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Published in final edited form as: Curr Med Chem. 2011;18(27):4117–4125. doi: 10.2174/092986711797189619

Table 2.

Aptamers in the Clinical Pipeline

Aptamer Candidate Target/Indication Developer Clinical phase Type
Macugen (Pegaptanib) VEGF/AMD Eyetech(Cedar Knolls, JN, USA) FDA approved RNA
Edifoligide (E2F decoy) E2F/CABG surgery Anesiva (formerly Corgentech, San Francisco, CA, USA) No better than placebo in Phase III RNA
Avrina (NF-kB decoy) NF-kB/eczema Anesvia (formerly Corgentech, San Francisco, CA, USA) Phase III ds DNA
AS 1411 Nucleolin/anticancer (AML, renal cell carcinoma) Antisoma (London, UK) Phase II DNA
REG1 FIX/arterial thrombosis Regado Biosciences (Durham, NC, USA) Phase II RNA
REG2 FIX/venous thrombosis Regado Biosciences (Durham, NC, USA) Phase I RNA
ARC 1779 (TMA/TTP) Vwf/TMA, TTP, CEA Archemix (Cambridge, MA, USA) Phase II DNA/RNA
ARC 183 Thrombin/anticoagulation Archemix (Cambridge, MA, USA) Phase I completed, not in development DNA
NU172 (ARC2172) Thrombin/anticoagulation (PCI, CABG) Nuvelo/Archemix (San Carlos, CA/Cambridge, MA, USA) Commence a Phase II study DNA
E10030 PDGF-B/wet AMD Ophthotech (Princeton, NJ, USA) Phase I DNA
ARC 1905 C5/wet and dry AMD Ophthotech (Princeton, NJ, USA) Phase I RNA

All the above information is collected from the references [99105].