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. 2019 Oct 2;11(10):1483. doi: 10.3390/cancers11101483

Table 2.

Efficacy and toxicity of BET inhibitors in patients with hematological cancers.

BETi Drug Combination Target Disease and Criteria of Inclusion Clinical Trial (Number of Patients, Age) Response Adverse Effects
ABBV-075 Venetoclax AML, MM NCT02391480
(n = 128, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
FT-1101 Azacitidine R/R AML (FLT3-ITD or FLT3-TKD mutated)
MDS (eligible to receive azacitidine),
R/R NHL (primary mediastinal, DLBCL and B-cell lymphoma)
NCT02543879
(n = 94, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
OTX015/MK-8628 - AML
Ph + ALL
MM (exposed to at least one
alkylating agent/corticosteroid/IMiD and bortezomib)
DLBCL (≥1 nonirradiated tumor
mass ≥750 mm3).
(failure of all standard therapies and life expectancy ≥3 months)
NCT01713582
(n = 141, ≥18 years old)
DOR in 6,6% of DLBCL patients and clinical activity without ORC in 13,3% patients Serious adverse effects: Thrombocytopenia, febrile neutropenia, leukocytosis, sinus bradycardia, gastrointestinal events (grade 1–2), fatigue, asthenia (grade 1–2) and infections
Azacitidine AML NCT02303782 No data available No data available
CPI0610 - MM (progressed after at least one line of standard therapy) NCT02157636
(n = 30, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
- Lymphoma (progressed after/prior treatment and without available/effective standard therapy) NCT01949883
(n = 64, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
PLX51107 - R/R AML or NHL (life expectancy ≥3 months) NCT02683395 ††
(n = 50, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
BAY1238097 - MM (refractory to standard treatment or with no standard therapy available, life expectancy ≥3 months) NCT02369029 ††
(n = 8, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
GS-5829 Exemestane, Fulvestrant DLBCL, PTCL (refractory to or intolerant of standard therapy or no standard therapy available) NCT02392611
(n = 33, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available
INCB054329 - DLBCL, AML, MM, ALL, BL (progressed following at least 1 line of therapy without further approved therapy available) NCT02431260 ††
(n = 69, ≥18 years old)
PK variations among individuals Serious adverse effects
Anemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, gastrointestinal disorders, fatigue, hyperbilirubinemia, pneumonia, multi-organ failure, hepatic vein thrombosis, infections increased alanine and aspartate aminotransferases, hyperbilinubinemia, respiratory, thoracic, and mediastinal disorders
RO6870810 - R/R AML and MDS (allogeneic stem cell transplant not treated with immunosuppressors for ≥2 weeks, life expectancy ≥2 months) NCT02308761
(n = 26, ≥18 years old)
No data available No data available

Abbreviations: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Burkitt lymphoma (BL), Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Multiple myeloma (MM), Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Relapsed/Refractory (R/R), Durable Objective Response (DOR), Objective Response Criteria (ORC). Withdrawn †† Terminated. Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+), Immunomodulatory drug (IMiD).