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. 2020 Jun 30;5:108. doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00216-5

Table 1.

Clinical trials and preclinical drugs targeting ferroptosis and lipid metabolism for antitumor treatment

Nos. Drugs Target Clinical use/clinical trials Refs.
1 Sorafenib System xc inhibitor Renal cell, thyroid, and hepatocellular carcinoma treatment 135137
2 Altretamine GPX4 inhibitor Ovarian cancer treatment 139,140
3 Buthionine sulfoximine γ-GCS inhibitor Clinical trials for neuroblastoma treatment 21,42,96
4 Statins Block biosynthesis of CoQ10 Cholesterol reducing agents 83
5 Sulfasalazine System xc inhibitor Rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases treatment/clinical trials for glioma treatment 135,138
6 Lapatinib and neratinib Kinase inhibitor and alters iron transport system Clinical trials for solid and metastatic breast cancer treatment 141,142
7 BAY-87-2243 Mitochondrial complex I inhibitor/HIF-1 inhibitor Phase I trial for treatment of advanced malignancies 143
8 Salinomycin Antioxidant properties inhibitor and alters iron transport system Preclinical trials for breast cancer treatment 144146
9 MF-438 SCD1 inhibitor Preclinical trials for melanoma, breast and lung cancer treatment 41,148150
10 CAY10566 SCD1 inhibitor Preclinical trials for breast, prostate and liver cancer treatment 41,151153
11 Aminooxyacetic acid Mitochondrial fatty-acid synthesis Preclinical trials for colon cancer treatment 4,155,156
12 Triacsin C ACSL1,3,4 inhibitor Preclinical trials for cancer treatment 47,157
13 thiazolidinediones ACSL4 inhibitor Diabetes/clinical trials for cancer treatment 10,157
14 Zileuton 5-LOX inhibitor Clinical trials for lung, head and neck cancer and chronic myelogenous leukemia treatment 158161
15 Baicalein 12/15-LOX inhibitor Clinical trials for acute lymphocytic leukemia treatment 29,162