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. 2017 Jul-Sep;9(3):55–63.

SUPPLEMENT.

Classification of the DR agonists being tested in clinical trials

Disease Phase/Adjunct therapy Patients Clinical
efficacy
Reference
Lexatumumab
fully IgG1-kappa human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against DR5
Solid cancer tumors I 24 Low [53]
I 32 Low [70]
Ib/gemcitabine, pemetrexed, doxorubicin,
or FOLFIRI
41 No data  
Mapatumumab
fully IgG1-kappa human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against DR4
Solid cancer tumors I 49 Yes  
I 41 No [71]
I/paclitaxel, carboplatin 27 No [72]
NHL Ib/II 40 Low [57]
CRC II 38 Low [58]
Cervical cancer Ib/II/cisplatin, gemcitabine 49 Yes  
NSCLC II 32 Low  
II/paclitaxel, carboplatin 100 No [60]
HCC II/sorafenib 101 In progress [73]
MM II/bortezomib (velcade) 105 No data  
Conatumumab (AMG 655)
fully IgG1-kappa human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against DR5
Solid cancer tumors I 37 Yes [74]
I/increased dose 18   [47]
Ib/AMG 479 (IGF-IR antagonist) 108    
NSCLC II/paclitaxel, carboplatin 150 No [59]
Lymphoma II/bortezomib, vorinostat 20 No  
Soft tissue sarcoma I/doxorubicin 6   [75]
II/doxorubicin 120 Low  
II/FOLFOX6, bevacizumab, ganitumab   In progress  
CRC II/FOLFIRI, ganitumab 155 Yes [61]
II/mFOLFOX, bevacizumab 180 No [76]
I, II/panitumumab 53 No  
Pancreatic cancer II/gemcitabine 125 Low [77]
Tigatuzumab (CS-1008)
fully IgG1-kappa human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against DR5
Carcinoma I 17 No [78]
NSCLC II/paclitaxel, carboplatin 97 No [54]
Pancreatic cancer II/gemcitabine 62 No [62]
Breast cancer II/paclitaxel 64 Low [79]
HCC II/sorafenib 163 No [80]
CRC I 19 Low [81]
Metastatic breast cancer II/abraxane   In progress  
Drozitumab
fully IgG1-kappa human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against DR5
Metastatic colorectal cancer I/mFOLFOX, bevacizumab   Low [82]
Dulanermin
(rhApo2L/TRAIL) pro-apoptotic receptor agonist
Solid cancer tumors I 58 Low [63]
NSCLC Ib/paclitaxel, carboplatin+bevacizumab 24   [83]
II/paclitaxel, carboplatin+bevacizumab 213 No [84]
CRC Ib/FOLFOX6+bevacizumab 23 Yes [85]
II/FOLFOX6+bevacizumab   In progress  
NHL Ib/rituximab 7 Yes [86]
II/rituximab 132 In progress
PRO95780
fully IgG1-kappa human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against DR5
Solid cancer tumors I 50 No [87]
CRC I/FOLFOX, bevacizumab 6    
NHL I/rituximab 49 No data  
CRC I/bevacizumab, cetuximab, FOLFIRI,
irinotecan
23 No data  
Chondrosarcoma II   In progress  
NSCLC II/paclitaxel, carboplatin, bevacizumab 128 No data  
NSCLC – non-small cell lung cancer; NHL – non-Hodgkin lymphoma; CRC – colorectal cancer; HCC – hepatocellular carcinoma; MM – multiple myeloma

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