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. 2018 Nov;59(5):535–547. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0049TR

Table 1.

Recent and Ongoing Trials of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Lung Disease

Drug Disease Trials* Primary Pathway(s) Targeted
Nintedanib IPF Tomorrow INPULSIS 1, 2 VEGF, FGF, PDGF
Nintedanib LAM Nintedanib for LAM (phase II) PDGF, FGF, VEGF
Imatinib PAH IMPRES PDGF, c-KIT
Imatinib LAM LAMP-1 VEGF
Imatinib IPF Gleevec IPF Study PDGF
Imatinib Asthma KIA c-KIT
Dasatinib IPF Targeting proinflammatory cells in IPF Src
Sorafenib PAH Dosing in patients with PAH (phase I) VEGF, Raf-1 kinase
Sorafenib Hepatopulmonary syndrome SHPS (phase II) VEGF
Saracatinib LAM SLAM-1 Src

Definition of abbreviations: FGF = fibroblast growth factor; IMPRES = Imatinib (QTI571) in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension study; IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; KIA = Effects of c-Kit Inhibition by Imatinib in Patients with Severe Refractory Asthma study; LAM = lymphangioleiomyomatosis; LAMP-1 = LAM Pilot Study with Imatinib Mesylate 1; PAH = pulmonary arterial hypertension; PDGF = platelet-derived growth factor; SHPS = Sorafenib for Hepatopulmonary Syndrome; SLAM-1 = Tolerability of Saracatinib in Subjects with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor.

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Cancer trials excluded (see www.clinicaltrials.gov).