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. 2020 May 28;9(2):CNS58. doi: 10.2217/cns-2020-0004

Table 1. . Compound description.

Group Compound Main indication Mechanism Research phase in GBM treatment Table S2 correlation no.
High potency Palbociclib Breast cancer CDK inhibitor (CDK4/6) Clinical trial 1
  Trihexyphenidyl Parkinson's disease Anticholinergic None 2
  Clonidine Arterial hypertension Central alpha-adrenoceptor agonist Pre-clinical 3
  Nilotinib Leukemia and Philadelphia positive chronic myeloid BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor Clinical trial 4
  Homatropine Mydriasis induction Anticholinergic None 5
  Doxorubicin Multiple types of cancers Anthracycline, topo isomerase 2 inhibitor Clinical trial 6
  Brexpiprazole Psychosis Serotonin-dopamine activity modulator Pre-clinical 7
  Dasatinib Leukemia, Philadelphia positive accute and chronic Tyrosine kinase inhibitor, SRC-family Clinical trial 8
  Nintedanib Lung cancer FGFR and VEGFR protein inhibitor Clinical trial 9
Intermediate Potency Vinblastine Multiple types of cancers Antimicrotubule Clinical trial 10
  Imiquimod Skin cancer Immune response modifier Clinical trial (indirect*) 11
  Phenoxybenzamine Arterial hypertension Alpha-adrenoceptor blocker Pre-clinical 12
  Rizatriptan Migraine Serotonin agonist None 13
  Letrozole Breast cancer Aromatase inhibitor Pre-clinical 14
  Divalproex Psychosis/epilepsy GABA agonist/histone deacetylase inhibitor Pre-clinical 15
  Regorafenib Multiple types of cancers VEGFR protein inhibitor Pre-clinical 16
  Everolimus Multiple types of cancers mTOR inhibitor Clinical trial 17
  Paclitaxel Multiple types of cancers Antimicrotubule Pre-clinical 18
  Romidepsin Leukemia Histone deacetylase inhibitor Clinical trial 19
  Topotecan Multiple types of cancers Topoisomerase 1 inhibitor Pre-clinical 20
  Gefitinib Lung cancer EGFR inhibitor Pre-clinical 21
  Temozolomide Glioblastoma Alkylate/methylate DNA Clinical use 22