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Published in final edited form as: J Mol Med (Berl). 2014 Nov 22;93(1):13–29. doi: 10.1007/s00109-014-1226-2

Table 3.

FAK inhibitor trials in breast cancer

Compound Substrate FDA status Metastatic breast cancer trials
Trials Outcomes Toxicities Ref
PF00562, 271 (PF-271) No approval Ph I: PF-00562271 in patients with advanced non-hematologic malignancies, study completed. In 20 response-evaluable patients with colorectal carcinoma, 7 had SD, 2 over 24 weeks. Nausea, vomiting, headache, fatigue, diarrhea, peripheral edema, dizziness, anorexia, hypotension, dysgeusia. [179]
GSK2256098 No approval Ph I: GSK2256098 in subjects with solid tumors (NCT01138033), ongoing. Recruiting [180]
Ph I: GSK2256098 plus trametinib (MEK inhibitor) in subjects with advanced solid tumors (NCT01938443) Recruiting [180]
VS-6063 (defactinib)/formerly PF04554878 (PF-878) Approved as orphan drug for mesothelioma Ph II: VS-6063 neoadjuvant in patients with surgical resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (NCT02004028) Recruiting [180]
Ph II: VS-6063 in patients with KRAS mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NCT01951690) Recruiting [180]
Ph I: n Japanese subjects with non-hematologic malignancies (NCT01943292) Ongoing Fatigue, headache, increased bilirubin and diarrhea. [180]
Ph I/Ib: Paclitaxel plus VS-6063 in subjects with advanced ovarian cancer (NCT01778803) In 18 patients, 1 CR, lPRand 1SD. Neutropenia (n=5), hyperbilirubinemia (3), thrombocytopenia (1), anemia (1), leukopenia (1), nausea (1), vomiting (1), increased alanine aminotransferase (1) [181]
Ph I: PF-04554878 in patients with advanced non-hematologic malignancies (NCT00787033) SD in 12 (33 %) patients once the dose reached ≥100 mg BID Nausea (33 %), vomiting (31 %), unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (28 %), fatigue (25 %), headache (19 %), diarrhea (19 %), and anorexia(17 %) [182]
Yll Y397siteofFAK. No approval Preclinical investigation [183]

BC breast cancer, HR hormone receptor, MBC metastatic breast cancer, PD progressive disease, SD stable disease, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer