
Flavopiridol & GSK1120212 7 CDK MEK1 & 2 5
Foretinib & GSK1120212 7 MET & AXL &… MEK1 & 2 5
GDC-0941 & PF-431396 7 PI3K FAK/PYK2 5
MLN-4924 & SN-38 7 Neddylation Topoisomerase 5
SB225002 & SN-38 7 CXCR2 Topoisomerase 5
SN-38 & Simvastatin 7 Topoisomerase HMGCoA Reductase 5
AZD-7762 & SN-38 6 Chk1/2 Topoisomerase 6
AZD-8055 & Foretinib 6 mTOR-specific MET & AXL &… 6
AZD-8055 & MK-1775 6 mTOR-specific p53/ wee1 6
BI-2536 & BRD-7389 6 Polo-like kinase p90 RS6K 6
BI-2536 & Dasatinib 6 Polo-like kinase Abl & Src 6
BYL-719 & Flavopiridol 6 PI3Kalpha CDK 6
Dasatinib & GSK1120212 6 Abl & Src MEK1 & 2 6
Dasatinib & PF-431396 6 Abl & Src FAK/PYK2 6
Flavopiridol & Simvastatin 6 CDK HMGCoA Reductase 6
Foretinib & MK-1775 6 MET & AXL &… p53/ wee1 6
Foretinib & SB225002 6 MET & AXL &… CXCR2 6
Foretinib & Vorinostat 6 MET & AXL &… HDAC 6
GDC-0941 & SN-38 6 PI3K Topoisomerase 6
Gemcitabine & MLN-4924 6 nucleoside analog Neddylation 6
GSK1120212 & MK-2206 6 MEK1 & 2 AKT1-3 6
JQ1 & MLN-8237 6 Bromodomain Aurora Kinase 6
JQ1 & Pemetrexed 6 Bromodomain folate agent 6
JQ1 & PF-431396 6 Bromodomain FAK/PYK2 6
MK-1775 & SN-38 6 p53/ wee1 Topoisomerase 6
MLN-4924 & MLN-8237 6 Neddylation Aurora Kinase 6
MLN-4924 & Oligomycin 6 Neddylation OxPhos 6
MLN-4924 & Pemetrexed 6 Neddylation folate agent 6
MLN-8237 & SN-38 6 Aurora Kinase Topoisomerase 6
Paclitaxel & SB225002 6 microtubule CXCR2 6
Paclitaxel & SN-38 6 microtubule Topoisomerase 6
Simvastatin & YM155 6 HMGCoA Reductase Survivin 6
SN-38 & YM155 6 Topoisomerase Survivin 6
a

Combinations with six or more observations meeting filtering and thresholding criteria described in the text are listed.

b

Nominal “Targets” listed for each agent were curated manually from the research literature, may not apply to all drug doses, and are not all-inclusive.

c

Combinations with an identical number of observations meeting criteria have identical ranks and are ordered alphabetically.